




What hurts you most in this world The abuse and oppression that is perpetrated against women and children throughout the world.


What is your favorite genre and why? Literary fiction, particularly ones with settings in the long distant past or ones that have accurate historical facts in them. I like to combine reading for pleasure with actual learning. What is the purpose of your writing? Mostly for the sake healing from past traumas.


Your favorite celebrity and why? Tom Hanks for his comedic style and I love his acting. I loved him in Forrest Gump which is an awesome movie. Some quickies: Sun or Moon, Laughter or Smile, Morning or Evening, Coffee or Tea, Mountain or Sea, Long Drive or Short Drive, Silence or Conversation Sun, Smile, Evening, Coffee, Tea, Mountain, Long Drive, Silence. State your signature line/ tagline/ Best quote—Beauty Fades and Dumb is Forever by an American who everyone knows as Judge Judy. She wrote a book with this title to empower women during divorce and other issues. Basically to me this quote means that we can be very beautiful but one day we will age and wrinkled and if we are not intellectually prepared there is not much we can offer ourselves or the world. Also! J Please like her book’s FB page follow Martina on twitter at @martinascoin and Yadhira at @ygonzaleztaylor J