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Contact:
scarlet.hyacinth@gmail.com
URL:
http://scarlethyacinth.webs.com/
ABOUT SCARLET
A
native Romanian, Scarlet was born in
1986 and grew up an avid fan of Karl May
and Jules Verne, reading fantasy stories
and adventure. Later, when she was out
of fantasy stories to read, she delved
into her mother’s collection of book and
of course, stumbled onto romance.
As a writer though, Scarlet Hyacinth was
born one sunny summer day, when a dear
friend of hers - the same friend who
introduced her to GLBT fiction -
proposed they start writing a story of
their own. As it turns out, the two
friends never did finish that particular
story, but Scarlet discovered she had a
knack for writing and ended up starting
to write individually. And so, between
working on her dissertation, studying
for exams and reading yaoi manga, she
started writing the Kaldor Saga. Along
the way, Scarlet met a lot of wonderful
people who supported her, and in the end
she found her story a home – and in the
process, fulfilled a beautiful dream.
INTERVIEW
Q. What
do you think influenced you in becoming
a writer?
A. I’ve always been a storyteller, in a
sense, even if I never put my stories on
paper. Growing up, I would have fun
inventing stories about princesses and
brave warriors who saved them from bad
guys – some of them clichés, others
peculiar. I fiddled with poetry in
high school, but never quite found what I
was looking for, the real urge to make
me start writing. It was only after
starting to read m/m fiction that I fell
in love with writing. Perhaps there is a
connection, perhaps not. I know, though,
that everything I am today cannot be the
result of one single event, but a sum of
my life’s experiences.
Q. What’s the hardest thing about
writing?
A. The editing. When you write the first
draft, the words flow, but it’s so much
harder to go over it again and again,
finding your flaws, correcting your
mistakes, fixing your formulations. But
if at the end of the day, I end up with
a book my readers can enjoy, all the
effort will be worth it.
Q. Do you plan your stories or go with
the flow?
A. Normally, I have a general idea of
where I want to take the story and go
from there. But as it happens, things
never go as planned and I end up writing
something much more complicated – and
long – than initially intended.
Q. Do you have a favorite character in
fiction?
A. Liu Feilong from Yamane Ayano’s manga
You’re my Loveprize in Viewfinder. In
books, I would have to say Manna
Francis’ Val Toreth (Administration
Series). He’s one of the most
interesting and complex characters I
have ever read. I also love Johnny
Heaven (Jet Mykles – Heaven Sent series)
and Twisted Hilarity’s Kasan (from The
Last Pure Human). What can I say? I have
a weakness for handsome guys with long
hair. It’s the yaoi fangirl in me.
Q. How did you come up with the idea for
Enraptured?
A. To be quite honest, it wasn’t
something I came up to in a certain
moment. I remember being incredibly
tired and incredibly bored with writing
my dissertation and simply wanted to
procrastinate. I ended up writing the
first chapter of the story and then it
went on and on until I couldn’t stop. I
suppose at a certain point the
characters simply took over and I went
with it.
Q. What is the thing you hate most in
the world?
A. Homophobia and prejudice. And I have
to say, there’s plenty of that in my
country. There are a lot of people who
don’t understand love is not about
gender, and who would reject someone
simply on the basis of their sexual
orientation? It hurts me to see how much
hatred can exist for all the wrong
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