This week on Authors Off Script, we're celebrating Letizia's birthday! 🎉

We kick things off by talking about her birthday celebrations, the theme party, and all the fun that comes with embracing your inner main character for a day.

But because staying on topic has never really been our thing, the conversation quickly shifts to tattoos—our own, the ones we still want, and the irresistible appeal of bookish tattoos that only fellow readers and writers would understand.

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This week on Authors Off Script, we did something dangerous: we hit record without a plan.

What started as "let's just chat" quickly turned into a conversation about creative flow, explaining to English speaking people what a malessere is, and so much more. We talk about following the circle of creative life, and the ups and downs that come with building a creative life.

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This week on Authors Off Script, we're tackling one of the least glamorous—but most important—parts of being a self-published author: marketing.

We're sharing how we approach promoting our books, organizing launches, showing up online, and balancing strategy with creativity. Spoiler alert: despite our best intentions, there's also a fair amount of winging it involved.

Because the truth is, most indie authors are figuring things out as they go.

And, because this is Authors Off Script, we inevitably get distracted, go on several tangents, and end up discussing things that have absolutely nothing to do with marketing.

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This week on Authors Off Script, we're celebrating Elena's birthday! 🥳

Birthdays have a funny way of making you pause and reflect, so in this episode we're talking about what it means to be a writer in your 30s, how our perspectives on creativity and success have changed over the years, and the lessons we're still learning along the way.

We dive into the pressure of milestones, the feeling of being "behind," and the comparison trap that so many writers fall into—especially in the age of social media.

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This week on Authors Off Script, we actually start with something productive: a check-in on where we are in our writing and editing processes.We talk about what we’re currently working on, how the drafting/editing brain space is treating us, and the very real emotional rollercoaster of trying to finish books while also being alive in the world.And then, as per tradition… we immediately go off script.Somewhere between editing updates and creative accountability, we find ourselves deep in a conversation about Italian village fairs (sagre di paese) and roasted chestnuts.

IG account: @elenalocatelli_ and @letiziafirmani

This week on Authors Off Script, we're doing what every author swears they won't do and then absolutely does anyway: fancasting our books.

We're talking about the actors, models, musicians, and fictional characters who inspired our protagonists, the faces we see while writing, and the impossible challenge of finding someone who perfectly matches the version of a character that exists only in our heads.

Expect passionate debates, questionable celebrity crushes, and a lot of "no, but you have to see the vision."

Whether you're an author building character boards or a reader who immediately starts casting a movie adaptation while reading, this episode is for you.

Come join us as we bring our fictional worlds to life—one wildly unrealistic casting choice at a time.

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This week on Authors Off Script, we discuss Off Campus, what made the series explode the way it did, and which characters absolutely rewired our brains.

Welcome back to the off script spiral.

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This week on Authors Off Script, we’re talking about “cash grabs,” authors making money from their work, returning to successful universes, and the strange guilt that seems to follow writers the second they admit they’d actually like their books to pay their bills. Because apparently authors are expected to create art purely for love… while also surviving capitalism. We also spiral a little about author spaces, publishing culture.

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This week on Authors Off Script, we’re exploring one of the messiest conversations happening in creative spaces right now: AI.

As authors, creatives, and people whose entire careers revolve around storytelling and imagination, we talk about our thoughts on the rise of AI tools in publishing and creative industries, where we think the line is, and why this conversation feels so emotionally charged for artists.

You can get to know our host Elena & Letizia on IG @elenalocatelli_ @letiziafirmani

In this episode of Authors Off Script, we dive into why we genre hop.

We also accidentally expose our age by discussing formative fictional men, the cultural impact of Twilight, and whether being Team Edward or Team Jacob permanently altered our brain chemistry as writers.

Expect conversations about:

• why romance is the common thread in everything we write
• the freedom (and chaos) of genre hopping

• writing different vibes without losing your author identity
• paranormal crushes we should probably unpack in therapy
• and the very specific millennial experience of growing up online with vampire discourse

Basically: if your TBR has both shadow daddies and hockey players on it, welcome home.

You can find Elena on IG @elenalocatelli_ and Letizia @letiziafirmani.