{"id":1601,"date":"2011-11-29T00:15:21","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T22:15:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.somethingwicked.co.za\/?p=1601"},"modified":"2011-11-22T02:13:18","modified_gmt":"2011-11-22T00:13:18","slug":"writers-cornered-sylvia-hiven","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/somethingwicked.co.za\/magazine\/2011\/11\/29\/writers-cornered-sylvia-hiven\/","title":{"rendered":"Writers Cornered: Sylvia Hiven"},"content":{"rendered":"

interview by Joe Vaz
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Where is home? <\/em><\/strong>
\nI was born in Sweden, but I’ve been living in Atlanta since 2004.<\/p>\n

Do you write full time? <\/em><\/strong>
\nActually, I make it a point to write extremely part-time. I don’t crank out much of worth on demand, so I only do it for fun and when I absolutely can’t help myself. But my stories are outlined in my head before I start to write, so the actual writing is a mere formality most of the time: a few hours of writing time is all I need.<\/p>\n

What inspired this story? <\/em><\/strong>
\nI like to write about clich\u00e9 things, only do something opposite to the nature of the concept. I had wanted to write an exorcist story for a while, and what better way to do it backwards than to have the Devil be sexy and smell like roses instead of spitting and twisting their head 360 degrees?<\/p>\n

Do you have a particularly religious background and did you draw on that at all? <\/em><\/strong>
\nI’m atheist, but I do like the mysticism of Catholicism and I’m fascinated by the power of rites and symbols.<\/p>\n

What is your opinion on possessions? <\/em><\/strong>
\nI can’t say I’ve had personal experience, but I would imagine that they’d be a whole lot more low-key than the way they’re portrayed in popular culture.<\/p>\n

This story is to do with points-of-view and perception of facts, would you relate that to popular religion? <\/em><\/strong>
\nWell, of course. Otherwise the world will be holding hands and singing Kumbaya, and we’d not have the religious climate we have today. One person’s truth is another person’s lie.<\/p>\n

Are you working on anything right now?<\/em><\/strong>
\nPresently I am polishing a short story about a psychic seamstress who tries to stop a murder. It’s been sitting in my head for over two years, and decided it was ready to be written down on paper, finally.<\/p>\n

Where might we find more of your work?<\/em><\/strong>
\nI have no web presence beyond what Google will sniff out.<\/p>\n

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Joe Vaz<\/a><\/h2>\n

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Joe Vaz<\/em> is the founder and editor of Something Wicked<\/em>, which occasionally affords him the honour and good fortune to hang out with really cool people.
\nIn his other life he is a film and television actor who gets small parts in big movies, most recently in Dredd 3D<\/em><\/a>, due to be released in September 2012.<\/p>\n

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interview by Joe Vaz
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I like to write about clich\u00e9 things, only do something opposite to the nature of the concept.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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