I hadn’t planned on posting this week, but I just had to share an awesome Christmas present (that only writers can appreciate) which turned out to also be a head-scratching editorial moment.My 12 year old daughter Gina, all on her own, conceived of this present....
A Slice of Salerni Life 2012 The End of the WorldGabbey: (looking over Dianne’s shoulder) You too, Mom? All my friends on Facebook are being weird about the world ending, and I’m like, “Really, people? Don’t make me unfriend you.”Bob: You can tell them Mommy and...
I’m writing this over the weekend, wondering exactly how I will face my classroom on Monday. How I will look at it. How I will look at my students. And how they will look at me.Exactly a week before the Sandy Hook incident, we had an intruder drill at our...
Welcome to the Deja Vu Blog Fest: The Day of the Do Over, where we recycle old blog posts that might have been missed or under-appreciated during the year. I picked this one because I had NO IDEA where it was going to lead me.In February of 2012, I wrote a post...
Today I’d like to put in a plug for Tina Laurel Lee’s brainchild, The Practice Room – which operates as a little think tank for the writing community. You can check out the sidebar on her site for the weekly schedule, but I usually run a session on Monday nights,...