We recently connected with Carmen Salvá del Corral and have shared our conversation below.
Hi Carmen, thanks for sharing your insights with our community today. Part of your success, no doubt, is due to your work ethic and so we’d love if you could open up about where you got your work ethic from?
From the heart
Let’s take a small detour – maybe you can share a bit about yourself before we dive back into some of the other questions we had for you?
I began my literary career in Mexico City in 2008. From then on I wrote my first historical novel La mirada, followed by the musical The Magic of Christmas: You, the play La nave del miedo, the short stories Monstritos, Nicolás y la Magic stone; A stork story; Story of quails; Theresa’s miracle; black stones; Pluto is sad; the short story Alfie, elf of the light; a youth novel Adventure in Ushuaia; a book of stories Secrets of a secretary. My last written story is currently being edited, it is Spanish-English Serafin and an alligator in the pantry. Regarding my artistic facet, I started in Madrid in 2018 due to the need to illustrate my books. I am currently continuing my apprenticeship in Bahrain, which is where I live for work, at the Palitra Studio. When I travel to Spain I study with the painter Álvaro Ruiz Pérez.
I dedicate my day to day full time to my literature and my paintings. I am excited to see the result both reading my writings and observing my pictorial works.
I currently have four paintings exhibited at the Anima Latina Art Award in Italy.
I would love to reach the American public, that they enjoy both my books and my paintings.
If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?
Perseverance, personal growth and patience. The advice I would give you is that if you love what you do, insist, learn, grow and seek perfection that will take you to the place where you see yourself.
Awesome, really appreciate you opening up with us today and before we close maybe you can share a book recommendation with us. Has there been a book that’s been impactful in your growth and development?
Morris West’s Summer of the Red Wolf. It sowed in me the desire to write, the desire for adventure, the desire to love solitude and with it find the loved one, the love for Scotland and its people.
Contact Info:
- Website: https://carmensdc.com
- Instagram: @carmensalvadelcorral ; @csdc_art
- Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@carmensdc/videos