Theresa Nash's Blog - Posts Tagged "il-molo"
The birth of Il Molo
I started the book in 2010 when I had a brilliant idea about writing a novel about a murder in the small village in Italy where we spend at least a week there every summer. But then I stopped working on it - unsure of where to take the story (Italian police procedures, etc.) and lack of a publisher. Then my aunt introduced me to CreateSpace, and I had a "revelation" as to where to take the book.
Am I an author?
After I self-published my first book, “Il Molo”, several friends asked me if I had always written? I often wanted to respond facetiously and say “No, only since the first grade.” However, I refrained myself because I knew that was not the answer they were looking for, nor the question they had asked. They were really asking if I considered myself an author.
The answer is not so easy. My “writing” background is eclectic. When I was a teenager I started a James-Bond-like novel in one of my school notebooks. Now I wish I could find the manuscript and work on it again. I am sure it was thrown out a long time ago. In a high school English course covering the short story as a literary genre, our daily homework assignment was to write a two or three page short story. I do remember concocting literary gems in the morning on the school bus. I have written innumerable proposals, two or three articles for a United Nations organization in Geneva, and numerous satirical articles for a clandestine in-house newsletter for which I was one of the editors.
Am I an author? That depends on one’s definition. Only time will tell. If no one buys my stories, then I guess the answer is clear. However, I have promised myself that I will keep writing. I don’t write every day, but I do think about writing every day. When I find the solution to a stumbling block in the narrative, then I start writing again. As I write other things come to mind, and I continue until the idea well runs dry.
The answer is not so easy. My “writing” background is eclectic. When I was a teenager I started a James-Bond-like novel in one of my school notebooks. Now I wish I could find the manuscript and work on it again. I am sure it was thrown out a long time ago. In a high school English course covering the short story as a literary genre, our daily homework assignment was to write a two or three page short story. I do remember concocting literary gems in the morning on the school bus. I have written innumerable proposals, two or three articles for a United Nations organization in Geneva, and numerous satirical articles for a clandestine in-house newsletter for which I was one of the editors.
Am I an author? That depends on one’s definition. Only time will tell. If no one buys my stories, then I guess the answer is clear. However, I have promised myself that I will keep writing. I don’t write every day, but I do think about writing every day. When I find the solution to a stumbling block in the narrative, then I start writing again. As I write other things come to mind, and I continue until the idea well runs dry.
Il Molo - free Kindle copy
From 1 - 5 October you can download a free copy of Il Molo on Kindle - Amazon US and UK.
There's a chapter of the book on my Creative writing page.
There's a chapter of the book on my Creative writing page.
My Blog
I finally started a website/blog. You can view it on http://theresanash.wordpress.com/
Would be glad to hear from you. Enjoy!!
Would be glad to hear from you. Enjoy!!
Interview on Writers'Lens
IL MOLO = One woman + two soulmates + the Italian seacoast + crime.
My interview on Writers' Lens.
http://www.thewriterslens.com/2014/12...
My interview on Writers' Lens.
http://www.thewriterslens.com/2014/12...
