Ever noticed how unreliable narrators often sharpen our trust in the stories they can't tell? It's what they omit that colors the world more vividly. How do you handle narrators in your writing? #booksky #literaryanalysis #writingcraft
Rita E. Gould
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Writer. Reader. Editor. Blogger. Frustrated cat owner. (She/her) #womenwritersnet Founder member of @womenwritersnet on Twitter. (Instagram: @ ritakitty.8; Twitter: @ritakitty8) Blog: anartfulsequenceofwords.com
Come and join us on the @womenwritersnet.bsky.social Bluesky channel this coming Thursday, 3 September. I’ll be interviewing @lesleyjayneb.bsky.social about her debut novel, A Year Without A Summer. #authorinterview #womenwriters
A thread 🧵 well worth reading - for #writers and #publishers. #booksky #WritingCommunity @breakthroughbook.bsky.social
Tom Cox@dj-acid-reflux.bsky.social · 2d agoShort stories are thought of as a "hard sell" in the publishing industry. My usual publishers rejected the manuscript of this for that very reason & said they'd prefer to have a novel from me. But this was the book I needed to write at the time I wrote it and I was determined to get it out there.
Good Morning, #WomenWriters! This week it's @nastasyaparker.bsky.social running the channel from Gloucestershire, UK. What are your working on? Have you been exploring anywhere during the holidays? #WritingCommunity
Coming up this Thursday, 6 pm BST on #WomenWritersNet: We interview debut author @lesleyjayneb.bsky.social about her historical dual narrative, A Year Without a Summer. It's a beautiful and moving book, plus Lesley provides great insight into the publishing process. #BookSky #WritingCommunity
If you enjoy #historicalfiction you might like this lovely interview with @valeriavescina.bsky.social of #womenwritersnet ! #skywriters
Valeria Vescina@valeriavescina.bsky.social · 4w agoA1 #WomenWritersNet. My first novel, “That Summer in Puglia”, debuted in 2018 at the Oxford Lit Fest. A second edition of it has just been released by @breakthroughbook.bsky.social, who will also publish my second book, a historical novel, this coming winter. valeriavescina.com/writing/that...
An interesting article about the history of the modern book cover. lithub.com/its-ok-to-ju...
It’s Ok to Judge a Book By Its Cover (It’s Impossible Not To)
For a coterie of dandyish readers during the Victorian Mauve Nineties, The Yellow Book provided something novel—book cover designs. When the literary quarterly released its first volume in the spri…
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I love that there’s an indie press best seller 40 list. So many unique books come from indie presses. #IndieBooks #Reading lithub.com/the-independ...
The Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers: Fiction
Here are this week’s Independent Press Top 40 Bestsellers for fiction, based on sales in hundreds of independent bookstores nationwide, generously provided by the American Booksellers Association. …
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I'm so glad I came to tonight's #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview! I think I love that #ThatSummerinPuglia even more after learning about all of thought that @valeriavescina.bsky.social put into this moving #Novel.
Valeria Vescina@valeriavescina.bsky.social · 4w agoThank YOU, @drhelenmtaylor.bsky.social and the whole @womenwritersnet.bsky.social team, for this opportunity to chat with you at length about That Summer in Puglia! And thank you, of course, to all attendees and readers of our conversation!
Welcome to our #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview series. Today we are chatting with Valeria Vescina, author of the novel That Summer in Puglia. @valeriavescina.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #booksky
A6 #WomenWritersNet. You can find me on my website (valeriavescina.com) and on social media: Bluesky, Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn. My second novel, Habit of Disobedience, will be forthcoming from @breakthroughbook.bsky.social this winter, and it too will be available from all good bookshops.
Valeria Vescina
Author, Creative Writing Tutor, Reviewer
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Q6. Where can we find out more about you and your books? #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @valeriavescina.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #booksky
Q5. The cover for That Summer In Puglia is beautiful. Can you tell us how it came about? #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @valeriavescina.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #booksky
Q4. The story is presented as a dramatic monologue by Tommaso to a private investigator. Why did you decide to frame it in this way? #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @valeriavescina.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #booksky
The setting for Valerie's beautiful novel, That Summer in Puglia #WomenWritersNet
Valeria Vescina@valeriavescina.bsky.social · 4w agoA2 #WomenWritersNet People who’re not very familiar with Southern Italy often don’t realise just how diverse it is, both between and within regions. Puglia is particularly rich in culture, for historical reasons.
Q3. What are the main themes in That Summer In Puglia? #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @valeriavescina.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #booksky
A1 #WomenWritersNet Sure! Thank you for asking. Here is a link to my #writingretreats in the Swiss Alps: valeriavescina.com/teaching/wri...
Writing Retreats
Hasliberg – view from the lounge Creative writing retreats in idyllic Switzerland 14 – 20 June 2026 (tutored) 6 – 12 September 2026 (semi-tutored) Also ad hoc stays (untutored) on…
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Has teaching creative writing helped your own craft?
Q2. Without giving too much away, can you tell us a little about That Summer In Puglia? #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @valeriavescina.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #booksky
A1 #WomenWritersNet. My first novel, “That Summer in Puglia”, debuted in 2018 at the Oxford Lit Fest. A second edition of it has just been released by @breakthroughbook.bsky.social, who will also publish my second book, a historical novel, this coming winter. valeriavescina.com/writing/that...
That Summer in Puglia
My debut novel, That Summer in Puglia, is a work of literary fiction set in 1980s Puglia (chiefly in Ostuni) and present-day London. It was the Italian Day fiction debut at the FTWeekend Oxf…
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Q1. Welcome, Valeria. To get things started, can you tell us a bit about yourself and your writing career to date? #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview @valeriavescina.bsky.social @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #booksky
If you haven't had the opportunity to read @valeriavescina.bsky.social's lyrical #DebutNovel, #ThatSummerinPuglia, do join us for this #WomenWritersNet #AuthorInterview. You'll learn all about why you should read this moving novel!
Women Writers Network@womenwritersnet.bsky.social · 4w agoJust 30 mins to go before we will be chatting with Valeria about her gorgeous, atmospheric novel, That Summer in Puglia. Feel free to join in. Follow #WomenWritersNet to see the posts.
Just 30 mins to go before we will be chatting with Valeria about her gorgeous, atmospheric novel, That Summer in Puglia. Feel free to join in. Follow #WomenWritersNet to see the posts.
Valeria Vescina@valeriavescina.bsky.social · 4w agoLooking forward to this conversation with @drhelenmtaylor.bsky.social later today on the @womenwritersnet.bsky.social channel! @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #puglia #italy #litfic
Join us tomorrow night to chat to @valeriavescina.bsky.social about her wonderful novel, That Summer in Puglia. #writingcommunity
Hello! It’s @lizchampion.bsky.social very late getting started today! How are you? What’s on the writing agenda this week? #writingcommunity
Looking forward to this conversation with @drhelenmtaylor.bsky.social later today on the @womenwritersnet.bsky.social channel! @breakthroughbook.bsky.social #puglia #italy #litfic
It’s been a great week with you all, @womenwritersnet.bsky.social community. Here’s @valeriavescina.bsky.social signing out and handing over to the wonderful @lizchampion.bsky.social!
