World Book Day – Resident Author Interview

On this World Book Day we are celebrating with an interview from one of our resident authors who goes by Oso. At Westminster Village we cherish our on-campus library and our resident authors who have made amazing contributions to it that everyone can enjoy. Read the interview below! 

Christina: Well, hi Oso, how are you today? 

Oso: Perfect. 

Christina: Good. Well, I’m gonna ask you, what inspired you to become an author? 

Oso: Well, I had a story to tell. I didn’t know that I was a writer. I always used to be a poet all the way from elementary school. But I started the Love Project about a high school in Brooklyn, New York, and it was a miraculous story about how the school changed. And my partner Diane said, you know, you really have to tell this story, and I said, ‘no.’ She said ‘do it anyway!’ so I wrote. That’s how I started writing. 

Christina: And how many books have you written in your career? 

Oso: Published 15, yeah. 

Christina: Have your goals or views changed on writing since your first book? 

Oso: Well, I don’t think so. I write mostly from the heart and I try to communicate what will serve others to function with unconditional love, and to bring up their own potential and make their own imprint on the world. 

Christina: And what advice would you give to aspiring authors? 

Oso: Write about what you know. And write about what you have passion for, you know, something that really means something to you. I never write from an intellectual point of view. I write from a passionate point of view, and that communicates with the reader. So that’s my advice. 

And also I would say, don’t write because you think you want it to get published or you wanna sell it or you want to make money. That’s the most ridiculous thing of all, right? Because you have something of your own self to share, and then after it’s on the page, then see what you want to do with it after that. 

Christina: Thank you!

Oso: Thank you also. 

Christina: You’re welcome.