by DianneSalerni | Aug 31, 2015 | writing
Last week I talked about suspension of disbelief – the reader’s willingness to enjoy a fictional story as if the events are really occurring. This month I’m going to focus on speculative fiction. How do you introduce your reader to the fantastic elements in your book...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 24, 2015 | writing
Ahem. I’m cheating a little folks. This is a repeat of something I wrote for Project Mayhem, but since the audience for that blog and this one are *mostly* different, I thought it was worth posting here. My apologies to the few people who belong to the...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 17, 2015 | Pennsylvania, reading
Many Pennsylvanians have been disappointed to discover that our new Democratic governor, Tom Wolf, hasn’t turned out to be any better supporter of libraries than his much-despised predecessor, Republican Tom Corbett. Libraries aren’t even on Wolf’s radar and...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 10, 2015 | contest, Pennsylvania, Pocono Mountains, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark, The Morrigan's Curse
I have some good looking calendars up for grabs this month! Check out this gorgeous 16-Month Transitioner’s Calendar for September 2015 thru December 2016. All the character sketches are done by the talented teen artist Rachel Gillespie. My daughter Gabrielle...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 3, 2015 | First Impressions
We only have one submission for August First Impressions this month, but it’s one with an intriguing premise! This is the first page of Maria Anna Witt’s GOODNIGHT, SWEET PRINCE – a modern re-envisioning of Hamlet centered around a teenage boy band instead of a...