Featured Interview With Lisamarie Chorowiec
Tell us a little about yourself. Where were you raised? Where do you live now?
I lived in Rego Park, Queens until I was about 11, then we moved to Jersey and I’ve been a Jersey Girl ever since. I grew up always having dogs, so we have an English Bulldog named Stella who absolutely rules the house. She’s a big mush and my daughters best friend.
At what age did you realize your fascination with books? When did you start writing?
I think that some of my fondest memories are going to the public library in Queens with my Grandfather, he only read non-fiction so I would usually read my own stack and then read the vin ones he finished after. I remember my Nana setup a typewriter for me in her kitchen and I would sit there for hours typing little stories and poems and then read them to my family. I just loved the way a story can take you somewhere else and show you something that otherwise you wouldn’t see or even think about.
Who are your favorite authors to read? What is your favorite genre to read. Who Inspires you in your writings?
My absolute favorite author is Charles Bukowski I love the authenticity of his writing, it’s so raw and visceral. My absolute favorite book is a book called “A Guide to Recognizing Your Saints” by Dito Montiel, it’s set in my old neighborhood but it is so soulful I’ve given people my copy so many times I’m constantly buying it again. If I could even come close to these two writers in my writing as far as making the reader feel and relate I would be extremely happy.
Tell us a little about your latest book?
I’m a woman’s woman, I’m extremely loyal to my friends and family. The people that have taught me and given me so much in this life have been them, and they all have stories like everyone does. It started with the thought of why am I listening to someone who is famous or I’m supposed to be listening to in order to relate to a moment in life? When in reality we as women have so many tales to tell. So it just started there with a regular person telling a piece of themselves or explaining how they became who they are. It’s all fiction and I tried to make each character very different from one another. Once I started ideas would come to me from all over, literally all over. I would see a woman just layering her face with makeup and think why and create a whole backstory for her, or a mom with a beautiful daughter but with this weird look in her eye of almost jealousy and it just went on from there. We’re all walking around filled with these crazy idiosyncrasies and habits and memories so my hope is that the reader can relate to these women, because they are all of us.
Thank You for the opportunity!