Beatrice Stephen combine your work as psychologist with the literature. She has several published novels and the last one is titled twilight of the queen. In this interview He tells us about her and other topics. I really appreciate her time and her skill.
Beatriz Esteban — Interview
- ACTUALIDAD LITERATURA: Your new novel is twilight of the queen. What do you tell us about it and where did the idea come from?
BEATRICE ESTEBAN: twilight of the queen it's a novel set in Atlantis before it sank, in a matriarchal society where mermaids and Atlanteans coexist in an apparent truce. The novel follows the story of Elayne, the crown princess who decides to flee the palace after discovering its secrets, so Ori, a young man blinded by revenge, and Bell, who does not remember her past but does remember the mermaid who visits her, when their lives are intertwined while Atlantis is lashed by what will make it a legend.
This novel has been in my head for many years, when it occurred to me to ask myself: what could have given Atlantis so much power? What if it was her coexistence with the mermaids? When I investigated the little that is known about Atlantis, it occurred to me to turn it into a matriarchal society when I saw that they worshiped a goddess. The rest fell into place like dominoes: each character follows the line of a story, a conflict, a trope that he wanted to write. Among my eternal earrings was write from the point of view of a mermaid and her society, and with this novel I was also able to fulfill it.
- AL: Can you remember any of your first readings? And the first story you wrote?
BE: I grew up reading Kika Super Witch, Laura Gallego in adolescence... When I was little, I had about stories I loved that they were divided by length (frog, mouse and goose I think it was) and I always asked for the longest ones.
The first story I wrote I titled it Lemon. I was going from a magical world in the clouds which, indeed, was called Limón.
- AL: A head writer? You can choose more than one and from all eras.
BE: I have always admired and will greatly admire the talent and prose of Victoria Alvarez.
- AL: What character in a book would you have liked to meet and create?
BE: I think about it a lot! I will tell the protagonists of The Six of Atlas, I have read it recently and I have been fascinated by their personalities and the dynamics between them.
- AL: Any special habits or habits when it comes to writing or reading?
BE: Nothing too special. I am a being of habit so I have a hard time writing when it's away from my computer, or without background music. When reading, before he had a habit of always reading the last sentence before starting a new novel, until I got a great spoiler (was with the second book of The jhunger games) and I stopped doing it.
- AL: And your preferred place and time to do it?
BE: My favorite time and place to read is in my bed just before sleeping; I've been doing it my whole life. And write anywhere, but when the views accompany I appreciate it more.
- AL: Are there other genres that you like?
BE: My favorite genre is boobs, and I also really enjoy the History.
- AL: What are you reading now? And writing?
BE: Right now I'm reading it will never be forever, Arantxa Eats. I am writing little at the moment, but I try to find moments to dedicate to the project I have in hand now, a novel with dreamlike overtones and magical realism which nickname "Project Troupe".
- AL: How do you think the publishing scene is and what decided you to try to publish?
BE: The publishing industry is following a dizzying pace, but the most important thing for me is that stories that need to be heard continue to be published, that we did not have years ago. They continue to be places where we discover and find ourselves.
What made me decide when I started publishing more than six years ago was the same reason I publish now: the way in which these stories bring us together, how they help us understand ourselves and the world, and the refuge we can find in them. It has always relieved me to think that my stories can not only be a refuge for me, but also for others.
- AL: Is the moment of crisis that we are experiencing being difficult for you or will you be able to keep something positive for future stories?
BE: For me it is being a time of changes, and all changes are difficult, even when they are good, but I want to believe that they are the ones that make us grow. I always try that one of the main messages of my novels is the esperanza, hoping that things can change and be better, so I think that pretty much answers the question.