by DianneSalerni | Feb 16, 2015 | book promotions, King Arthur, revision, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark, The Morrigan's Curse, WIP
Yes, it’s time for another scatter-brained post because I couldn’t pull together a single topic. I think Netflix should count as a business expense. I know many people would consider binge-watching TV while your open manuscript and a blinking cursor sit ignored on a...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 14, 2015 | WIP
Last month I was tagged by Marcy Hatch to play this game which has been bouncing around the blogosphere. The idea is to pick spots in your WIP (with your eyes closed) and from the randomly selected sentences find a new (terrible) title for your manuscript. I chose my...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 12, 2014 | King Arthur, pets, review, Sorcia, The Inquisitor's Mark, WIP
I’m currently charging through revisions on my WIP — on page 120 out of 236 Tuesday night — so slightly over halfway there! At this rate, I’ll have a draft ready for beta readers in about a week. It feels really good after struggling with the...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 10, 2014 | teaching, WIP, writing
We’ve had a mild autumn here in Pennsylvania, with t-shirt and sandals weather continuing all the way through October and into November. There have been cold and rainy days here and there, but even my summer annuals are still blooming. My daughter wants to...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 13, 2014 | WIP, writing
Last week I was clobbered by The Return of the Sinus Infection. Clearly one course of antibiotics didn’t do the trick, although it’s amazing how you can feel perfectly healthy one day and then knocked down with a hammer the next. Not a lot of...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 18, 2014 | outline, pantster, The Eighth Day, WIP, writing, YA
Next Monday, school starts for my children and for my former teaching colleagues, but not for me. This is the first time I haven’t started school in the fall since I was a kindergartner. To distract me from this major life change, my husband suggested I do...
