In today's bonus episode, Kat answers a listener question, talks about Norman McLean in This Day in Literary History, and chats with author Mark Tedesco about: Themes or beliefs brought into relationships and how that analysis inspired some of his writing How people can relate to universal themes in books regardless of their backgrounds or current situations Moving to Italy and his experience with community and relationships How his book, Stories From Pulgia, immerses the reader into a word of culture and community, past and present How he gets his students interested in history lessons by bringing creativity and art into the classroom Going from idea to draft to publishing Self-criticism His experience with publishing Pros and cons of North American publishers vs UK publishers His blog on living in Italy and how it helps his book sales What he’s working on next His advice to writers Mark can be found on his website at marktedesco.com, @MarkTedesco5 on Twitter and @markftedesco on Instagram. Kat is on Twitter @kfoxx_writes @_badasswriters @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. On IG, she's @kathleenfoxxwrites @badasswriters_podcast @FoxxEditorial and @moodpitchers. Her websites are www.kathleenfoxx.com www.foxxeditorial.com and www.moodpitch.org To submit a question to be answered on the podcast, please fill out this form. Signup for my newsletter here. To recommend a book, or to give a shoutout to someone who helped you immensely on your path to publication, record a short voice memo and email it to [email protected], and I'll air it on the pod! Details here. Music in this episode: Intro and exit: Bathtime Funk by All Good Folks (uppbeats.io). This Day in Literary History intro/exit: Head Up by Sixteen Wheelers. During Lit Hit segment: Solstice Meander by American Legion (both from epidemicsound.com)