Masticadores Interview

Heyoo,

I recently did an interview with Masticadores that you can read here.

Big thank you to Masticadores and Manuela Timofte for their kindness and interest.

Excerpt:

M. Since when do you write? What was an early experience where you learned that language had power?

When I was five, I received a bright red hardcover diary with a gold lock on the front accompanied by two miniature keys. At the same time, I was experiencing recurring nightmares about four letters. Every night they’d stand still, towering over me. Their presence and the style of font frightened me so badly I would experience sleep paralysis or sometimes feel myself being pulled toward the letters like a magnet. Luckily, this is where my diary helped calm me (I was a weird kid).

Inside, I sketched the same things: numbers, trees, sky, sun, a home, and the alphabet, including the four letters that visited every night to fight the nightmare. The lock made what I wrote feel like secrets. A private, peaceful playground no one could enter and gave me confidence. I even wrote rough drafts of entries on scratch paper so they would look neater when I wrote in my diary. Quickly, an obsession with letters developed. They intrigued me with their varying looks and each one had a unique personality whom I considered friends. E was intelligent and quiet, K was my boyfriend because we shared the same initial, S was sneaky, but I would imagine him as my knight against the four letters. From early on, writing became a fun and calming activity to indulge in.

At eight, I received a typewriter instead of a computer since those were super pricey. Regardless, the love was instant. The powerful sound the keys produced only to see it appear on the paper was magic. Then one afternoon, I started imagining moments, scenes. Dialogue came next, sentences formed. Across the paper they looked like paths. Paths I had characters walk. Characters I made walk. It felt powerful, that zoned in creative control, getaways with a beginning, middle and end. Shortly after, my recurring four-letter nightmares ended. The last one I had, I remember realizing inside the dream that I was asleep in real life and just needed to wake myself up. Once I did, the letters faded. There was nothing to fear anymore. I got the idea after watching A Nightmare on Elm Street. Can you believe Freddy Krueger helped an eight-year-old girl’s nightmares end?

It was official. I fell in love with writing and gained twenty-six soulmates who would take me anywhere…

Read the entire interview here.

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  1. Pooja G

    Loved the interview. When you said “Even when I’m not in the mood there are scenes, dialogue and plots popping in my mind.” I felt that. I’m the exact same way. Even when I’m not technically writing I’m always writing in my mind and creating stories/scenes etc.

    1. Kirsten Curcio

      Thank you kindly! Haha right? They’re like non-stop mystery writing gifts in your mind. 🎁 ✨️

    2. DEVANG UPADHYAYA

      I would say, a writers brain never stop
      They are always writing. Whether physically or mentally.
      There are ideas and stories around us and we need to keep thinking about them.
      I get ideas randomly, I write them.
      Like I’ve some rough ideas for blogs I want to write in future and I’ve drawn rough sketch for it.
      However, I’m not as good as you, but yes now I consider myself a blogger.

      1. Pooja G

        Yes, you are most definitely a blogger now and true we are always coming up with ideas.

      2. DEVANG UPADHYAYA

        Keep working on the ideas 💥

  2. DEVANG UPADHYAYA

    Like the interview KC
    I have learned a lot about you today.
    I’m impressed and mesmerized with what you’ve shared.

    1. Kirsten Curcio

      Thank you!
      I’m not used to opening up like that. (Closes the door again) 😅

      1. DEVANG UPADHYAYA

        Well TBH
        It didn’t sound like you

        I mean, I didn’t know you can talk this much 😛

        I’m glad to read it about you sis
        I’m happy for you.

        Sending you some explosive energy 💥

      2. Kirsten Curcio

        Thank you! 🤗 Best wishes!

  3. Jeff Flesch

    How fantastic! I loved the interview. 🥰💞

    1. Kirsten Curcio

      Thank you so much, my friend! Much appreciated. 🥰💞

      1. Jeff Flesch

        You’re most welcome, my friend. Always! 🥰💞

  4. Dawn Pisturino

    Congratulations, Kirsten!

    1. Kirsten Curcio

      Thank you kindly, Dawn! 💕

  5. Aloya

    Well written… The four Letter 😊

    1. Kirsten Curcio

      Thank you kindly for reading, Aloya! 😊

      1. Aloya

        You’re welcome 😊

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