{"id":2147,"date":"2024-10-10T07:53:27","date_gmt":"2024-10-10T07:53:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quantum.closelycoded.site\/?page_id=2147"},"modified":"2024-12-17T09:24:26","modified_gmt":"2024-12-17T09:24:26","slug":"backstory-helping-hands","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/backstory-helping-hands\/","title":{"rendered":"Backstory: Helping Hands"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"2147\" class=\"elementor elementor-2147\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5922dc1c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5922dc1c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6683d3c4 elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6683d3c4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"92\" height=\"143\" src=\"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/pattern_top.png\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-591\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-66666dcf elementor-absolute elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"66666dcf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;_position&quot;:&quot;absolute&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"160\" height=\"177\" src=\"https:\/\/events.cqt.sg\/shorts\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/4\/2024\/09\/pattern_bottom.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-592\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d31c074 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"d31c074\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35255a5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"35255a5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Backstory: Helping Hands<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-698dafe elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"698dafe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"rtecenter\">A Q&amp;A with\u00a0<strong>Cora Valderas<\/strong>, Quantum Shorts First Prize winner<\/p><p class=\"rtecenter\"><a href=\"\/entry\/helping-hands\">Read the story first: Helping Hands<\/a><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bc8bc4 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bc8bc4\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Is there anything you would like readers to know about you, beyond the bio in your story?<\/strong><\/p><p>I have recently begun working as a copywriter for a marketing agency, but I have always enjoyed writing as a personal hobby, specifically creative writing. When I\u2019m not listening to podcasts about crime thrillers or horror stories, I\u2019m usually writing within those genres.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>Creepy and spooky happenings take place in your story. How did you come up with the idea?<\/strong><\/p><p>I\u2019ve always been drawn to scary stories, in the real and fictional sense. There are many disaster stories throughout history involving sensitive equipment to draw inspiration from, and quantum physics provides a deep pool of possibilities that blur the lines of truth and fiction. Science fiction is all about accepting impossible circumstances as fact, and such consideration can have amazing or terrifying results.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p><strong>What do you think of the multiverse?<\/strong><\/p><p>It\u2019s fun to consider that there are infinite possibilities out there, and I believe it\u2019s up to the imagination to make those many universes a reality. 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