Rosanna Staffa is an Italian-born playwright and author. Her debut novel, The War Ends At Four, is a beautifully rendered tale about an Italian acupuncturist in Minneapolis who returns home to Milan and rediscovers all that she left behind, who she is, and what her...
“The framing of the book is with awareness and acceptance of passion and purpose. I have to know who I am…. I have to know what I love, and I have to know why I’m doing it. There’s a lot to figure out there, but it’s not a destination....
“…understand the difference between art and commerce. When you’re writing, you’re writing a piece of art, right? It’s your artistic side. But when it comes to whether you’re self-publishing or whether you’re traditionally...
“Don’t have anything to fall back on. Because if you get too comfortable doing something else, then you’re not going to do what you really want to do. Find a way to at least be part of the atmosphere of what you want to do so that you can continue to...
“I think what makes all of these books good is the sharpness of the mirror. That is, do we see reality in these stories? Do we see enough reality that, it’s recognizable, it’s engrossing, and it interests us. So to me, what makes a great book is a...
