Thanks, @Stacey Brooks, for your daily blessing. Yes, I personally need it. I’m glad to see you all writing your pieces from time to time. I’m reading you all. Just dropping a message to say I hope you all have a great evening, and I’ll see you in the comment section or in DM. If not, see you next week, when I’ll be sharing with all of you some juicy topics about books, writing, jobs, and any personal stories we want to share. Chat soon 🙂 M

Finished writing my 2nd book. I'm going to load it on kdp tonight. If any one wants to take a peek here is where I created it... heres the link https://www.inkfluenceai.com/books/usm1ny17yr First time using the ebook creator AI, I'm not a fan...

• So, in this regard, I have one more question: what do you expect to find in a writing community like this? • What would you like to find?

For many people, the weekend is a time to rest. Not always for writers, and not always for freelancers like me. The weekend is often when the deeper reflections arrive. The days when we sit with ourselves and realise that, sooner or later, a decision must be made about the week ahead, about the work, about the life we are trying to build. One question stayed with me for months (in 2020): What am I going to do with this book I have written? That was my unrest for a long time with Echoes of Eurydice, my first novel written in English. Yes, I write in more than one language. It was 2020. I was tired, but I was also full of hope. For more than a year, I did not know what to do next, and literary agents kept rejecting the story. I understand why. Who wants to bet on something original these days? It feels risky. And my novel does not fit neatly into a single category, even if it is science fiction. Not the kind with spaceships, not Dune-like science fiction. A softer kind. A science fiction of parallel worlds, bent realities, and possible lives. At its heart, it asks a simple question: If you could meet again someone you have lost, what would you be willing to do? Would you cross into a parallel world just to see them one more time? That is why Eurydice. The name comes from the myth of Orpheus and Eurydice. So I am curious about you. Some of you may be writing your first novel. Some may already have written one, or several. What is your real goal with what you are writing, or what you have already written? Mine was clear: to find an English literary agent and move towards traditional publication. What about you?

I did! Had fun building this one with Runway AI. It took me about an hour, but I’d love to hear your feedback. I wanted to introduce my short story with a very short trailer. I’ll release the story on my Substack soon. In the meantime, enjoy the trailer. P.S. Feel free to share your own book trailer if you have one! https://marcelloiori.substack.com 🙂