Hi All, As I’ve shared in my blog, last year was particularly challenging for me, personally speaking, but now, I’m happy to share with you that, after a long delay, the sequel to my debut novel, Vandella, will hit the bookshelves on 2023. Vandella: Resilience will be finally published on November 15th, 2023. And today […]
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Vandella: Resilience is finished!
After a long and laborious process of revisions, I can share with you the news that the English version of the manuscript of my second novel, Vandella: Resilience, is now complete! I started the first draft of this novel during the lockdown of the pandemic, and after multiple iterations and 5 drafts, the sequel of […]
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I remember I was in elementary school when I wrote my earliest works of fiction. A short story was about a mannequin becoming sentient and searching for its maker, heavily influenced by the 1987 romcom Mannequin, and the other was a fable about jungle animals helping each other to overcome natural catastrophes, providing a moral […]
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A year ago, on October 15th, my first novel, Vandella, was finally published. After a journey of years in the making, it was a great relief and personal accomplishment to deliver my story to the world. The reception of the readers who have dared to immerse themselves into the pages of Vandella has been extremely […]
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One of the most common questions I receive about my writing is “how do you imagine all those things you capture in the novel?” Having these sorts of thoughts spinning in your head might feel otherworldly for people not dedicated to any artistic craft. But truth is, I believe we all are capable of this […]
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Finally, after so many years, my first novel, Vandella, has seen the light of day. It might sound like a triviality for most people, but for us writers, is like delivering a child into the world. Vandella gestated for over ten years, and during that time, slowly abandoned the realm of my thoughts and to […]
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As I revealed to you in a post back in March, I’ve been working diligently during the past months, giving the final touches to my upcoming novel titled VANDELLA. I’m very excited to let you know it is now very close to release, but first I wanted to take this opportunity to share with you, […]
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There are people who discover what they want to be as grownups in childhood. And there are others like me, who figure out just by accident. I basically bumped into the profession like you do with a stranger in a crowded street. If you would ask the child version of me, “what would you like […]
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