Borislava Borissova: "Affairs of the Heart"

Hi Borislava, could you please describe yourself in a few words?

I consider myself a writer by soul because, although I have been working as a recruiter in the field of Human Resources for years in my free time; history and writing are the important passions of my life. I love interesting stories and legends. I love adventures that take us through the ages and help us to experience countless earthly and celestial places. I love Sofia, Sicily, Istanbul, Rome, Seville, and London. The towns are like museums under open sky. I like discovering these scenes of legends and secrets, history, journeys, culture, and ancient remains. 

What can you tell us about "Affairs of the Heart"?

My second book Affairs of the Heart will be published in a few weeks. There are also two novellas, the contemporary love drama "The last secrets of the ancient island" and the historical love drama "A Love in Time of Wars".

 "A Love in Time of Wars" is a turn of Twentieth Century love story. Scenes of passion, hatred, love and great efforts for changes in peace affect everyone's life in two warring nations. Differences abound in cultures, religions, languages, traditions and so on, for a young Bulgarian girl and a Turkish officer trying to overcome the obstacles between them. The wars become the past, the past becomes history and through the years only love is still alive in a very beautiful tale to remember.

"The Last Secrets of The Ancient Island" is a story about loneliness and the fears of loneliness that can change our world with the same strength as strong love or hatred. A series of mishaps in an old town puts each main character under suspicion. An unknown driver has a tragic motivation to take another life. At the end, with the unveiling of the last mysteries of ancient sights unexplored by historians and archaeologists, it becomes clear that we are born alone, we die alone, but life is our chance to live with love. If possible… If we so wish.

Who's your favourite author?

Mikhail Bulgakov with Master and Margarita. I wish his heroes were real and I could meet  Wolland, Begemot etc. I even don't want to bid farewell to them so I have read a big pile of reviews about the book. I find it very interesting to know how other people perceive the stories, characters which found "home" in my soul and mind. The reviews appear as a kind of sequel to the books themselves, and I enjoy spending some extra time with the heroes.

Do you have tips for budding writers?

Nothing ends with the end of the story. When the last sentence is written, the pages are wrapped with beautiful covers in warm colors and you take a deep breath because everything is behind you… but for the author the difficulties just start. She or he must put tremendous efforts to overcome all obstacles on the road to reach the readers. Writing isn't an easy process but finding a publisher is not any simpler.

What are you working on now?

My next book Somewhere Around Us (fiction).

Where can we find you online?

http://borislavaborissova.quenit.com/books/affairs-of-the-heart.html

http://www.roseheartbooks.com/borislavaa.html