If he one day knocks on the door of Marie-Laure Autret, in Plonévez-Porzay, the blank page syndrome will be in serious trouble. After the publication of her first two novels this year, “The Cursed Jewel” and “Madame Igor”, this 31-year-old young woman is working simultaneously on three other books and has, in her computer, “fourteen reading plans”.
Writing as an outlet
Since she opened the floodgates of writing in 2018, the qualified worker in a pig farm in Plomodiern has not stopped. However, as she repeats several times: “I didn’t study literature, I wasn’t into that at all.” His abundant imagination has its origins in a dramatic event. “I lost the man I loved in a car accident in 2017,” recalls Marie Laure Autret. “I couldn’t talk about it,” she remembers.
But one day, she takes up the pen. “I wrote everything down on two pages that I gave to my parents.” Exercise relieves it immediately. “I had no trouble putting into words what I felt. I didn’t think I was capable of writing like that, I didn’t know I had this talent.” The fever seizes this native of Pleybennoise who, within the month, writes her first stories.
Two novels published in 2024
Last June, she published, under the name “ML Trétau”, “The cursed jewel”, written in 2018. “I sent the third version, out of five, to a publishing house that I had chosen a somewhat by chance… It was the first one that appeared when I did my Google search. Bingo. Editions Vérane, located in Paris, publish this first fantastic novel inspired by Greek mythology. “It has always fascinated me,” explains the skilled worker.
In 2020, Marie-Laure Autret returned and wrote “Madame Igor”, a novel about the depths of human nature, published in September 2024. “The inspiration came from a program on a news item in the United States. I was appalled to see that out of jealousy, people can go so far as to kill. I was like, 'All that for that.' This thought is enough for the author to produce 500 pages.
Daily therapy
Because for this resident of Plonévez-Porzay, everything is subject to writing. “It doesn’t stop in there,” she said, twirling her index finger around her head. “I happened to walk on the beach of Saint-Anne-la-Palud, see two rocks and imagine what could happen on them.” Writing is daily therapy for Marie-Laure Autret. “I don’t write to be famous, but because it makes me feel good.” In the pile of stories she would like to publish, one remains well hidden. “I wrote, manually, the story of the loss of my companion. Maybe I’ll publish it one day… Or not.”
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