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Posts by Silvano Stagni

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Remembering the Holocaust and honouring the memory of a dog. The two things are not connected, they just happened between substack posts

I write about what happened to me between blog posts. Remembering the holocaust and honouring the memory of a dog are not connected; they just happened in the past seven days.
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A time to move and a time to sit. Third, and final, part of “Am I chasing an impossible dream?”

A time to move and a time to sit. Maybe there is a way for me to bring more life into my days. Maybe it is not an impossible dream after all.
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Too busy preparing my home for Passover and other personal issues Pesach Sameach and Happy Easter! This week you get an excerpt from a book I published in 2024 – Villa Kalman’s Secrets - Part 3 of Chasing an Impossible Dream next week.

Part 3 of “Am I chasing an impossible dream?” will go live next week. In the meantime, season’s wishes and a scene from one of my books.
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The rewards of leaving your comfort zone. Am I chasing an impossible dream? – The sequel.

I did it! I took my first step (actually, my first set of steps) outside my comfort zone. I can still beat my imitations!
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Am I chasing an impossible dream? At seventy-two, can I still add life to my days?

Am I deluding myself when I want to add more life to my days?
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This is me: StoryTeller, Author, Publisher
This is me: StoryTeller, Author, Publisher YouTube video by Author SIlvano

This video introduces me, my books and my self-publishing mini-guides. Jump to 4:06 if your main interest is self-publishing.
#books #venice #jewishlife #bookstagram #jewishbooks #historicalfiction #crimefictionbooks #booktube #selfpublish
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Turning an idea into a book Here is how I play with an idea to create a book.

Often, the idea to start a new book is an image. Then I start asking questions about the people in the scene and what they do and why. Slowly, I build a story.
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Reflections in the water (Rachele Modiano Mendes - The early years Book 1) Amazon.com: Reflections in the water (Rachele Modiano Mendes - The early years Book 1) eBook : Stagni, Silvano: Kindle Store

Rachele Modiano Mendes is a young woman determined to practice law in 1921 Italy and successfully fights to achieve credibility in the Venetian legal world..

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#books #venice #jewishlife #jewishbooks

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Old dogs and waiting for news This old dog can learn new trick and hatred never helped anything.

This old dog has learnt new skills in the past three years, and why I refuse to engage in conversations with people full of hatred. I have other priorities.

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Doom, gloom, and stranger danger. Can we use positivity to defeat doom and gloom; and have we lost the ability to talk to random strangers?

Can we use positivity to defeat doom and gloom; and have we lost the ability to talk to random strangers?
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A conversation about a book : Reflections in the Water
A conversation about a book : Reflections in the Water YouTube video by Author SIlvano

Thank you for your comments. This week's video deals with some of the most common questions readers have asked
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A conversation about a book : Reflections in the Water
A conversation about a book : Reflections in the Water YouTube video by Author SIlvano

I answer some of the most common questions from readers of “Reflections in the Water”.
Available on Amazon and other retailers (follow the QR code for direct purchase)
#books #venice #bookstagram,#historicalfiction #crimefictionbooks #booktube
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Low blood pressure and meaning of life questions When a side effect of a medication brought down my blood pressure down very quickly I ended up questioning my whole life.

When you are very weak and can't do much, you end up asking yourself meaning-of-life questions. Then you recover, you find your vitality, and you stop asking yourself questions about the meaning of life.
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Introducing reflections in the water.
Introducing reflections in the water. YouTube video by Author SIlvano

Venice, 1921: Rachele Modiano Mendes, a newlywed lawyer, takes her first case and must convince a judge who believes she has a masculine brain that she means business. Available on Amazon and other retailers
#books #venice #jewishbooks #historicalfiction #crimefictionbooks

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Another memorial day, and displaced persons after World War II There are not many people left who lived through World War II. That’s why memorial days are important.

Between 1943 and 1945, up to 15000 people were murdered, and their bodies were dumped in caves (Foibe). That and the subsequent displacement of tens of thousands of Italians from territories that Italy had to cede to the (then) Yugoslavia should be remembered.
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Introducing Author Silvano
Introducing Author Silvano YouTube video by Author SIlvano

I have created a YouTube channel to talk about books (his own and others'). Please check out the video, like it, and subscribe.

#books #venice #author

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My toolbox to write historical fiction: listening to storytellers. When I was a child, I was surrounded by storytellers and I was eager to listen to their stories.

All the stories they told me when I was younger contributed to my skills as a storyteller.
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Holocaust Memorial Day This post should not be intended as me playing the victim. I am anything but.

Reflections on Hooocaust memorial day.
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Am I ‘one of us’ or am I ‘one of them’? Finding my way home from the centre of a cultural Pentagon.

Finding my way home from the center of my cultural pentagon.
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Writers create universe The power of representation.

Writers create worlds, representation allows us to create the world we woul like to inhabit. The way we represent our characters can be a soft way to trigger change. The velvet glove in the iron fist of activism.

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The first post of 2026 I have a dream…no more hatred, no more fake or exaggerated news.

Musing to begin 2026. How does reading my books help me sort out issues in the book I am writing? Why we should fact-check what we read before we have any reaction, and a light-hearted way to end the first post of 2026.
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Last post of 2025 Partially highjacked by musing on the need to stop the hate!

My last post of 2025 has been partly hijacked by musing against hate. Happy New Year!
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What do you do when nothing happens? Christmas can be a very relaxing time… if you are Jewish!

Christmas is relaxing... if you are Jewish.
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The light that refused to bail out. Searching for the light in time of darkness

We must walk towards the light and away from the darkness. However, to defeat hate, we must pay attention to what may come out of the darkness.
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Hatred is strong, Resilience is stronger, Love is the dream. . I just have to get this off my chest. Thank you for indulging me.

I just want to get it off my chest.
#stophatred
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Storytelling as a way to share experiences. A different way to share memories.

I find sharing my experiences through storytelling much easier than writing my memoirs
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Writing memoirs shouldn’t be so difficult Trying to climb the ladder that will lead to me writing about myself

I find writing a memoir very difficult. To me, it is easier to include a memory inside a completely fictitious short story.
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Venice Gold ebook is free on Amazon between Nov 27th and Dec 1st.
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Do I regret the decision to publish my books independently? Three years ago I choose self-publishing.

Three years, six books, and a collection of short stories I still like running a tiny publishing company (that's what self-publishing is)
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Inspiring books... ...and the everlasting impact they can have on the reader.

A book can give you the confidence and the self-belief to do things, even twenty years after you read it.

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