This week Gloria gets down to the nitty gritty of submitting her manuscript and gives advice to fellow writers on how to go about sending a manuscript out for publication. She also talks about managing expectations and how important being disciplined and consistent is to the process.

This week Gloria explores why she waited nearly a decade to submit her completed manuscript. She explores the challenges of revising a decade-old novel. What’s it like to revisit an old relic? She talks about how she’s changed as a writer and how this has affected her revision. In addition, she explores the relevance of her novel in today’s world where women have a stronger voice in the wake of

This week Gloria elaborates on the writing and research process for writing her forthcoming novel. Since the novel is set in Post-World II Italy, she discusses learning about the history, culture, and food of the town where the novel takes place. Gloria professes her outline obsession and how she handwrote her novel. She discusses her interests in the way women interact with each other.

In this first episode, Gloria answers a big question. Why should you join her on this journey? She begins by discussing why she started This Novel is Happening, how she became a writer, her academic background which eventually led to her writing a novel. She talks about the impetus for her forthcoming novel and how it was the project that earned her a Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.) in creative

This Novel is Happening, a podcast about getting your first book published, is coming soon! Author Gloria Panzera will document the process of writing, editing, getting published, marketing the book and more.