{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Rosina Lippi a.k.a. Sara Donati","description":"Rosina Lippi writes under her own name and under the pseudonym Sara Donati, and her Wilderness series of six historical novels is some of the most gorgeous fiction you\u2019ll ever read. A former linguistics professor, Rosina has been writing for decades and built quite a following, even as the publishing industry has changed. In the latest episode of the Make Meaning Podcast, host Lynne Golodner interviews Rosina Lippi about how to make fiction your career, frustrations with book marketing, and how to create believable characters in authentic landscapes. In the episode, Rosina quotes George Orwell on writing: \u201cWriting a book is an exhausting struggle. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven on by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.\u201d In this episode, Lynne and Rosina discuss:  Making money as a novelist Historical fiction Retelling history with real women in the stories Choosing a pen name to not \u201cconfound reader expectations\u201d How publishing has changed over the decades How to authentically show race, indigeneity and survival in colonial times Marketing & PR for books How to handle negative feedback on your writing Links and Resources:  Rosina Lippi Into the Wilderness (book 1) Sara Donati Elizabeth Bennet The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper The Pen\/Hemingway award Homestead  Congo Square Lynne Golodner\u2019s Author Brand Marketing Mastermind Kirkus Review Stranger than Fiction film   Find Rosina Lippi: Website  Facebook Twitter  Instagram  LinkedIn ","author_name":"The Make Meaning Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/makemeaning.org","html":"