Interview With The LIB Writers

Dheniz Kross (March 13, 2015)

Date: March 12, 2015 (PST)

Penname: Dheniz Kross

1.      Introduce/describe yourself…

-          My name is Dheniz Kross, a complex person with a complex personality. Introvert na extrovert. I easily warm up to people. I am friendly enough but I cannot accommodate much people in my life dahil limited lang ang memorya ko pagdating sa pangalan (I easily forget names but not faces). Mataray daw ako sabi nila and my friends here in Canada think so too. I do not hide the real me, what’s the point anyway?! I love God and I make Him number one in my life kaya nga kahit sa mga nobela ko andoon siya. I became a Christian when I went to Canada 8 years ago. The Secret Coven series came to being because I loved my friends and their biases. 14 chapters lang iyon at tanging sila lang ang nakakabasa noon dahil sa Facebook lang iyon makikita. KASO… si Ate Sonia Francesca kasi pinabasa daw kay Sir Jun at nagustuhan so ayun, nginarag akong magsulat kaya nagawa ko iyon mula 2 parts; 14 chapters to 5 books. Kaloka no?

2.      When did you start writing?

-          Probably around 2010 (Shiver Era ng the GazettE), same year I became their fan.

3.      Nakakapagod pala mag-English. Kaya… saang tadyang mo hinugot ang penname mo? Ano ang problema mo?

-          Lol! First of all, my nickname is Dhez, I just thought it’s quite plain and I called a female friend of mine DENCIO, and voila! Dheniz became my name. Kross naman, it’s supposed to be KOROSU (in Japanese trans. It’s TO KILL) but then, Kristiano ako, lol, panget pakinggan so I used Kross with the capital K instead of the usual C.

-          Wala naman akong problema bukod sa ang layo ng Pilipinas dito sa Canada at ang mahal ng pamasahe. Trip ko sanang mag-commute every month kaso walang okane (money).

4.      Ano ang naramdaman mo noong kinontak ka ng LIB o noong nalaman mong na-approve ang story mo? Alam kong masaya, pero ano ang kuwento?

-          Nabigla siyempre. Hobby ko lang ang pagsusulat and it makes me imagine how things would be in my life kung nagkataon nga na nangyayari in real life ang mga nasa kwento ko. Noong na-approve ang story ko, hmmm, kinabahan, nagging thankful kay Lord and naiyak I think kasi ang layo ko, I am not a resident of the Philippines anymore tapos lalabas sa Pinas iyong work ko. Isa pa, si Sir Jun ang may-ari ng PHR and I have been a fan of that company and their novels since I was in Elementary. Whew talaga! To God Be the Glory.

5.      Sino ang nagtulak, nanadyak, bumugaw sa 'yo na magsulat? Sino ang mga inspirasyon mo sa pagsusulat?

-          Friends namely RODX RUEDAS (way back when she was just 17 years old), JAE DE VERA, CHERIE ROSALES, EROS PERENA, ARMY LAUREN, MELANY FELIPE and CINDI CAUSAPIN (four of them are the heroines of my first series)

6.      Ano ang routine mo o writing process mo o ritwal mo bago magsulat? Paki-describe, briefly.

-          Wala. Gusto ko lang may nginangatang Nagaraya (Adobo Flavor) kapag nagsusulat. I am the type of writer na spontaneous, walang plot, walang sulat sulat sa notebook to plan what to write. Nagsusulat lang ako ng kung anong matipuhan kong isulat.