The Writing Process

(Day 24 of 30 – story crumbs from the world of Loveandpizza.it 🍕) I want to tell you something that might be a relief if you’ve ever abandoned a first draft out of shame: Loveandpizza.it wasn’t born as the book you’ll be able to read soon. Oh, no… Not even close! The First Version Was…

(Day 23 of 30 – story crumbs from the world of Loveandpizza.it 🍕) You’d think the hardest part of writing a love story would be the love. The kissing, the yearning, the will-they-won’t-they. Getting two people across a room and into each other’s orbit without it reading like an instruction manual. And yes, that’s hard….

(Day 22 of 30 – story crumbs from the world of Loveandpizza.it 🍕) I didn’t set out to understand my own life when I started writing Loveandpizza.it. I set out to write a love story set in Napoli. A story that would avenge my little sister and empower her after her heartbreak. That’s all. But…

(Day 21 of 30 – story crumbs from the world of Loveandpizza.it 🍕) I found my old university dissertation this week. It was hiding in a folder I hadn’t opened in years, and I sat down to have a nostalgic little flick through, fully expecting to cringe. Dear Reader (channelling my inner Lady Whistledown), I…

(Day 4 of 30 – story crumbs from the world of Loveandpizza.it 🍕 ) Note: there’s a link to a bonus post inside this post where you can read the original 1st chapter of Loveandpizza.it that didn’t make the final cut… If you find it and read it, leave a comment there to let me…

(A little bonus for the curious.) Right… since you’re here, and clearly the nosy sort (I mean that as the highest compliment 😏), let me show you something almost no one has seen… Long before Loveandpizza.it became the book it is now – before the new cover, before the Italian and Portuguese editions, before I’d…