Marco Meloni

Marco Meloni Vanessa dearest, sorry to bother you but I'm 70, italian and I have some confusion in my head that I need your help to clarify. I wait to read a book until it is finished, because I usually start it and proceed until the end..... As of now on SOL there are 11 chapters of Adventures of a Greenie: Off Planet: are they exactly the same of the chapters you are posting here on Patreon ? The chapters you already posted, until # 18 Influenced and that I have downloaded, will be part of the Fragments on Galnet as per your foreword? That's all. I cannot give you an opinion if the book was better before or now, as i have not read it, but i think that the coming and going in a story makes for some sort of mental gymnastic that is stimulating.... but most of all, I love your scenarios and your stories, so please continue in any way you feel better for your plot lines! Thank you!

My response
Ciao amico

I always have a special place in my heart for Italy. My godmother is Italian and I spend many summers as a kid in Venice where she was home. I spend time in Bibione and Trento. Have spent many days in Rome and also in Palermo , Don Camillo and Bepone by Giovannino Guareschi are among my most favorite books, stories, and characters. Of course, to me only Fernandel is Don Camillo. I love Italian cars, especially Lamborghini. Italian cuisine is so different from region to region. The cheeses and flavors are unmatched. The distinct character of the Italian people. their passion, art, and music imprinted and enriched the human race indeed. It makes no difference to me how you consume my stories. I consider myself deeply honored that you do and very lucky indeed that you come back for more. The chapters after Ch 11 are NEW and gave not been published anywhere. With the decision to split the story into two volumes, I have many more "Pages" to fill. The overall story as outlined in GAW will still be the guide, but as I write the new chapters. The story evolves into something new. I know other writers and authors have a very clear structure and polish every sentence and scene. Know exactly where the story goes and how it ends. They construct their characters in great detail. I do not, and it might be crazy and a little insane but I don't write..I report what I see before my inner eye. Characters talk to me and  they simply appear without having been planned. The best example might be Meeze (of Erica's story line). Sam Brown was just a side character, I never planned to use more than the man who gifted Charles. Yet Sam demanded to play a central role in the story of his beloved Roy.

Vanessa