about me

So I'm a writer, an artist/illustrator and an adorable idiot.

The "Children of Light" has gone into hiding - thanks, a million thanks to everyone who gave this book a green light and a good thought, it is most appreciated. The project is put on hold, as I don't consider myself strong or mature enough to take on this story -- it'll take a little time for me to figure the story out, but it will become a book and it will hit the shelves. I'm just not ready for it yet and I have the gutts to admit it.

In the meantime, I'm preparing something else. I thought it would be easier than the "Children of Light" but it's not. However, I find this new story easier to build as it requires more of my imagination and less of anything else. Stay tuned.

In short: I'm 26, going on 27 (dammit!), I'm Romanian (born and raised, however bilingual with no actual English blood), I live in Northern Italy in a small and sucky town and I'm currently gathering the strength and resources to move to London and continue a better life there. I thought Italy might be a good in-between, but it was a bit of a let-down. I read, write and paint a lot, leaving little or no room for a social life. However, that hasn't made me socially awkward - or not yet, anyway. I can still unleash the party animal in case of utmost emergency. My brain is far too advanced for my physical age so I'm having trouble focusing sometimes, but there's nothing that a glass of good old Chardonnay can't fix!

And I'll probably keep a low profile around here until I can have something to show for.
Cheers!

favourite books

Neil Gaiman's "American Gods" and "Graveyard Book" (and everything else he's published, but these two are my absolute favorites). Anne Rice's "The Devil Memnoch" and "The Mummy" (and the entire Vampire Chronicles, while I'm here). Boris Vian's "Ecoume des Jours". William Golding's "Lord of the Flies". Herman Hesse's "Steppenwolf" and many, many more. But these usually pop up first.

my websites

http://juliasimion.tumblr.com