by DianneSalerni | Aug 5, 2011 | First Impressions
Our third First Impressions post for August comes from Sarah Nicolas. This is the first page of her current WIP, Dragons Are People Too – a YA urban fantasy about a teenage weredragon operative for the US government.Well, crap. Mission Intelligence got it wrong....
by DianneSalerni | Aug 3, 2011 | First Impressions
The second First Impressions critique for the month of August comes to us from someone I know well … my 14-year-old daughter, Gabbey. This is the first page of her fantasy novel, The Mirror’s Curse. Must keep running. Have to get out of here. Have to get out of...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 1, 2011 | First Impressions
For the month of August, Marcy and I have taken on FOUR First Impressions critiques. Why? Because we love ‘em so much.Our first critique is for the preface of Jessica Buccinna’s YA novel Surviving Derek, Maybe. My former roommate Derek Shipley hung himself in the...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 29, 2011 | Uncategorized
Prejudice, murder, insanity, suicide: Every small town has its secrets. And Marva Dasef’s book Missing, Assumed Dead – released today from MuseItUp Publishing – contains all those things! When Kameron McBride receives notice she’s the last living relative of a missing...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
I got lucky! I was assigned to jury duty today and tomorrow, but when I called the “jury hotline” last night, I was told not to come in today. Woo hoo! A totally free day — because of course I kept my calendar open, thinking for sure I’d have...
