Lia Vedi

Lia Vedi Միացե՛ք ինձ՝ իմ առաջին ​​վեպը՝ «Լունա»-ն գրելու գրական ճանապարհին։

12/08/2026

Behind the Novel — Part 05 (Final)

One day Liana called me and announced: “I completely hate you.”

Apparently, I had ruined her personal life. 😂

The problem? Avet.

She became so obsessed with him as a character that, according to her, I had now set the standard far too high. Her question was: “Where am I supposed to find a man like him now?”

Then there was David.

She wasn’t particularly impressed when I first told her about him. But once she actually started reading… suddenly she was warming up to him.

I have a theory about the early judgement: I had created AI images of the characters, and while Avet immediately passed Liana’s test, David committed one unforgivable offence - the beard. 😂

So, gentlemen, apparently the secret to Liana’s heart is simple: shave.

Well… not completely. A little beard has now officially been approved. Just don’t get carried away. 😂

From characters we fell in love with, to characters we judged far too quickly, we’ve had quite an adventure through literature and beyond.

And that’s where our little Behind the Novel walk through Gyumri ends. ❤️

12/08/2026

Behind the Novel — Part 04

There were times when Liana would message me: “I’m feeling down. I need a chapter.” ❤️

She had the privilege or perhaps the burden 😅 of reading Draft One and Draft Two. But she knew almost nothing about what the story had become by Draft Four.

Then, over coffee in Gyumri, I started telling her where the story had gone.
And when I finally finished telling her the new version, she looked at me and said:

“I want to watch this movie.”

I laughed. “Liana, it’s not a movie. It’s a novel.”

“I know. But I can see it as a movie.”

Then she told me she was jealous of the people who haven’t read it yet because they still get to experience it all for the first time. The discoveries. The chills. The ending.

As a writer, hearing all of that from someone who has watched this story grow from its earliest drafts meant more than she probably realised. 🌙

11/08/2026

Behind the Novel — Part 03

The manuscript is officially in other people’s hands, which is both exciting and slightly terrifying. 😅

Right now, it’s being read by an Armenian editor and two beta readers — one Australian and one Armenian.

The beta readers are giving me something incredibly valuable: the reader’s experience. What they felt, where they connected, what stayed with them, and where something perhaps didn’t quite land.

The editor brings a different perspective, looking more closely at the craft: the flow, pacing, structure, character development and the areas that may need strengthening.

Then it comes back to me.

I’ll take all of that feedback, revisit the manuscript and decide what genuinely makes the story stronger. Because I’m learning that writing also means knowing when to listen and when to trust your own instinct about the story you’re trying to tell.

An exciting stage… and probably a little more rewriting ahead. 🌙

11/08/2026

Behind the Novel - Part 02

The novel actually began in Armenian.
But after almost 20 years of living in Australia, I discovered that my thoughts moved much faster than my Armenian typing. I tried handwriting instead… only to realise that even a doctor might struggle to decipher it. 😂

Then Liana asked a simple question: “Why don’t you write it in English?”

At first, English was only supposed to be for notes and a rough first draft. But the words started flowing — and somewhere along the way, the draft became the novel.

Having Liana beside me, with her background in foreign literature and the ability to move so naturally between Armenian and English, made that transition feel possible.

And that’s how this story found its language. 🌙

11/08/2026

Behind my novel — Part 1
A conversation between two friends, walking through the streets of Gyumri and talking about the story that has occupied so much of my life over the past few years.
How it began, where it has taken me, the characters who appeared along the way, and where the novel stands today.
The conversation is in Armenian, but I’ll share a little English context with each part.

04/08/2026

HAGHARTSIN Monetary in Dilijan.
Haghartsin is a 10th-13th century Armenian medieval monastery complex located in the Tavush Province of Armenia, nestled within the lush forests of Dilijan National Park. It stands as one of the country’s most significant spiritual, cultural, and tourist landmarks.


#армения
#дилижан

02/08/2026

Some stories begin long before they’re written.
This bracelet has the ancient solar symbol discovered at Lchashen after Lake Sevan revealed its secrets. Beside it is a moonstone, Luna’s pendant stone.
Today, they both returned to Lake Sevan. 🌙☀️

25/07/2026

Alberobello is proof that fairytales exist. 🇮🇹🤍
Home to the iconic trulli—traditional dry-stone houses built without mortar—this little town feels like stepping into another world. No wonder it’s a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Now come and wander its magical streets with me… and yes, I couldn’t leave Italy without a glass of limoncello. 🍋🥂

Yesterday at the 12th Persian Film Festival, Amin Palangi said:“In times of war and uncertainty, keeping the spirit aliv...
17/04/2026

Yesterday at the 12th Persian Film Festival, Amin Palangi said:
“In times of war and uncertainty, keeping the spirit alive becomes an act of resistance.
Iranian people continue to carry burdens beyond their control, facing a system that silences, imprisons, and takes lives without hesitation. And yet, what stood stronger than fear was something else: hope.
A culture that refuses to disappear.
A voice that refuses to be silenced.
Cinema becomes more than storytelling, it becomes survival. Every frame holds poetry, but also resilience.
As long as filmmakers continue to create with courage,
this spirit will remain alive.”

And watching Cutting Through Rocks, you could feel it, alive in every frame.

Please translate into Armenian What I started as a girl… I am finishing as a woman.I found this notebook from my teenage...
08/04/2026

Please translate into Armenian

What I started as a girl… I am finishing as a woman.

I found this notebook from my teenage years, pages filled with thoughts about love, a story I had started… and never finished.

Back then, I didn’t know what love really was. I was just imagining it, feeling it in my own way, trying to give it shape through words and drawings.

Years passed. I forgot about these pages.

And then, without even realising it, I started writing again, a new story, again about love, but this time deeper, more real… shaped by life, experience, and everything in between.

Looking back now, it feels like I didn’t leave it unfinished. I just wasn’t ready to write the second part.

And maybe… this is it. 🤍

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