Iva DeSiata

I love to create stories that people can relate to and give them a magical elements. Life is too hard for us to express by ourselves.

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What is your favorite type of art to create?

In I love writing and creating new worlds that people will fall in love with. Growing is a big point of my stories, because we all need to grow and sometimes change the situation we are in. I love making characters that have a different way of thinking and can inspire the reader to think outside the box. But also so the reader, if they think the same way, as one of my characters, will find a connection.

Where do you find inspiration?

I find inspiration everywhere, I was a child with an over active imagination. I just wasn't comfortable with who and where I was. I was constantly made fun of, treated horrible by kids and teachers, but I got through it. I like to think it made me a stronger person and know how not to treat people. I found inspiration for my book from my daughters fairy garden her father and I built for her, and my children's book found inspiration from my husband as an Assistant Fire Chief.

What would you do with $25,000?

Well, to be honest I would pay off the four credit cards I have that I have accrued for my books. The editing and the proofreading gets expensive but necessary. I would also help out my friend, giving her some money to help with her first children's book she is writing. The rest I would start my book tour and try to get my book noticed out in the world. I am new to all this, no degree, just me, learning as I go. I writing the sequel to my first book and the money would also go towards that.

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