I’d like to welcome my guest Maria Savva, who has written some truly fascinating works of literary and contemporary fiction. Maria lives in London and is a qualified solicitor, as well as a writer.
Her published novels are Coincidences and A Time to Tell, and she has also published the short story collections Pieces of a Rainbow, and Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales.)
A Time to Tell is a family saga spanning 50 years and three generations of one family. Pieces of a Rainbow is a collection of 7 short stories, each one based on a different color of the rainbow. Love and Loyalty (and Other Tales) is a collection of 15 short stories about life, love, loss, deceit and loneliness among other things. Maria is currently at work on her third and fourth novels and a third collection of short stories.
You can see Maria’s writing talent in her below memory of the absurdity of youth: The Red Man. Maria, tell us about your memory from 25 years ago.
MARIA: In the mid ‘80s, me and my friends would often congregate on a bench for lunch, outside our school. For a brief period of time, perhaps a few weeks, a young man used to walk past us every day. One of my friends pointed him out, and then we always looked out for him.
There was nothing particularly different about this man, as far as I remember, except that he always appeared a bit awkward as he walked past us unruly teens each day. He had red hair, and a flushed face (probably because we were always whispering or giggling when we saw him), so we quickly nicknamed him ‘The Red Man’.
I still laugh when I remember how silly we were, and I feel a bit sorry for the poor ‘Red Man’. I don’t think we ever actually spoke with him; maybe we said ‘hello’ when he walked past, or asked him inane questions that went unanswered. What I do remember was that one day, my friend decided to bring a camera so that we could play a prank on him, to make him think we thought he was famous and wanted a photo of him. We hid behind a car when we saw him approaching, then my friend jumped up and took a picture. He appeared startled.
My friend said she would pin it up on her bedroom wall, (I think she secretly fancied him.) I wonder whether my friend still has that photo, and I wonder what ever happened to The Red Man…
Please visit Maria’s web site for more information on her writing.
Also be sure to check out her books in my Amazon store.
