by DianneSalerni | Sep 16, 2011 | writing
Every fall, I hit a slump in creativity. There’s no mystery to it: the beginning of a school year takes a lot out of me. There’s a new schedule to learn and new students to get to know, not to mention I’m also a parent of two daughters starting their own busy school...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
I want to thank Donna Weaver for passing along this blog award, which requires bloggers to look back over their blog history. It was a challenge to analyze and even guess a little at reactions to my blog posts, and I’m supposed to provide links to seven of my most...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’d stepped out of the classroom for just a moment, to get a ream of paper from the supply closet, and one of my fellow co-workers stopped me. “You can’t tell the kids,” she said. “But something terrible happened.”The events of 9/11 were already well under way, but...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 9, 2011 | First Impressions
Our final First Impressions for the month of September is the first page of Sheri Larsen’s YA Paranormal, GYPSY DOLLS: Carnival of Souls.The last thing I expect to see is a dead guy.Buses idle by the curbing. Newly falling mist dowses the vapors of diesel fuel, but...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 7, 2011 | First Impressions
Our second First Impressions for the month of September is a sample from the beginning of Nicole Zoltack’s middle grade fantasy, Elena’s Pen.Mr. McMichaels has hated me ever since he confiscated a story I wrote during class last week. A story about an evil goblin...
