The Magic of Writing - Guest Post by Author Beatrice Brusic

The Magic of Writing

By Beatrice Brusic

People have asked me often about the process of writing.  They want to know how I get my ideas, from what secret well do I extract them.  The answer is that I've always known I was a creative person.  When I was a child I would draw faces, houses and cats in particular, because I've always been crazy about cats, those furry creatures captured my heart when I was a child and never let it go.  My mother thought I was going to be some kind of artist even then, but when I got older I found that even though I still liked to paint and did some paintings as a hobby, I wasn’t as passionate about it as when I was a child.  My yearnings had evolved to writing.  Having been a compulsive reader all my life, I began to wonder if I could one day become a writer myself.  In my reading I’ve always been partial to biographies and memoirs, devouring tons of them in my lifetime, so I guess it was only a natural transition for me to write my own memoirs when I finally got enough confidence to tackle this sacred art with “Beyond the Snows of the Andes” which explores my early childhood and adolescence in Bolivia, and “A Different Journey” describing my life as an adult and the birth of my child in America.

I found the process of writing excruciatingly painful but also liberating.  I was bearing witness to my life; I was confronting all the traumas, demons and aches of the past, and creating art.  I needed to do this in order to move on and grow as a writer.  Now I’m working on my first novel and finding writing fiction equally fascinating and magical.  There’s something very powerful and mysterious in facing a blank screen and creating a universe.

For all of you out there who think are “nascent writers” I have only one advice by Goethe that has helped me tremendously:
Whatever you can do or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now.”

These words became my bible and got me through many doubtful, confused and miserable hours during which the endless revisions, corrections and discarded papers in my wastebasket had me convinced I would never make the mark.  I would have added only one more word to Goethe’s and that would be, perseverance, a vital tool if you want to make it as a writer.

Beatrice Brusic was born in Oruro, Bolivia. Her mother brought her to La Paz, Bolivia when she was five years old. She emigrated to America when she was seventeen years old and has earned her living as a legal assistant, always dreaming of writing full time. "Beyond the Snows of the Andes" now on the Kindle and paperback is a fulfillment of that dream. Always a voracious reader, she finally made the transition from reader to writer five years ago when the memoir first began to take root.

Throughout the years she's received positive reinforment of her passion for writing in her numerous attempts to express herself, but it took a great writer like Frank McCourt to finally break through the inhibitions that were holding her prisoner. I hope you'll enjoy her memoir. I hope you'll take from it hope and courage for whatever endeavor you want to take in your life.

Her second book "A Different Journey" which deals with the birth of her beautiful, exceptional daughter has also been published and it's now available on Kindle and paperback.

"Jill & Mickey, A True Story" is a short story about an extraordinary bird that is sweet and tender and should appeal to all animal lovers, not just bird lovers.

"Six Months of Wonderful," is also another short story about a magnificent Persian Cat that touched my life in a very special way and I think you will find it both beautiful and heartbreaking.

In addition, I also have a blog, "Let's Talk About Different Issues," which you can view on the Kindle.

Many thanks to Beatrice for taking time out for FreeBookDude.com
Make sure you visit her blog at http://beatrice-brusic.blogspot.com/
You can find all of Beatrice Brusic's Amazon books here