Why do you like writing?
Hans von Lieven: I like telling stories. I don't lie in real life, here I can :-) (Without liability no less)
When did you start writing and why?
Hans von Lieven: As a kid. First essays and compositions, then technical literature, then fiction for balance.
How long have you been writing?
Hans von Lieven: more than 60 years
What is the best book you have ever read?
Hans von Lieven: Lives of the Twelve Caesars. by Gaius Suetonius Tranquillus (c.71-c.135 AD)
Who is your favorite author?
Hans von Lieven: Thomas Edward Lawrence CB, DSO (16 August 1888 � 19 May 1935), (Lawrence of Arabia)
What is the best story you have ever written?
Hans von Lieven: Lingua Veritatis (The Language of Truth), a novel
What is some advice you would give new writers?
Hans von Lieven: Study English! Study grammar, study spelling, study punctuation. Then write !!
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