Mariana Barerra talks writing

Mariana Barrera is a 19-year-old Saddleback College student majoring in psychology. In her free time, she enjoys reading young adult books and sometimes writing small things. She has not published any work or written any full-scale books as of now because she is currently focusing on school and working.

Hello.

Hi!

What’s your name?

My name is Mariana Barerra

What is it that you do?

I write young adult historical fiction short stories for fun.

Why that genre? Why historical fiction?

I was just always really interested in history, you know? If you read the right books you can get a lot of perspectives about the same situation. And you can also make some up so, that’s what I went in to.

How long have you been writing short stories?

Ever since I was younger, I guess. You’ll find some weird things from when I was little that I wrote. I think actual writing with intention probably around middle school, probably around 12 or 13.

What drew you to writing instead of reading? Or along with reading?

I was reading things and I wasn’t seeing myself in them, if that makes sense. See, because I am Hispanic and a lot of popular books didn’t have those types of heroines and stuff like that so I started writing my own.

Who’s your favorite author?

Susanna Kearsley. She’s great. She’s fantastic.

Why?

She’s just so good at letting the readers visualize and it has a lot of facts as well. She also writes historical fiction. She actually has a few popular books Winter Sea and Mariana. She’s just very talented, the way that she speaks is very clear, but it’s also very thoughtful and I like the way she writes imagery.

Thank you!

You’re welcome!