by DianneSalerni | Jul 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was pondering that question this weekend when I ignored my lengthy To Do list on Sunday afternoon and read a book for fun. I felt guilty about it. Because, you know, I quit that lucrative teaching gig to do this writing thing. Yes, I had other reasons for...
by Dianne Salerni | Jul 28, 2014 | Uncategorized
When I hired a designer to re-do my author website, she recommended moving my blog to WordPress and having it be part of the website for consistency and a professional look. At the time, I was buried under my teaching responsibilities and the writing of Eighth...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 23, 2014 | graves, interview
This is the world of the “2010s”: You write a book. It gets a starred review from School Library Journal. Later, you run across the writer of the review on Twitter. You follow each other. Later still, you find out she wrote a book, and it’s...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog Fest
Welcome to this wandering tour of blogs by artists – writers, musicians, painters, photographers, and more. I was invited by April Lindner: April Lindner is the author of two poetry collections, This Bed Our Bodies Shaped from Able Muse Press and Skin from...
by Dianne Salerni | Jul 16, 2014 | WIP, writing
A few months ago, during the planning of my current WIP, my protagonist was calling all the shots—as usual. She told me her name and age: Jadie Summers, 12. I mentioned I preferred a boy MC for this story, and she told me, “Too bad.” She also declared she was...