Maria Celeste Arraras Revealed
About Maria Celeste Arraras
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What is your birthdate?:9/27
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Previous occupations:I worked in advertising as a copywrtiter and an account executive before getting my first job as a broadcast journalist
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Favorite job:The one I have as a journalist
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High school and/or college:I went to an all girls high school in my native Puerto Rico and I graduated from Loyola University in New Orleans.
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Name of your favorite composer or music artist?:I like rock,opera,brazilian music and I think Shakira is the most complete music artist today
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Favorite movie:Casablanca
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Favorite television show:I like Dexter and I love the Discovery and History channels in general
Revealing Questions
- Q. How would you describe your life in only 8 words?
- A. An intense rollercoaster I would ride again and again.
- Q. What is your motto or maxim?
- A. Make Your Life Prime Time!
- Q. How would you describe perfect happiness?
- A. As a particular perception of reality
- Q. What’s your greatest fear?
- A. Death
- Q. If you could be anywhere in the world right now, where would you choose to be?
- A. In the Masai Mara,in Kenya
- Q. Which living person do you most admire?
- A. Bill Gates for his generosity and intellect
- Q. What are your most overused words or phrases?
- A. "Beautiful!" and " Al rojo vivo"
On Books and Writing
- Q. What are your 5 favorite books of all time?
- A. Ficciones by Borges,100 years
of Solitude and Love in Times of Cholera by Garcia Marquez,
The Little Prince,St Exupery,Paola by Isabel Allende - Q. Is there a book you love to reread?
- A. The Little Prince
- Q. Do you have one sentence of advice for new writers?
- A. Write down anything that comes to mind,anytime,anywhere
- Q. What comment do you hear most often from your readers?
- A. With a full time job as a television host and managing editor of your own show and being a single mother with three kids under 11-when do you find time to write?
- Q. How did you come to write Make Your Life Prime Time?
- A. I wanted to leave my children with a compass to navigate in the turbulent sea of life.
