Emanuela Ciciotti

"Explorer, I expected you to map my land, yet you keep urging me to trust myself and my path" "My role isn’t to explain your world, but to walk beside you, keeping you safe as you bravely explore it with trembling courage" 🗺️🛡️😨 #writingcommunity #booksky #booklover

Absolutely! Even though I had a clear goal, I discovered things about my characters and what they would do as the book came to life...

"Lord, what are you doing perched on the edge of the crevice?" "I’m familiarizing myself with my trauma—it’s part of my land and I won’t flee just because I fell in before" "Wise, but don’t forget your helmet since the explorer isn’t here today"⛑️👑 #writingcommunity #booksky

"Author, this is for you" “Coffee? You’re very thoughtful, Butler, thanks! Why did you bring me it?” “Housekeeper told me she’d spoken with you earlier, and you kept calling her Tendina…” “Ah...” “Don’t worry! we know Monday isn’t a day to fire up the engine” ☕ #writingcommunity #booksky #booklover

Image of a mountain with trees. The sky is lightly clouded, and sunlight filters from behind

I’m finally back getting lost in this wonderful nature, in the spots where, laptop in hand, I wrote many chapters of In Viaggio and On a Journey. Immersed in that peace, I’m starting the Spanish edition, En Viaje. 🌿💻📖🇪🇸 #writingcommunity #booksky #booklover #naturelovers

the Italian edition of “The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat” by Oliver Sacks

Post the cover of a book you love from the 90s. (Any century!)
#booksky #bookchallenge #readingchallenge #readingcommunity #bookish #books

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The image shows the first page of a chapter from the book Butler in Crisis “Have you seen the lord?” Butler stormed into the kitchen, looking visibly distressed. He didn’t even glance at Chef, the undisputed king of that domain, but instead scoured every inch of the room, including the view beyond the windows, as if the lord he was seeking might be hiding in one of the pots on the stove or playing hide-and-seek among the garden thorns. So nervous was he that he even forgot the basic courtesy of greeting upon entering. “Good morning to you too, Butler, eh!” Chef responded with the only sarcastic remark Butler ever managed to draw from him—he always enjoyed keeping him on edge whenever he got flustered over trivial things. Most of the kitchen staff, intimidated by Butler's imposing presence, mumbled barely audible greetings before disappearing into the pantry to avoid any improbable yet possible reprimands. All but one: Strawberry, perhaps the most terrified of Butler in the entire estate, remained frozen in place, hoping to blend into the background. But he wasn't very good at it. When Chef called out to him, he jumped as if bitten by a viper, dropping a few potatoes from the bowl he'd just filled, his reaction punctuated by a choked

Today we step into Chef’s realm. After sharing the cover last time, let’s settle among his pages. Chef, kindly seat our guests—Butler looks distracted. 🍽️📖👨‍🍳 #writingcommunity #booksky #booklover

An antique iron lock dominates the foreground; through its keyhole a vivid natural scene is visible—a sun‑lit landscape of rolling green hills bathed in golden light

Feeling brain‑fried, I’m sharing a snapshot of my book cover. 📖💤 Dive into the story behind the pages and let the art speak while I recharge. #BookCover #AuthorLife #WritingCommunity #Rest #Creative

"Again with the bulbs? That’s the third time you’ve gone today" “I want to see the seedlings sprout” “If you keep staring, they won’t appear by magic. Respect the time they need, my impatient Lord...” 🌱⏳👑 #Explorer #Lord #Bulbs

"Author, sorry…" “What’s up, Housekeeper?” “When you told my story in the last post you left out #Ranger!” “Shhh… who’ll hear it, then discover we named her? With the gun pointed, I’m the one who gets shot!” 📚🤫🔫 #Author #Housekeeper #Ranger

What a peaceful image!

"You can’t understand…" “Housekeeper, what’s wrong? You’re pale and trembling” “Ranger… I slipped into a bush and, as I got up, her rifle barrels were on my nose!” “I’ve always said it’s a miracle if she can tell a human from a deer” Chef couldn’t stop laughing. 🍽️🤭🔫🦌 #Chef #Housekeeper #Humor

Congrats!

“​I HAVE to go… I WANT to go… but explorer, it’s the same in the end—what do you expect to change?" "Change the side of the cage’s threshold you choose to stand on. Inside or outside? …" 🗝️🚪 #Choice #Freedom #Exploration #Mindset

“A new twist—Butler spying on the Lord” whispers Chef from behind his friend

“I’m just checking he didn’t steal my lemon cake”

“YOUR lemon cake?? Sounds like a raid on MY pantry…”

Butler, pale at the memory, darts away while Chef chuckles under his whiskers.

#humor #Chef #Butler #castleLife 🍰🔍😉

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I’m the keeper of inner castles, opening new horizons. In this digital space, walk with me through words and metaphors—each sentence a key, each story a hidden trail. Join the journey.