The blog "For a good reading" interviewed me a few weeks ago and I'm going to share it with you. Hope you enjoy it! Some of the sentences were a little bit changed during the translation, and not all questions are here. But if you want to read the original post, you can find it on http://www.porumaboaleitura.com.br/2014/11/mudando-de-assunto-entrevista-com_15.html.
1) When did you decide you wanted to be an author?
I always felt much pleasure in books, I used to spend hours reading about worlds created by others and kept imagining my own. One day, I decided to put some of my crazy ideas on paper. I never stopped. Currently, in addition to First Impressions, I write short stories (some of which are published on the blog Mulheres Ventaneras) and have a movie blog, called LRDO.
2) Is First Impressions your first book? Do you intend to write more?
First Impressions is my first published book, but I have another one written, although its theme (dystopian future) is completely different. Moreover, I want to adapt other works of Jane Austen and organize collections with some of the short stories I've written. I used to think there was nothing more pleasurable than reading, until I discovered the amazing feeling of writing.
3) Your book is a modern adaptation of the classic Pride and Prejudice. How is your relationship with this Jane Austen work?
Jane Austen was the first author to which I was introduced (and one of the few, in my opinion) that can combine romanticism and feminism, light reading with sarcasm, a fun story with a critical eye. Many of her female characters are still revolutionary, although they were created in the nineteenth century. My relationship with her is one of respect and admiration, even devotion.
4) What can your readers expect from First Impressions?
I certainly do not desire to compare myself with one of the greatest authors of all time. However, I do believe that readers will find the book a fun, light and enjoyable read with a critical humor. The story involves the classic characters we’re familiar with in twenty-first century situations. Besides that, the timeless romance between Lizzie and Darcy is always present. What I wanted with First Impressions was to remain faithful in my attempt to bring it to our world, our reality. I can guarantee that I tried my best to keep the spirit of Pride and Prejudice.
5) What was the greatest difficulty to adapt Pride and Prejudice in a panorama of Rio de Janeiro and the US in the twenty-first century?
For her reality, Jane Austen was a globalized author. None of her books takes place in only one scenario. With her intriguing novels, we get to know various regions of the nineteenth-century England. Therefore, the greatest difficulty was not, honestly, the choice of places, but the adaptation of the characters and situations themselves. Fidelity to a story can be tricky: on one hand it guides you, on the other offers you a few obstacles, since it’s pretty complicated to “modernize” a specific context of a time and a place in History, especially when we’re talking about one of the most notorious novels in the world.
6) How was the process of creating your book?
I had a lot of support from my family and my husband. Luckily, my mother and sister are also Austen’s fans (the latter was the one who introduced me to P & P), and offered me great notes and comments about everything. My father and my husband weren’t shy in their suggestions either.
I always felt much pleasure in books, I used to spend hours reading about worlds created by others and kept imagining my own. One day, I decided to put some of my crazy ideas on paper. I never stopped. Currently, in addition to First Impressions, I write short stories (some of which are published on the blog Mulheres Ventaneras) and have a movie blog, called LRDO.
2) Is First Impressions your first book? Do you intend to write more?
First Impressions is my first published book, but I have another one written, although its theme (dystopian future) is completely different. Moreover, I want to adapt other works of Jane Austen and organize collections with some of the short stories I've written. I used to think there was nothing more pleasurable than reading, until I discovered the amazing feeling of writing.
3) Your book is a modern adaptation of the classic Pride and Prejudice. How is your relationship with this Jane Austen work?
Jane Austen was the first author to which I was introduced (and one of the few, in my opinion) that can combine romanticism and feminism, light reading with sarcasm, a fun story with a critical eye. Many of her female characters are still revolutionary, although they were created in the nineteenth century. My relationship with her is one of respect and admiration, even devotion.
4) What can your readers expect from First Impressions?
I certainly do not desire to compare myself with one of the greatest authors of all time. However, I do believe that readers will find the book a fun, light and enjoyable read with a critical humor. The story involves the classic characters we’re familiar with in twenty-first century situations. Besides that, the timeless romance between Lizzie and Darcy is always present. What I wanted with First Impressions was to remain faithful in my attempt to bring it to our world, our reality. I can guarantee that I tried my best to keep the spirit of Pride and Prejudice.
5) What was the greatest difficulty to adapt Pride and Prejudice in a panorama of Rio de Janeiro and the US in the twenty-first century?
For her reality, Jane Austen was a globalized author. None of her books takes place in only one scenario. With her intriguing novels, we get to know various regions of the nineteenth-century England. Therefore, the greatest difficulty was not, honestly, the choice of places, but the adaptation of the characters and situations themselves. Fidelity to a story can be tricky: on one hand it guides you, on the other offers you a few obstacles, since it’s pretty complicated to “modernize” a specific context of a time and a place in History, especially when we’re talking about one of the most notorious novels in the world.
6) How was the process of creating your book?
I had a lot of support from my family and my husband. Luckily, my mother and sister are also Austen’s fans (the latter was the one who introduced me to P & P), and offered me great notes and comments about everything. My father and my husband weren’t shy in their suggestions either.
7) Leave a message for our readers
Reading is more than entertainment. It's the way we do the impossible: we can do magic and create new worlds, we can have wings or supernatural powers. In the literary world, we can be anithing and create everything. Not even the sky has limits. There are no limits.
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