Paula Sainz Profile

I've been writing since I was a kid, capturing moments in life with a pen and composition book. More often than not, I would go around changing things I didn't like in the world. My dog died? Not in my composition book. Tigere was simply on an extended vacation to the moon. He was off fulfilling his life long dream of being an astronaut, eating MoonPies on the moon and befriending an alien. No joke, Tigere was the real deal. Unfortunately, his space shuttle went off course on the way to Mars when I was thirteen and he hasn‘t been heard of since. – Have I mentioned I’m completely random? Not crazy, just random– I suppose writing is simply my way of dealing with the negatives in life. It beats sitting around in my room crying over things I can’t change. It is much less tiring to take that emotion and put it into a story or a poem.

I love everything about writing fiction. From the freedom to say whatever the hell I want, to waking up at midnight to write down whatever it is I’ve just dreamt. And I have to admit that I kind of like writers block. It sucks when you’re sitting at the computer, hands hovering over the keyboard with not a clue about what to write, but I love the spontaneity of when inspiration does hit. There is no feeling quiet like scrambling to find a pen and a piece of paper while you’re in a dressing room or driving home repeating the scene playing out in your head out loud while people stare at you with scowls on their faces.