January 2022

Inspiration & Perspiration:Danielle Trussoni’s Newsletter January 2022 Newsletter “My New Year’s Eve Toast: to all the devils, lusts, passions, greeds, envies, loves, hates, strange desires, enemies ghostly and real, the army of memories, with which I do battle — may they never give me peace.”– Patricia Highsmith, New Year’s Eve, 1947 Happy New Year! Usually these new year newsletters are …

November 2021

Inspiration & Perspiration:Danielle Trussoni’s Newsletter November 2021 Newsletter Hello from the Writing Cave, It’s the beginning of my favorite season, a time when the leaves burnish to orange and red, the days shorten and the air is filled with a chill. Growing up, I remember November being a time of both excitement—my birthday is November 9th—and preparation for winter.  Now …

6.1.21

Inspiration & Perspiration:Danielle Trussoni’s Newsletter June 1st Newsletter “Genius is 1 Percent Inspiration and 99 Percent Perspiration.”– Thomas Edison  Happy first day of June from the Writing Cave. If you follow me on Instagram, you may have seen that I escaped my little hovel on the Hudson River and spent some time in San Miguel de Allende with my husband Hadrien.                We had …

5.3.21

Inspiration & Perspiration:Danielle Trussoni’s Newsletter May 3rd Newsletter “Genius is 1 Percent Inspiration and 99 Percent Perspiration.”– Thomas Edison  Happy Monday from the Writing Cave. April was a busy and exciting month, particularly because spring finally arrived in the Hudson Valley. The trees are in bloom and I have been cutting them and putting them all over my house.                        …

9.12.20

Inspiration & Perspiration:Danielle Trussoni’s Newsletter September 12th, 2020 “Genius is 1 Percent Inspiration and 99 Percent Perspiration.”– Thomas Edison Good morning and Happy Saturday, It’s been a busy week for me in the writing cave, where I have been buried in my office working on my new novel. It’s an exciting time. I’ve reached the midway point of the book and can see the end in …

4.12.20

Inspiration & Perspiration:Danielle Trussoni’s Newsletter April 12th, 2020  “Genius is 1 Percent Inspiration and 99 Percent Perspiration.”– Thomas Edison  Hello on this blustery Sunday in the Hudson Valley! It has been a busy week. The Ancestor was published on April 7th, and I’ve been doing interviews and live events constantly, which has left me feeling a bit antisocial. This weekend, I’ve been trying to get as much quiet …

1.25.20

“Genius is 1 Percent Inspiration and 99 Percent Perspiration.”– Thomas Edison  Good morning! I’m writing this as I rush off to the American Library Association’s annual Midwinter Conference, where I’ll be sitting at my publisher’s table this afternoon signing copies of The Ancestor. I’m excited to go to this conference because (first) librarians and libraries may very well be the reason I am a writer and (second) because …

1.11.20

“Genius is 1 Percent Inspiration and 99 Percent Perspiration.”– Thomas Edison Good morning from Newport Rhode Island, where I am finishing up my week-long residency at the Newport MFA Program. I have spent the week among Newport’s Gilded Age mansions. Here is Ochre Court, where we meet every day for readings and craft talks: It has been an exciting week of writing workshops, craft talks, and readings …