Wishful thinking
In this excerpt from THE WILD IMPOSSIBILITY, the protagonist, Kira, has the second of many "daytime dreams," as she calls them—vivid...
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cherylaossola
Mar 27, 20191 min
Q&A: writing, Italy, and more
Book blogger Randee Green, author of the Carrie Shatner mystery series, was kind enough to give me a presence on her site. Check out this...
cherylaossola
Mar 20, 20191 min
Where joy should be
Weddings are fantasies for some people, a little girl’s dream come true, every detail masterminded—the perfect dress, flowers chosen for...
cherylaossola
Mar 7, 20192 min
Looking for love
Do you remember your first love? Not a crush on a kid in elementary school or the fantasy of being with a celebrity, but real love for...
cherylaossola
Feb 27, 20191 min
Searching for serenity
In The Wild Impossibility, a backyard pond, home to koi and watched over by a statue of the Virgin Mary, is a key location for the book’s...
cherylaossola
Feb 20, 20192 min
Wearing the past
When does a piece of clothing become a costume? In a sense, clothing is always a costume, because every garment we wear projects an image...
cherylaossola
Feb 13, 20192 min
What's in a place?
Place. For me it’s one of the most important—and enjoyable—parts of writing fiction. This is where a writer can let loose with sensory...
cherylaossola
Feb 6, 20191 min
Surreal
Most of us, by the time we get to a certain point in life, have sat with a dying loved one, clasping their hand, trying to comprehend...
cherylaossola
Jan 29, 20193 min
Behind the Book, 4
When was the last time a sense of freedom made you feel as if you’d reinvented yourself? That’s what happens to 16-year-old Maddalena in...
cherylaossola
Jan 23, 20191 min
Fog and fairy tales
Sometimes I forget I live in a fairytale place, walking with my thoughts buried in the mundane or simply failing to notice what has...
cherylaossola
Jan 22, 20192 min
Behind the Book, 3
This is the third image in the series of illustrations of my novel, THE WILD IMPOSSIBILITY. (Note: someone recently asked me if these...
cherylaossola
Jan 16, 20192 min
Behind the Book, 2
This is the second image in the series of illustrations of my novel, THE WILD IMPOSSIBILITY. It’s a moment from a scene in a neonatal...
cherylaossola
Jan 15, 20191 min
Me, talking, GrottoPod!
Excited (and terrified) to say that an interview with me, rambling about my unconventional path to writing, among other things, is now up...
cherylaossola
Jan 14, 20191 min
Sunset therapy
Yesterday a friend and I went to Lago Trasimeno and took a ferry ride from Passagnano sul Trasimeno to Isola Maggiore. For me, it was a...
cherylaossola
Jan 11, 20191 min
Winter in Italy
This was the view from my apartment early this morning—beautiful, no? Yesterday's snowfall was the first I've experienced at my home in...
cherylaossola
Jan 8, 20193 min
Behind the Book, 1
To celebrate the upcoming publication of my novel, THE WILD IMPOSSIBILITY, I’ve commissioned watercolor sketches of moments in the book....
cherylaossola
Dec 18, 20181 min
Welcome!
I'm glad you're here. I’ll be posting about writing, language, life in Italy, and whatever else captivates me. If you like, you can...
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