Tevun-Krus #14 - Time Travel

Author Spotlight: @Reverentia

This month, we had the pleasure of sitting down with the talented and encouraging @Reverentia. Check out her wise and witty words below!

If you had to describe yourself in one word, what words wouldn't you use?

Normal, trendy, extrovert, airhead…

What was your nickname at school?
I don’t think I ever really had one. My high school physics teacher used to call me “Weezie” but nobody else really did.

When you were a young padowan, what did you want to be when you grew up?

I don’t really think I had a good idea of what it meant to be grown up! I can remember thinking it would be cool to sit in a cubicle at an office desk and wear high heels, but I don’t recall seriously dreaming about the actual work I’d do until I was quite a bit older. For several years I wanted to be an engineer because I was told it was really cool, but in the end, now that I am one, I don’t think it was quite the right fit. So now I’ve gone back to school and I hope to be a writer when I grow up, whenever that is. I always tend to be a late bloomer for this sort of stuff. (I’m currently in my 30s…)

What is your favourite quote?

Tough call! I have all kinds of quotes I love. But to pick one:

“To err is human. To really foul things up requires a computer.”

As far as quotes for which I myself am notorious for saying: “What could possibly go wrong??”

Other than writing, what hobbies do you have?

I have way too many! I like to read, and to shop for books – there must be a 12-step program for the kind of addiction I have to books. There seems to be an inescapable magnetic force field that sucks me into used bookstores any time I pass by. Anyway, aside from bookaholism, I also paint (acrylics), play the cello, sing in a choir (this is new… the poor choir… I’m not a very good singer), do taekwondo, speed skate, take Italian lessons, and when the weather is nicer I run.

Tell us something we don't know about you.
My parents still don’t agree on the spelling of my middle name.

What was the first piece of writing you were ever truly proud to have written?

I think it would have to be story I wrote in grade 5 or 6 called “Eunice’s Victory,” about a girl who fought back against a mean teacher. It was kind of along the lines of my favourite book at the time, Roald Dahl’s Matilda. I wrote and illustrated it by hand into a notebook so that it would look like a real book, and worked on it almost 24/7 until it was done. It’s also the first substantial story that I can recall that had a proper plot.

Who is your all-time favourite Sci-Fi author? How much - if at all - have they influenced your writing style?

I’d have to say Octavia E. Butler; her writing is fantastic and she creates interesting scenarios, characters and worlds. I don’t think she’s really influenced my writing style though, because we have quite different writing styles. However, whenever I read something of hers, I’m inspired to work at becoming a better writer in my own style—whether it’s through choice of words, efficiency of prose, meaningful dialogue, or the like.