Ask the Author: Nina Romano
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Nina Romano
Dr Zhivago. I'd work in the battle fields along side him as his nurse
just so I could hear Pasternak's poetry. Lara wild be jealous. I'd get a
Chance to be with Zhivago in the snow-covered dacha!!!
I'm finishing a novel manuscript now set in the US. But next one,
I think I'll set in Russia.
just so I could hear Pasternak's poetry. Lara wild be jealous. I'd get a
Chance to be with Zhivago in the snow-covered dacha!!!
I'm finishing a novel manuscript now set in the US. But next one,
I think I'll set in Russia.
Nina Romano
The Summer Before the War, Monticello, The Whiskey Sea,
The Orphan's Train, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Painted Bird,
The Plum Tree, What She Left Behind, M Train, Commonwealth,
The Devil on Her Tongue, In a Far Country, The Whip,
Suite Francaise, The Zoekeeper's Wife.
I will also be reading the manuscript of my new novel several times!!!
The Orphan's Train, Beneath a Scarlet Sky, The Painted Bird,
The Plum Tree, What She Left Behind, M Train, Commonwealth,
The Devil on Her Tongue, In a Far Country, The Whip,
Suite Francaise, The Zoekeeper's Wife.
I will also be reading the manuscript of my new novel several times!!!
Nina Romano
Anna Karenina and Vronsky
And Lian and Giacomo from my novel The Secret Language of Women
And Lian and Giacomo from my novel The Secret Language of Women
Nina Romano
Woops! Thanks, David, for catching that error in spelling! Changed it.
Nina Romano
There are many wonderful things about being a writer. One of the best things is that you can write anywhere: a diner, Starbucks, at a bar, on a bus, waiting in a doctor's office, etc. I always have a note book with me in the car, on my night table, in the kitchen. Today, it's even easier, you can make notes into your iPhone.
Last summer, I wrote emails to myself on the beach, so I wouldn't forget my thoughts and ideas on the novel I was beginning. In a first draft, you can create anything, throw down any plausible or concept--no matter how absurd or crazy it may be. Why? Because the cerebral part of writing really comes with revision. You get the opportunity to change, construct, form a better version of what you've written--and you get to do it over and over until you think it's done. I rewrote The Secret Language of Women nine complete times.
Another terrific thing is that you can imagine the lives of other people, their personalities, habits, flaws, problems, illnesses, whatever. One of the most inventive sories I wrote was about a prison cook, planning to break out. The sotry, The Other Side of the Gates, is included in my collection of the same name.
In fact, I love cooking because it allows me to THINK about the current thing I'm writing.
Last summer, I wrote emails to myself on the beach, so I wouldn't forget my thoughts and ideas on the novel I was beginning. In a first draft, you can create anything, throw down any plausible or concept--no matter how absurd or crazy it may be. Why? Because the cerebral part of writing really comes with revision. You get the opportunity to change, construct, form a better version of what you've written--and you get to do it over and over until you think it's done. I rewrote The Secret Language of Women nine complete times.
Another terrific thing is that you can imagine the lives of other people, their personalities, habits, flaws, problems, illnesses, whatever. One of the most inventive sories I wrote was about a prison cook, planning to break out. The sotry, The Other Side of the Gates, is included in my collection of the same name.
In fact, I love cooking because it allows me to THINK about the current thing I'm writing.
Nina Romano
First, I think about what I want to write.
Second, something will come to me--an idea, an image, a word or phrase--I'll take note of it.
Third, I'll apply what's of interest, what I"ve found, what's been given to me from the Universe.
I've always writen. As a young girl, I loved to listen to stories and write them. I always wrote poetry, although I never took a formal course in poetry until I ws in Grad school, getting an MFA in Creative Writing, but I always read poetry.
I love language and beautiful words. I used to make lists of words I loved. I also am fortunate in that I speak Italian and Spanish. I think that other languages help with writing poetry and anything else. They give you a different way to express and to think.
Reading poetry is a good way to begin writing ficiton. It gives you a sense of rhythm and poise. Poetry helps you think in images and metaphoprs, and gives you the liberty to use elevated language--or not.
I love reading--you cannot be a writer if you don't read. I enjoy reading historical novels, but I also enjoy many other genres. I've learned a great deal from classic literature, and the Russians. Reading is key to writing.
If you're too busy to read, then listen to audiobooks, watch a movie, or try taping yourself reading, go to readings by other authors.
Second, something will come to me--an idea, an image, a word or phrase--I'll take note of it.
Third, I'll apply what's of interest, what I"ve found, what's been given to me from the Universe.
I've always writen. As a young girl, I loved to listen to stories and write them. I always wrote poetry, although I never took a formal course in poetry until I ws in Grad school, getting an MFA in Creative Writing, but I always read poetry.
I love language and beautiful words. I used to make lists of words I loved. I also am fortunate in that I speak Italian and Spanish. I think that other languages help with writing poetry and anything else. They give you a different way to express and to think.
Reading poetry is a good way to begin writing ficiton. It gives you a sense of rhythm and poise. Poetry helps you think in images and metaphoprs, and gives you the liberty to use elevated language--or not.
I love reading--you cannot be a writer if you don't read. I enjoy reading historical novels, but I also enjoy many other genres. I've learned a great deal from classic literature, and the Russians. Reading is key to writing.
If you're too busy to read, then listen to audiobooks, watch a movie, or try taping yourself reading, go to readings by other authors.
Nina Romano
Never give up!
I was a poet before I started publishing my ficiton. I submitted many poems before I started getting acceptances for my collections. And the same is true for my short stories. Once I started getting acceptances from literary journals and magazines, I began working toward a collection.
With my novels, bsically, it's the same. So my advice is : KEEP WRITING! and keep submitting.
I was a poet before I started publishing my ficiton. I submitted many poems before I started getting acceptances for my collections. And the same is true for my short stories. Once I started getting acceptances from literary journals and magazines, I began working toward a collection.
With my novels, bsically, it's the same. So my advice is : KEEP WRITING! and keep submitting.
Nina Romano
Hi--
I'm fortunate and blessed to say, that the idea for my most recent novel,
In America, which will be published in July, came from a family story!
I'm fortunate and blessed to say, that the idea for my most recent novel,
In America, which will be published in July, came from a family story!
Nina Romano
Hello--
thanks for the question. I'm in the process of editing Book #3 of my Wayfarer Trilogy, In America.
I'm also considering writing another novel, but I think I'll wait until
In America is published in July.
i FINISHED iN AMERICA ABD IT WAS PUBLISHED IN mAY 2016. NOW THE NOVEL I'M WORKING ON IS SET IN THE US WEST AND ST. LOUIS. I ALWAYS LOVED STORIES OF THE WEST AND HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SET A NOVEL IN LATE 1800s IN THE WEST AND THAT'S WHAY I'M WORKING ON NOW
thanks for the question. I'm in the process of editing Book #3 of my Wayfarer Trilogy, In America.
I'm also considering writing another novel, but I think I'll wait until
In America is published in July.
i FINISHED iN AMERICA ABD IT WAS PUBLISHED IN mAY 2016. NOW THE NOVEL I'M WORKING ON IS SET IN THE US WEST AND ST. LOUIS. I ALWAYS LOVED STORIES OF THE WEST AND HAVE ALWAYS WANTED TO SET A NOVEL IN LATE 1800s IN THE WEST AND THAT'S WHAY I'M WORKING ON NOW
Nina Romano
Dear whomsoever--
Thanks for asking! Interesting question. I assume you're a writer or a dabbler in the art of writing, or someone who journals, blogs, etc..
Sorry to say, I don't believe in writer's block. Why? Simply beacuse you can always write something: a letter, an email, a grocery list, a get-well card or a greting to a friend, a customer review of a book you loved on amazon or Goodreads, or whatever. That's writing!
What maybe you're referring to is what do you do when you'e stuck on a particular piece of writing...now that's a different question!
Let me know.
Thanks for asking! Interesting question. I assume you're a writer or a dabbler in the art of writing, or someone who journals, blogs, etc..
Sorry to say, I don't believe in writer's block. Why? Simply beacuse you can always write something: a letter, an email, a grocery list, a get-well card or a greting to a friend, a customer review of a book you loved on amazon or Goodreads, or whatever. That's writing!
What maybe you're referring to is what do you do when you'e stuck on a particular piece of writing...now that's a different question!
Let me know.
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