Writer Between Worlds

Soulful writing about humans and places

Category: Culture

  • Quote of the day

    Quote of the day

    “I believe that it is difficult to kill an idea because ideas are invisible and contagious, and they move fast. I believe that you can set your own ideas against ideas you dislike. That you should be free to argue, explain, clarify, debate, offend, insult, rage, mock, sing, dramatize, and deny. (…) I believe that…

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  • Quotes of the day

    Quotes of the day

    “Politics and religion are both expressions of our underlying moral psychology, and an understanding of that psychology can help to bring people together.” “(…) when a group of people make something sacred, the members of the cult lose the ability to think clearly about it. Morality binds and blinds. The true believers produce pious fantasies…

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  • Celebrating New Beginnings: My Prose in O Mie de Semne

    Dear friends, I hope you’ve had a wonderful New Year’s celebration! I am happy to report that my year has started well: after a wonderful afternoon skiing in #Tirol (albeit with a cold), I received word that a short #prose I authored was picked up by O mie de semne, a Romanian #literary #magazine. Here…

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  • Quote of the day

    Quote of the day

    “The way we use language to describe the Other is a large part of what gives that Other their humanity.” Toward Eternity – Anton Hur

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  • My 2024 Retrospective

    It’s that time of the year again: hot cocoa, mulled wine, and… retrospectives. You can read mine (in Romanian) here: https://atelier.liternet.ro/articol/49103/Andreea-Sepi/Drumuri-intre-acasa-si-acasa-sau-viata-ca-un-roller-coaster-2024.html. Or you can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube to see what I’ve been up to and to stay tuned for what I’m doing next! Keep an eye out for my next…

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  • New month, new book

    This coming Thursday, 19.12. at 19:00 EET, join me and other authors in my hometown of Timisoara, Romania to launch a book that talks about the city’s hidden spots and secret moments. UndergroundTM – Orasul care nu se vede, now in its third edition. My short prose, A Tramcar Called December (Un tramvai numit decembrie)…

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  • Order Your Holiday Reads: Books from Andreea Sepi

    Advent is here, the Christmas markets are open. Have you mailed your wishes to Santa? You can still order my books at the links below! Comandă acum: Wishing everyone a wonderful holiday season! #read #discover #feel #christmas #wishlist #books #order #comanda #carte #romania #timisoara #creativewriting #literature

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  • Quote of the day

    “Write books only if you are going to say in them the things you would never dare confide to anyone.” – Emil Cioran

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  • Quote of the day

    “We call intuition the sympathy by which one transports oneself into the inside of an object in order to coincide with what is unique and consequently the inexplicable. (…) Metaphysics is thus the kind of science that pretends to surpass symbols.” Henri Bergson – An Introduction to Metaphysics (1903)

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  • Quotes of the day

    Quotes of the day

    “Attention is the rarest and purest form of generosity.” – Simone Weil, First and Last Notebooks. “Attention, taken to its highest degree, is the same thing as prayer. It presupposes faith and love. Absolutely unmixed attention is prayer. If we turn our mind toward the good, it is impossible that little by little the whole…

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  • Timișoara scrie #7

    Timișoara scrie #7

    Așa a arătat seara de 24.10.24 cu Diana Radovan, Cristi Vicol, Cosmin Leucuța și minunata echipă a Cărturești Timișoara! Am râs, am lăcrimat, am dezbătut lucruri mai mult sau mai puțin comode, am citit din recentul meu roman Icoană-n urmărire generală, am dat autografe și, în general, ne-am simțit bine. Distracția s-a continuat apoi în…

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  • Join Me at Timișoara Scrie: My Upcoming Book Reading

    Dear friends, On 24.10.24, I’m invited to speak about books, literature, and writing at “Timișoara scrie”, an event hosted by Cărturești in my hometown. I’ll be reading from my latest novel, Icoană-n urmărire generală (mystery/romance), due to be released shortly by Datagroup Publishing. Alongside me, my neighbor and friend Diana Radovan, author of a poignant…

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