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What writing project are you most passionate about atm?????👀
Ooooo!
Well, aside from Thus Always (the Redux) and What Make a Kyng (ie Eomer & Grima Forced to Team Up & Scheme), I would say Miracle in Fruili (no title yet, this is just what I call it in my head)
I started in on it in a big way a few weeks ago and I’m super excited about it.
Basic premise: 1480s, in the hills of Fruili (I’ve just made up a town), a young woman married into a family of vintners. What they don’t know is that she used to receive visions from St Francis—it stopped suddenly when she was fourteen and no one knows why.
Anyway, in present day there’s a blight impacting the grape vines and it coincides with a new charismatic preacher arriving in town. So it’s about this young woman and her mother-in-law (they obviously don’t get on because I love that trope) trying to figure out what is happening with the vines, at the same time St Francis (or what claims to be St Francis) begins realpaesring to our main character giving her visions of what she must too to save the vineyard but it’s all weird fucked up shit. Meanwhile, the newly arrived friar is appears to be able to do some whack miracles and is attempting to get close to main character for his own nefarious purposes.
It’s fun to write! lots of stuff that people can read as being a legitimate preternatural occurrence OR they can read it as a con or grift.
💕💕 thank you for the ask!!
#there’s a lot of blood and flesh involved in Miracle I’m Fruili#writing#ask#reply#miracle in Fruili#thus always the redux#what makes a kyng
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September Festivals and Events in Italy
01 of 21
Regatta Storica (Venice)
Homer Sykes/Getty Images
Venice's historic boat race takes place the first Sunday in September with four race categories—children, women, men in six-oar boats, and the champions racing in boats with two oars. The races are preceded by a parade.
02 of 21
Venice International Film Festival (Venice Lido)
adrianocastelli/Getty Images
This star-studded event takes place in early September. Films premiere on Lido island, but the whole of Venice is abuzz during the festival.
03 of 21
MITO International Music Festival (Milan and Torino)
Friendly rival cities Milan and Torino host a variety of musical performances during the month of September.
04 of 21
Palio di San Rocco (Figline Valdarno, Tuscany)
Held in Figline Valdarno, about 30 kilometers southeast of Florence, the Palio di San Rocco is said to be one of the first palio competitions in Tuscany. The palio includes five days of medieval competitions with jousting, archery, and a horse race during the first week of September.
Continue to 5 of 21 below.
05 of 21
Macchina di Santa Rosa (Viterbo)
Mary Jane Cryan
This big festival in Viterbo, north of Rome, is held on September 3rd. A historic procession takes place the day before, with participants wearing costumes from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Macchina is a lighted tower about 30 meters tall, topped by a statue of Satna Maria Rosa, Viterbo's patron saint. More than 100 porters carry it on their shoulders (it weighs nearly five tons) through the streets of the city.
06 of 21
Saint Vito Day (Ciminna, Sicily)
Saint Vito is celebrated the first Sunday of September in the Sicilian town of Ciminna in the Palermo province. There's a huge parade recalling the life of Saint Vito with people in period costumes. A livestock fair also coincides with the celebrations.
07 of 21
Festival of the Madonna of the Sick (Misterbianco, Sicily)
La Festa della Madonna degli Ammalati, or the Festival of the Madonna of the Sick is celebrated the first weekend of September in Sicilian town of Misterbianco. The festival commemorates the miracle of the sanctuary being saved from destruction during Mt. Etna's eruption in 1669. Festivities run for five days starting Thursday evening.
08 of 21
Rievocazione Storica (Cordovado, Friuli-Venezia)
Cordovado, in the Friuli-Venezia region, recreates a noble wedding from 1571 the first Sunday in September. Festivities include a procession followed by an archery competition and tournaments where the districts of the town compete. The town of Cormons in the same region also has a Renaissance pageant and parade the first Sunday of September.
Continue to 9 of 21 below.
09 of 21
Corsa Degli Asini (Fagagna, Fruili-Venezia Giulia)
Giorgio Montersino/Flickr
A historic donkey race in the Fruili-Venezia Guilia town of Fagagna takes place the first Sunday in September. Teams from four regional hamlets compete.
10 of 21
Feast of Rificolona (Florence)
This is believed to be one of the oldest festivals in Florence. You'll find outdoor festivities September 6th and 7th (see Florence in September). You may also find the Feast of Rificolona celebrated in other parts of Tuscany on September 7th.
11 of 21
Festival of the Madonna a Mare (Patti, Sicily)
TypicalSicily
The Festival of the Madonna of the Sea is celebrated the second Sunday of September in Sicily in the village of Patti, Mesina province. The golden Madonna statue is carried to the sea in a procession, then put on an illuminated boat to lead a boat procession. Dancing, music, food, and wine follow.
12 of 21
Juliet’s Birthday (Verona)
One half of Shakespeare's most tragic teenaged couple is celebrated September 12th in Verona. The day will be filled with parades, dances, and street entertainment.
Continue to 13 of 21 below.
13 of 21
Luminara di Santa Croce (Lucca)
The Illuminations of the Holy Cross is a beautiful procession in Lucca, Tuscany, on September 13. The city is illuminated with thousands of candles at night as the procession goes through Lucca's historic center.
14 of 21
Festival for the Feast Day of San Gennaro (Naples)
lauradibiase/Getty Images
The festival of the patron saint of Naples celebrates the miracle of the liquefying of San Gennaro's blood in Naples Cathedral on September 19th, followed by eight days of processions and celebrations. If you're in the U.S., you'll find big San Gennaro festivals in New York and Los Angeles.
15 of 21
Palio di Asti (Asti)
This bareback horse race dates back to the 13th century and is held in the Piemonte town of Asti. The race is preceded by a parade with participants in period costume, and special events are also held on the days leading up to the actual event, usually the third Sunday of September.
16 of 21
Feast of Saint Cipriano and Saint Cornelio (Dorgali, Sardinia)
The patron saints of the Sardinian town of Dorgali are celebrated for eight days, with traditional dancing and costume parades starting the middle of September to commemorate the coming of autumn.
Continue to 17 of 21 below.
17 of 21
Burano Regatta
cavallapazza/Getty Images
Similar to Venice's historic regatta, this one takes place off the island of Burano, near Venice, the third weekend of September.
18 of 21
Commemoration of Padre Pio (San Giovanni Rotondo, Puglia)
Italy's favorite monk is celebrated with a torchlight procession and religious ceremonies September 23rd in San Giovanni Rotondo in Puglia (see Puglia map). Hundreds of stalls sell religious items, and there are celebrations for several days.
19 of 21
Saint Greca Festival (Decimomannu, Sardinia)
The Santa Greca Festival is held the last Sunday in September in the Sardinian town of Decimomannu near Cagliari. It lasts five days with parades, lots of food, and poetry and dialect competitions.
20 of 21
Feast Day of San Michele (various locations)
On September 29th, this popular saint's day is celebrated many places in Italy. The most important celebration of San Michele or Saint Michael is at the Sanctuary of the Archangel Michael on the Gargano Promontory of Puglia.
Continue to 21 of 21 below.
21 of 21
Potato Festival (Bologna)
A week-long Potato Festival is held in Bologna, a top culinary city, near the end of the month. As with all things food-related in Bologna, the city knows how to cook potatoes!
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peppermint, hibiscus and ceylon for the tea writing asks please!
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Peppermint: What’s your favorite way to overcome writer’s block?
Reading! Usually poetry - but poetic prose works too (think: Anne Boyer's The Undying or even Lighthouse Witches or The Killing Moon). Also doing research can help kick start the writing process - I'll read a bit about a relevant topic which helps with inspiration or at least giving me a place to start. Sometimes reading about something completely unrelated helps too - it gets me thinking laterally.
E.g., I'm writing about 15th century Italy, charismatic preaching, and possession but I'm reading about wellness con-artists in the 21st century and man the linkages! the inspiration! it's really something.
The big thing though is just sitting down and doing it. Pen to paper. There's no magic bullet for writer's block save for actually writing. If I'm in one, and it's a block versus "your brain literally just needs a break from writing" - two different things - then I'll set a timer for ten or fifteen minutes and I will write without stoping and I find that by the time the fifteen is up, I'm in the groove again and I can continue on for another hour or two or whatever. The first half might be garbage, but that's what editing is for.
Changing up how I write also helps. If I'm in a block, or stuck in a part of a story, I'll switch from typing to writing by hand. Or I'll write in a bar or a coffee shop versus at home. The change can jog something in your head and help with the block.
Hibiscus: What inspired your WIP?
The Venetians: I write a lot about consumption and hunger - people who have read my LOTR rewrite will know this, it does show up in my discworld fics to a certain degree, definitly in my poetry. And I'm rather enamoured with family history consuming the present generation, also the idea of love as a form of eating/consumption and that can be a nourisghing thing, but it can also rot a person too. Love of another person, of family, of country, of faith - the obsessions that can bring about and the ghosts left behind once that obsession, that consumptive love, has run its course.
So the Venetians has love of country/city state, love of family, love of one's work, love of duty, love of the idea of duty/doing what is right - and the good and bad of such loves and their manifold interconnections, the wreckage such things leave in their wake etc.
Miracle in Fruili: I'm just starting this one but there's something about the horror of holiness that fascinates me.
There's a scene in Cadfael that's always stuck with me, and I would call it the guiding inspiration for this work. Cadfael's brothers are being "guided" to Wales in search of the resting place of Saint Winifred, and their search is led by a Brother Columbanes who is a "visionary" and receives sights and visions from God - whether they're real or not is irrelevant, and the audience is left to make their own decision on it.
Once they find the saint, they disenter her and are going to bring her back to Shrewsbury - there's of course murder and intrigue and some fun, if rather heretical things happen.
But in one bit, Brother Jerome and Brother Columbanes are keeping vigil over the saint's bones and Brother Jerome falls asleep. It's a plot point that he does and Cadfael later asks him about that evening and this is what Jerome says:
“Was ever a man more sanctimonious in his self-denial, or more selfish? The first night of our vigil, for example, he [Brother Columbanes] brings me food and wine and yet he takes none for himself. Not one bite or drop. He just kneels in pious prayer watching me eating and drinking as if I was some sinful glutton.
I tell you, brother, if Columbanes is touched by God, I am glad to be merely human.”
–Brother Jerome in Cadfael: A Morbid Taste for Bones
I've always just loved that idea "if this is what it is to be touched by God, I'm glad I'm merely human" - the horror and fear at the sight of the divine is a well trodden path, but it's one that I find interesting. I'm also curious about the horror and fear of being in the body, the head and soul of the person receiving such visitations.
Catherine of Siena, in her ecstatic moments, begins with joy and happiness. But as her visions progress, they become darker and darker. By her death, she was seeing demons and hellish things rather than angels, saints and blessed figures.
So yeah. There you go! I'll have more to say on Fruili the longer I write it. It takes me a few versions to realize what the book is and what got me there.
Ceylon: Best writing advice you’ve ever received?
I've recieved some good nuggets over the years.
When you finish a project, put it in a drawer for a month or two before doing your first round of edits. You need that distance.
Not all feedback is going to be good or useful. Trust yourself to know what your work needs to be. That said, if people are giving similar feedback, i.e., X is too vague or I didn't follow Y very well, that should be taken into account. If you're ok with it, fine, but it is likely pointing to a structural issue in the plot.
Not everyone is going to like what you write. It doesn't detract or lessen the value of your work.
Don't read the reviews especially the Goodreads reviews (for published stuff, fanfiction is different of course)
Rules for Writing exist, sure, and they can be helpful, but also feel free to ignore. Begin sentences with 'and' and 'but' etc. etc.
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Thank you for the ask!! :D :D
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Rocco is a few loaves short of a baker’s dozen but he’s trying. Giacco is just like, ‘God bless my daft, daft neighbour.’
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During the Greek period from 400 B.C. amputation was carried out through gangrenous tissues and in many cases secondary removal of necrotic bone was required. Celsus (1938), in about A.D . 25 employed circular cuts through the leg down to bone. The skin was drawn proximally first, then the soft tissues retracted and divided and finally the bone cut. He made a particular point of using a rasp to smooth off rough bone margins—almost 2000 years later this fundamental element of amputation appears to have been forgotten by some surgeons. The tissues were then allowed to come down to cover the stump of the bone.
The next significant contribution was from Leonides about A.D . 200 (Taylor, 1933). He employed a simple circular incision cutting the soft parts where there were no large vessels. The muscle and skin was retracted upwards with a linen cloth and the bone severed. The remainder of the tissues including the blood vessels, were then divided with a cautery.
There followed a number of modifications through the centuries relating mainly to the treatment of bleeding or its prevention, using constricting bandaging. The most notable contribution of all came from Ambroise Paré (1564, 1951) that French military surgeon of great experience, humanity and innovation. He retracted the skin upwards using a tight haemostatic bandage above the operation site.
He then employed a circular incision of the soft parts down to bone, ensuring there was enough soft tissue to cover the bone end. He divided the bone with a saw but only after the periosteum had been stripped upwards. The vessels were secured with his crow's beak forceps and ligated. The wound edges were approximated with four loosely placed sutures.
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#history of science#history of medicine#history#medieval period#early modern europe#Miracle in Fruili#nicolo cavanei#Ambroise Paré
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The ancients performed their amputations below, at, or just above the level of the gangrene, wherever that may be. A huge variety of procedures are listed in the literature but the most significant contributions were made by Ambroise Paré in the sixteenth century. He was the first surgeon to choose an amputation site well above the gangrenous area and specifically at a level which he considered to be suitable for fitting with a prosthesis.
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Oh good ole’ Paré. Haven’t run into him in a while.
#history of science#medical history#medicine#this is for another Venetian book but it takes place when Nicolo is like 27 and just had half his leg chopped off the poor man#Miracle in Fruili#will be the tag for this#no Cristof sadly#Our maniac of a tutor is like 15 and having traumatic issues with his father at this point in time back over in Seville#Ambroise Paré#writing
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In the fourteenth century Guy de Chaulac, for his time a very sophisticated and sensitive man, recommended that "the surgeon be well educated, skilled ready and courteous; let him be bold in most things that are safe, fearful of those that are dangerous, avoiding all evil methods and practises; let him be tender with the sick, honourable to men of his profession, wise in his predictions, chaste, sober, pitiful, merciful, not covetous or extortionate but rather let him take his wages in moderation according to his work and the wealth of his patient".
A book called the Surgions Mate (Woodall, 1617), much valued by the military surgeon, commends the following—"Let first your patient be well informed, prescribe him no certainty of life—with his own free will and request and not otherwise—let him prepare his soul by earnest prayer" and recommends also that the surgeon seek mercy and help as "it is no small presumption to dismember the image of God" .
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#history of science#history of medicine#history#medieval period#early modern europe#Miracle in Fruili#writing#Nicolo Cavanei#Guy de Chaulac
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September Festivals and Events in Italy
01 of 21
Regatta Storica (Venice)
Homer Sykes/Getty Images
Venice's historic boat race takes place the first Sunday in September with four race categories—children, women, men in six-oar boats, and the champions racing in boats with two oars. The races are preceded by a parade.
02 of 21
Venice International Film Festival (Venice Lido)
adrianocastelli/Getty Images
This star-studded event takes place in early September. Films premiere on Lido island, but the whole of Venice is abuzz during the festival.
03 of 21
MITO International Music Festival (Milan and Torino)
Friendly rival cities Milan and Torino host a variety of musical performances during the month of September.
04 of 21
Palio di San Rocco (Figline Valdarno, Tuscany)
Held in Figline Valdarno, about 30 kilometers southeast of Florence, the Palio di San Rocco is said to be one of the first palio competitions in Tuscany. The palio includes five days of medieval competitions with jousting, archery, and a horse race during the first week of September.
Continue to 5 of 21 below.
05 of 21
Macchina di Santa Rosa (Viterbo)
Mary Jane Cryan
This big festival in Viterbo, north of Rome, is held on September 3rd. A historic procession takes place the day before, with participants wearing costumes from the 13th to 18th centuries. The Macchina is a lighted tower about 30 meters tall, topped by a statue of Satna Maria Rosa, Viterbo's patron saint. More than 100 porters carry it on their shoulders (it weighs nearly five tons) through the streets of the city.
06 of 21
Saint Vito Day (Ciminna, Sicily)
Saint Vito is celebrated the first Sunday of September in the Sicilian town of Ciminna in the Palermo province. There's a huge parade recalling the life of Saint Vito with people in period costumes. A livestock fair also coincides with the celebrations.
07 of 21
Festival of the Madonna of the Sick (Misterbianco, Sicily)
La Festa della Madonna degli Ammalati, or the Festival of the Madonna of the Sick is celebrated the first weekend of September in Sicilian town of Misterbianco. The festival commemorates the miracle of the sanctuary being saved from destruction during Mt. Etna's eruption in 1669. Festivities run for five days starting Thursday evening.
08 of 21
Rievocazione Storica (Cordovado, Friuli-Venezia)
Cordovado, in the Friuli-Venezia region, recreates a noble wedding from 1571 the first Sunday in September. Festivities include a procession followed by an archery competition and tournaments where the districts of the town compete. The town of Cormons in the same region also has a Renaissance pageant and parade the first Sunday of September.
Continue to 9 of 21 below.
09 of 21
Corsa Degli Asini (Fagagna, Fruili-Venezia Giulia)
Giorgio Montersino/Flickr
A historic donkey race in the Fruili-Venezia Guilia town of Fagagna takes place the first Sunday in September. Teams from four regional hamlets compete.
10 of 21
Feast of Rificolona (Florence)
This is believed to be one of the oldest festivals in Florence. You'll find outdoor festivities September 6th and 7th (see Florence in September). You may also find the Feast of Rificolona celebrated in other parts of Tuscany on September 7th.
11 of 21
Festival of the Madonna a Mare (Patti, Sicily)
TypicalSicily
The Festival of the Madonna of the Sea is celebrated the second Sunday of September in Sicily in the village of Patti, Mesina province. The golden Madonna statue is carried to the sea in a procession, then put on an illuminated boat to lead a boat procession. Dancing, music, food, and wine follow.
12 of 21
Juliet’s Birthday (Verona)
One half of Shakespeare's most tragic teenaged couple is celebrated September 12th in Verona. The day will be filled with parades, dances, and street entertainment.
Continue to 13 of 21 below.
13 of 21
Luminara di Santa Croce (Lucca)
The Illuminations of the Holy Cross is a beautiful procession in Lucca, Tuscany, on September 13. The city is illuminated with thousands of candles at night as the procession goes through Lucca's historic center.
14 of 21
Festival for the Feast Day of San Gennaro (Naples)
lauradibiase/Getty Images
The festival of the patron saint of Naples celebrates the miracle of the liquefying of San Gennaro's blood in Naples Cathedral on September 19th, followed by eight days of processions and celebrations. If you're in the U.S., you'll find big San Gennaro festivals in New York and Los Angeles.
15 of 21
Palio di Asti (Asti)
This bareback horse race dates back to the 13th century and is held in the Piemonte town of Asti. The race is preceded by a parade with participants in period costume, and special events are also held on the days leading up to the actual event, usually the third Sunday of September.
16 of 21
Feast of Saint Cipriano and Saint Cornelio (Dorgali, Sardinia)
The patron saints of the Sardinian town of Dorgali are celebrated for eight days, with traditional dancing and costume parades starting the middle of September to commemorate the coming of autumn.
Continue to 17 of 21 below.
17 of 21
Burano Regatta
cavallapazza/Getty Images
Similar to Venice's historic regatta, this one takes place off the island of Burano, near Venice, the third weekend of September.
18 of 21
Commemoration of Padre Pio (San Giovanni Rotondo, Puglia)
Italy's favorite monk is celebrated with a torchlight procession and religious ceremonies September 23rd in San Giovanni Rotondo in Puglia (see Puglia map). Hundreds of stalls sell religious items, and there are celebrations for several days.
19 of 21
Saint Greca Festival (Decimomannu, Sardinia)
The Santa Greca Festival is held the last Sunday in September in the Sardinian town of Decimomannu near Cagliari. It lasts five days with parades, lots of food, and poetry and dialect competitions.
20 of 21
Feast Day of San Michele (various locations)
On September 29th, this popular saint's day is celebrated many places in Italy. The most important celebration of San Michele or Saint Michael is at the Sanctuary of the Archangel Michael on the Gargano Promontory of Puglia.
Continue to 21 of 21 below.
21 of 21
Potato Festival (Bologna)
A week-long Potato Festival is held in Bologna, a top culinary city, near the end of the month. As with all things food-related in Bologna, the city knows how to cook potatoes!
#travel #airlinetickets #airtickets #cheapairfare #planetickets #travelinsurance #travelquotes #travelblogger #traveller #travelling #travelocity #travelodge #vacation
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