by DianneSalerni | Feb 29, 2016 | characters, WIP, writing process
A couple weeks ago, I lent my husband one of the adult science fiction books I read last month. To my delight, he enjoyed it as much as I did. “It had a lot of characters,” he said, “which usually frustrates me, but the author did a great job of introducing only one...
by Dianne Salerni | Feb 22, 2016 | Uncategorized
Today I’m helping Stephanie Faris celebrate the cover reveal for the third book in her Piper Morgan chapter book series. What’s fascinating to me is that this cover reveal is happening before the first two books are even released — which led to me...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 15, 2016 | WIP, writing process
Me: *Stares at WIP on screen.* SNI #1: Psst. Dianne. Me: Go away. I’m busy. SNI #1: It’s me. Your manuscript, XXXX, that you shelved two years ago. I was thinking, what if you changed me from YA to MG? Me: That would be a major change. I’d have to practically gut the...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 8, 2016 | home, pets
Good news ~ I’m back in shoes! Bad news ~ I walk like an elderly lady crossing a fun house floor. I admit I was blindsided by this. I had no idea what 3 weeks of immobility and 2 weeks of only partial mobility would do to me. Physical therapy, here I come. ...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 1, 2016 | caged graves, pantster, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark, The Morrigan's Curse, We Hear the Dead, WIP, writing, writing a series, writing process
Saturday was a glorious day for a book launch party at the Hockessin Book Shelf in Hockessin, Delaware! I was thrilled to see so many friends, former teaching colleagues, fellow writers, and young readers come to celebrate the release of The Morrigan’s Curse. I...