Writer's Blog
Why I love the Public Library
ALL SIX COPIES ARE IN USE! Thanks to my readers ~~ As a writer and reader, I depend…
September 3, 2021
Highlights, Writer's BlogAuthors Answer Personal Questions!
I love reading about writers’ inspirations. When asked about mine, I dredged up memories I thought had disappeared forever.…
September 3, 2021
Writer's BlogJOIN US! New Jersey authors talk about what else…
New Jersey! And how our hometowns became characters in our books: Gail Reitano, author of ITALIAN LOVE CAKE, a…
August 7, 2021
Highlights, Writer's BlogItalian Love Cake gets a French Publication!
Éditions Anne Carrière will publish my novel ITALIAN LOVE CAKE in French ~ Spring 2022. They will also publish…
August 7, 2021
Writer's BlogA Lasting Gift: Remembering My Friend Kim Chernin
https://lithub.com/a-lasting-gift-remembering-my-friend-kim-chernin/ A Lasting Gift: Remembering My Friend Kim Chernin
May 7, 2021
Writer's BlogGlamour in the Pines
The old Slape mansion (in need of a refurb) on the lake in my New Jersey hometown, was the…
March 18, 2021
Writer's BlogGlamour in the Pines
Heading to a wedding. From left: my grandmother, Anna Renzi, Aunt Helen, and Mom, all in white. Who said…
February 25, 2021
Writer's BlogIn the Shadow of Vesuvius
As the story goes, my Neapolitan great grandfather, Carmine Rodio, was bullied mercilessly at school, and soon became a…
February 16, 2021
Writer's BlogNovel Inspiration
Writing ITALIAN LOVE CAKE, I felt compelled to recreate the life of an Italian-American woman in the 1930s. Often…
February 15, 2021
Beautiful Italians, Writer's BlogAll Things ITALIAN, plus Clothes
Why I love clothes… Clothes “emote” and boy, so do Italians. Gaga’s National Anthem was a departure at the…
January 21, 2021