Interview with:Constantza Sasha Pop [sasbel]
WRITING
 | What did you first read? How did you begin to write? Who were the first to read what you wrote? As a kid I enjoyed storybooks,fairy tales.My love for reading just kept growing!I started writing poetry in high school and first published in school's literary magazine.The first to read my poems was my best friend. |
| What is your favorite genre? Can you provide a link to a site where we can read some of your work or learn something about it? I just got my work published by Barnes & Noble as E-books(NOOKbooks)
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?ean=2940011862908#TABS
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?ean=2940011862854
I love to read anything but to write mostly romance/drama.I write a combination of romance,drama,action,mystery,poetry and much more
More at FB http://www.facebook.com/pages/Constantza-Sasha-Pop/140401802664982?v=wall |
| What is your creative process like? What happens before sitting down to write? I just imagine the whole scenario in my head.The characters have their own life and lead the story line |
| What type of reading inspires you to write? None.I am aiming for original ! |
| What do you think are the basic ingredients of a story? Believable characters ,action and a little of everything |
| What voice do you find most to your liking: first person or third person? I use both. |
| What is required for a character to be believable? How do you create yours? I am inspired by real life experience and combine personalities of real people. |
| Are you equally good at telling stories orally? I am more comfortable writing. |
| Deep down inside, who do you write for? Myself and hope for the better....haha |
| Is writing a form of personal therapy? Are internal conflicts a creative force? Sometimes. |
| Does reader feed-back help you? Not much in the writing process itself but is a big incentive to want to write more: somebody is reading !
I have my Facebook page to have a dialogue with the readers:
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Constantza-Sasha-Pop/140401802664982?v=wall |
| Do you participate in competitions? Have you received any awards? Few years ago for some poetry. I don 't recall all the details . |
| Do you share rough drafts of your writings with someone whose opinion you trust? No,they are my "babies" and you can't please everybody anyway! I am my biggest critic though... |
| Do you believe you have already found "your voice" or is that something one is always searching for? I think I found it, but needs to be used even more.I have more stories that are waiting to be written. |
| What discipline do you impose on yourself regarding schedules, goals, etc.? Just finish what I started.I am writing till I am done.The story takes over and I can't think much about anything else .After that I don't think about it anymore.I move one. |
| What do you surround yourself with in your work area in order to help your concentrate? Nothing special.Just a quiet corner with my lap top.(Used to be a note book ) |
| Do you write on a computer? Do you print frequently? Do you correct on paper? What is your process? Yes,I evolved to my lap top. I don't print.Correct as I go and after finishing the whole thing. |
| What sites do you frequent on-line to share experiences or information? Mostly Twitter,Facebook.. I have other accounts but I can't keep up with too many. |
| What has been your experience with publishers? I just published my novel and short story as NOOKbooks (E-books) at Barnes & Noble
Novel Runaround http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?ean=2940011862908#TABS
Short Story DREAM HOUSE http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?ean=2940011862854 |
| What are you working on now? Getting the world out about my work and hoping to start a dialogue with possible fans. |
| What do you recommend I do with all those things I wrote years ago but have never been able to bring myself to show anyone? Go trough them and pick your favorites. You may try some type of book club to share it with , get some feedback and see if publishing your work is something you would enjoy. |
LAW
| What did you study? What did you specialize in? Romanian Law. |
| What has been your professional experience in the arena of law? How long have you been in the profession? I just practice for 5 years.Was disappointed because my high ideals of defending the innocents were far from the realities of the judicial system . |
| Are there any links we can follow to see something more about you? Yes, as a person, but once a lawyer,always a lawyer...
Join me on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Constantza-Sasha-Pop/140401802664982?v=wall |
| Is courage needed to practice your profession? I don't know about courage but you need a very thick skin! Is one of the reason I didn't pursue this profession once I left Romania. |
HARMONY
| Can you provide a link to a web site or blog where we can learn more about you? Join me on Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Constantza-Sasha-Pop/140401802664982?v=wall |
| What were the circumstances that led you to choose the professional path you have chosen? I think we have a destiny.I never planed mine and when I thought I had a choice and "choose" my path turned out that I was manipulated by others close to me. |
| What is happiness, and the main obstacle to reaching it? It is a state of mind and self doubt is the biggest obstacle. |
| Do we think too much? Why is it so difficult to feel here and now? I think a lot ,but thinking and feeling go hand in hand.You can't think about things you can't feel. |
| How do you deal with discouragement, despair, a sense of setback, etc.? I count my blessings and my motto is "where is a will is a way".Always worked. |
| Is it necessary to have a teacher to find the way? Life is the best teacher.The question if we are good students?We should learn not only from our own life experience but from the others' too. |
| Is it necessary to have a purpose to find meaning in life? We all have a purpose even we are not aware of it.Knowing it is a plus. |
| Is it wise to believe in things that do not exist if it helps you to be happy? What is real ?! |
| How do you distinguish between spirituality and religion? Spirituality comes with open mind, religion is the fruit of brain washing. |
| Is God an idea? Is God in the brain? We are not equipped to know(yet) |
| What happens when you die? I wonder myself. What if the energy that is released can be captured as other types of energy,waves?! |
| How does one maintain body-mind harmony? Love your self.If you don't take care of yourself nobody will. |
| Do creativity and positive thinking slow aging? Hope so,think so! |
| Is there a false face to positive thinking; an obsession about appearing happy that is not healthy? I didn't know it was possible. Looking miserable makes some people happy but the opposite.... ?! |
| In what ways has your spiritual practice affected your creativity? Gives me freedom from wanting to please everybody. |
IDEAS
| Did God create the world in seven days, or do you believe in the theory of evolution? It would be too easy to be black or white.The universe came somehow to exist and evolve.We are not equipped (yet)to uncover the origin. |
| To what percentage do you believe in statistics? LOL!
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| Do you believe many illnesses can be caused by the mind? Definitely most of them.Starting with lifestyles and ending with the healing process... |
| Do you believe it is true that humans only use 10% of their brain capacity? No, that's a myth.But unfortunately some don't use it at all..LOL |
| Using the subway without paying, shoplifting: is there excessive tolerance to these small offenses? It is excesive tolerance to people's lack of character in general. |
| Does brand name influence your buying habits? Usually a brand name ensures a better quality but no always.So I don't really care about it. |
| Do you think tipping is a good custom? In an ideal world it shouldn't.But if entices better service than is fine to an extend.People should do their jobs and be paid fairly anyway . |
| Are there too many holidays in the work calendar? Depends of the calendar and of the work.Work hard,play hard! |
| Do you think the catastrophism about climate change has been exaggerated? We don't know what is store for us. We think we can control it to some extent only to find out that forces of the nature are out of anybody's control. |
| Do you boycott brands if you learn they employ children in third-world countries or harm the environment? Unfortunately we can do easy without those products ,but those kids might not make it without that minimal income even with the price of harming the environment.They should be ways to entice those companies to pay more,pollute less and to return some of their profits to that communities. |
| Do you defend animal experimentation for the development of medicine that can save human lives? It should be minimal. |
| What is your opinion of the rise in popularity of plastic surgery and implants? People are stupider and stupider subjecting themselves to unnecessary surgeries.They should be taxed hefty and the money risen used to pay for real necessary reconstructive surgeries or other medical treatments for sick people in need. |
| Should more limits be established for cars within downtown areas? Yes, but it should ensure enough parking spaces around it and enough public transportation to access it if is a bigger distance between those two. |
| Do extraterrestrials exist? Possible they might exist , but not probable to meet any.. |
POLITICS
| How do you define your political position? What is the ideology that inspires it? Independent,tolerant
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| What matters more in deciding your vote: the party, the candidate, or the ideas? The ideas of the candidate.But they reflect the party most of the time. |
| Do you think religion has a place in politics? It shouldn't but it does (a lot)... |
| Should parties that want to eliminate democracy be allowed to participate in democratic elections? Is the devil's love of his offspring makes him good,less of the devil?!I think should be a limit for everything and use common sense! |
| What type of information should a government be able to legally maintain on about its citizens? Information itself is not good or bad but how it is used. |
| Why did the economies of communist countries fail? Communism fail because the misuse of unrealistic ideas about human nature.
Read my novel Runaround. It describes Romanian Communist era
http://search.barnesandnoble.com/books/product.aspx?ean=2940011862908#TABS |
| Are there peoples more civilized than others? Or is it merely a question of cultural differences? Yes ,some people are more civilized than others ,tolerance is the root of civility. |
| What significant changes do you think Obama can bring about along his presidential term? The tone makes the music and real" change "is something that can be inspired! |
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