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Tag Archives: publishing
Venice Rising Has a New Look!
Check out the lovely new website by Michelle Miller to promote the book her mother, Rosemary Wilmot, and I created. You can also learn more about the charities that Venice Rising supports: There’s also a new Facebook page where you … Continue reading
Posted in Venice, Writing
Tagged acqua alta, books, Cover-19, Facebook, First Spritz Is Free, Italian history, Italian men, Italian women, Italian writers, italy, pandemic, publishing, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, website, writing
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Redefining Beauty: Giustiniana Wynne
I’m here to set the record straight about Giustiniana Wynne. Previously, I wrote and spoke about her affair with Casanova, in which I relate a pretty funny and maybe even bawdy story about their assignation in a garret. But after … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, feminism, Grand Canal, history, History of my Life, Italian history, Italian men, Italian women, italy, literature, publishing, research, seductive venice, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, women writers, women's history, writing
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Culture Salon
My publisher, Giovanni DiStefano at Supernova Edizioni in Venice, attended the Salone della Cultura in Milan, this past weekend, January 19-20, 2019. And guess what–those are my books on his table, for everyone to see! Here’s a view of the hall, … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Italian heritage, Venice, Writing
Tagged Andrea Perego, art, authors, books, Casanova, Italian language, Italian writers, italy, literature, Milan, publishing, Supernova Edizioni, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice, Venice history, writers, writing
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Oops! Forgot the Spritz!
How can I throw a party to celebrate the publication of First Spritz Is Free and not serve a batch of spritz for everyone to drink?! Well, that’s what I did! Today we gathered in my backyard around the doortable and … Continue reading
Posted in Venice, Writing
Tagged ebook, festa, First Spritz Is Free, italy, memoir, publishing, self-publishing, spritz, travel, travel writing, venezia, Venice, wine, women writers, writing
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Celebrating Cinquecento
No, not the century, but my 500th blog post! I started this blog in April 2012, and today you are reading my five hundredth posting. Should I name the 500 things I most love about Venice? The 500 most interesting … Continue reading
Posted in Venice, Writing
Tagged black buttocks, blogging, blogs, Casanova, Gondolas, publishing, statistics, Venice, Venice history, writing
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An Exchange of Gifts
Meet my translator! I’m happy to announce that my walking guide, Seductive Venice: In Casanova’s Footsteps, will soon be published in Italian! Here’s how this came about: My friend Adriano, who shares my interest in Casanova and has helped me … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged Casanova, Italian history, Italian language, Italian men, Italian women, italy, literature, Piazza San Marco, publishing, seductive venice, Supernova Edizioni, translation, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, walking guide, writing
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No Reason to Hide Ourselves
I missed the anniversary of Elisabetta Caminer Turra’s death by a couple days, but that’s no reason not to commemorate her today. She died on June 7, 1796, of complications related to breast cancer. Her doctors contended that the cancer … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, churches, Elisabetta Caminer Turra, feminism, history, Italian history, Italian women, italy, literature, Mary Wollstonecraft, publishing, research, San Benedetto, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, video, women writers, women's history, writing
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New Book About Our Man C!
Laurence Bergreen’s new book about Casanova is finally available! It’s titled Casanova: The World of a Seductive Genius (just a little reminiscent of my own title, Seductive Venice: In Casanova’s Footsteps.) I got my copy a couple days ago and have … Continue reading
Posted in Casanova, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, history, Italian history, Italian men, italy, literature, publishing, seductive venice, travel, venezia, Venice, Venice history, walking guide, writing
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December Book Sale!
In the spirit of giving gifts, I’m offering sale prices on my three Venice books for the month of December. Two dollars off each title! Visit each website to get this deal (which is not available if you buy at … Continue reading
Posted in A Beautiful Woman in Venice, Casanova, Gondolas, Venice, Writing
Tagged books, Casanova, Free Gondola Ride, gondola, gondolier, history, Italian history, Italian men, Italian women, italy, publishing, seductive venice, self-publishing, travel, women artists, women writers, women's equality, women's history, writing
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