I came to Civitella 1600 words or so into a long novel. Civitella was a gift – undisturbed time to carry my work forward in a beautiful place, spoiled by an ever-helpful staff and nourished by the most delicious Italian cooking imaginable. Along with this came the...
The First Chapter (an excerpt) The lights had been dimmed in the salone, where a small crowd of Americans ranging between seventeen and eighteen had camped out on the floor with fleece blankets and hypoallergenic pillows from home. A Room with a View played on the...
My stay at Civitella was very productive. I was extremely focused and gave myself a difficult task to accomplish: I wanted to write the beginnings of a novel. I came to Civitella with just about seven pages of notes for my novel project, currently titled,”$30,000 for...
