Monica Ravalico
- Ena-Alese
- Oct 15
- 2 min read
Author Bio: I'm Monica Ravalico, born in Trieste, Italy, 1977. Graduate in Literature and cinema. Writer and songwriter. I've published twelve books, especially in Italian. One anthology of poems in English, "Songs texts", which on sale on Lulu.com
Author/Writer Interview:
1.What inspires you most to write?
I usually start to write from my life, what's around me. Then I reflect about it.
2. What is your favorite genre?
I like to write short poems, some are songs texts too and some narrative pieces.
3. Who is one author you admire if any and why?
Hermann Hesse and the Romantic Germans, because they like the nature and the passion.
4. How do you overcome blank writing spells?
In the last years I've made a lot of photos with my cellular, to the natural landscapes here, from Carso rocks to the sea.
5. What legal publishing advice can you give?
I've made some contracts in the past quite expensive, it's better to find no pay agencies.
6. How many books have you written, are any a bestseller yet?
12 books, especially in Italian, but none is a best-seller. I've won some literary contests, in Italy too.
7. If you had the opportunity to rewrite one movie script which would it be, why?
I like the old epic Hollywood films, as the ten Commandements. Eneide by Virgilio hasn't ever been played.
8. What are some difficulties you've experienced in your writing career; how do you handle book critiques/criticism?
If you're not famous, it's difficult to sell a lot of books. It seems more important to have publicity at the television.
9. What are your best experiences in your writing career?
I've received support from a lot of independents groups of people, contests, blogs and so.
10. Do you prefer to write in silence and or have some sort sound in the background?
I prefer the silence. My mother usually speaks.
11. What are some encouraging words you'd give to another author/writer?
To search, to write what they really like. To follow their instinct.
12. How did you decide the pricing of your material; how did you go about promotion/advertising and distribution of your work?
I search cheap prices, never had a good promotion of my books yet.
13. Why should anyone read your book?
I have a personal point of view about the things which I see, I'm an introvert person.
14. Did you have a book coach?
No, I try to read my books alone before to send them.
15. What was your favorite subject in school?
Italians, Philospohy and art.
16. Are you self-published or have an established publishing contract elsewhere?
Both, I've changed different contracts.
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