Did you know? Agatha Christie / Sabias que? Agatha Christie

 

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Did you know? Agatha Christie

The first story she wrote was The House of Beauty back when she was young. She wrote it from the bed, bored, recovering from influenza.

She was a Trained Pharmacist. Before she became a successful author, Agatha Christie learned about poisons and drugs, which later proved useful in her writing. She even wrote some of her early mysteries while working in a hospital pharmacy during World War I.

When she published The Mysterious Affair at Styles, she was forced to use the spelling "coco" instead of "cocoa" due to the insistence of an editor.

Agatha Christie wrote over 30 plays during her lifetime. "The Mousetrap,” which premiered in London's West End in 1952, "Want to catch it?" and  "You’re in luck" are among the most famously known. She is also the only female playwright to have three productions running simultaneously in London's West End.

Miss Marple was inspired by her maternal grandmother and her friends.  

In her early years she didn’t go to school but was educated by her mother and a succession of governesses.

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Lectiophile: is a Latin word that means "person who loves reading." They read many books and magazines, essays, blogs, and newspapers. The word is made up of two parts: Lectio which is Latin for reading, and phile, derived from the Greek word phílos which means beloved.

Bookworm: is an Elizabethan term, which comes from the English, and is a figurative term for a voracious reader of book content, sometimes used negatively to indicate reading too much. If you're a true bookworm, you'd rather spend Friday nights on the couch with a book than out at a party they are persons unusually devoted to reading and study.

Leseratte: Lesen means to read and Ratte means rat. So directly translated, Leseratte means “reading rat”. It's a person who loves to read but, in distinction from a bookworm, it does not imply a lack of interests outside of books. The colloquial term originated in the late 19th century and has been used ever since. Rats were considered voracious creatures and people who “devoured” books without end were thus compared to rats.

Librocubicularist: comes from Latin, a person who reads while in bed.

Tsundok: a Japanese practice of purchasing a lot of books — usually more than one can read; also referred to as bibliomania. Normally it's the phenomenon of acquiring reading materials but letting them pile up in one's home without reading them. Some people look for help because they see it as a disease.

About me / Sobre mí

 

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About me

One of the things that is most difficult for me to write about is my own life. I really prefer to remain anonymous, for that reason also, the short novella that I'm writing I will publish under a pen name. Why? You may wonder. Because, in that way, it is easier to see who are the people really interested in the story and not the person. For the same reason, I will not say where I'm from. I am a 34-year-old woman, who enjoys a good coffee, a good band, and a good book. I like writing and drawing. I also love to learn about the authors of the books that are on the networks today. Each different answer shows how we connect. We all have a reason to write, a person who inspires us, a favorite author, even though the answers are different. For this reason I will also answer the same questions as the people who allowed me to interview them.

Why did I decide to start writing?
I had a clear idea, it was a short idea, but interesting. The first parts I wrote didn't even take up a page, but my partner told me that it had a future. Thanks to a push from him, I immersed myself in writing a somewhat gloomy and intriguing story.

What inspired my work?
More than anything, nightmares I've had.

On which internet pages will I share my work?
At the moment, I don't know. Goodreads probably, and then I'm not sure. I don't like using social networks.