Alexia Malouf

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“I don’t need an alarm clock. My dreams wake me.”

— Ray Bradbury

Today’s #smoochwait prompt is to show where your book is set.

Italian Book is set in Florence and the Tuscan countryside. These pictures are ones that I took when I studied in Florence for a semester during my undergrad. Looking through these

Just a few more prompts left for #smoochwait as we quickly approach the 13th! Today’s prompt is to share something from page seventeen. This worked out perfectly for Italian Book as I consider this quote to be the book’s tagline.

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Today’s #smoochwait prompt is to share a first line and a favorite line. These are mine for Italian Book 😊

First line:
“I’m late. Again.”

Favorite line:
“She will never know the roots of fury that can dig into a pers

For today’s #smoochwait prompt, I’m sharing a song that fits Italian Book’s mood.

To me, this song encompasses the relationship between my main characters. At its core, the love story in Italian Book centers around two wounded cha

Throwing it back to the 90’s for today’s #smoochwait prompt!

When did I first know I wanted to write? For as long as I can remember. I don’t have a defining moment where I consciously made a decision to be a writer. I just know tha

After taking the weekend off from social media, today I’m back with another #smoochwait prompt.

When I think of what I’m most proud of in my writing career, I have to say that it was finishing my first book. For a very long time, I had t

Today’s #smoochwait prompt is to share a setting and a song for our characters’ meet cute or first kiss.

I’ll be honest, this isn’t exactly the setting for Gabi’s first meeting with the mysterious La Notte, but their in

Today’s #smoochwait prompt is “what inspired your story?”

Italian Book is set in a magical version of Florence in the 1800’s. The setting was inspired by the semester I spent studying abroad there. I completely fell in love

Today’s #smoochwait prompt is to share our work setup. This is my current little writing nook on the L-shaped desk I share with my day job.

A few fun facts:

💫 The wallpaper on my laptop is a collage I made several years ago to represent HF.

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