by DianneSalerni | Jul 22, 2011 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago, my sister’s family drove in from Kansas for their yearly summer visit, and the week was capped off by a barbecue at my parent’s house. At some point during the meal, my mother started talking about cleaning out the stuff in the basement, wondering if...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 20, 2011 | Larry, pets
Last fall, my brother-in-law Larry did some dog-sitting for Sorcia and wrote a brilliant account of it in the style of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. (The Hound of the Salernis). As noted by a few of my savvy readers (that’s you, Lenny), it was apparent that Larry and his...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 18, 2011 | home
Dagnabbit! The refrigerator that came with our house gave up the ghost last year, and we bought a new one. It keeps food cold and also dispenses ice and cold water from the door. So, we probably won’t be in the market for this new gem – the Samsung refrigerator that...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 15, 2011 | writing
Whether it’s a matter of consciously choosing them, or visualizing my characters and letting them naturally develop, I try to give each of my characters specific mannerisms that belong to them alone. I usually give them more than one, because most of us have more than...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 13, 2011 | writing
It takes months for most of us to write an entire manuscript, and unless you recursively read all your chapters as you go, there might be quite a gap between the writing of Chapter 1 and the writing of Chapter 30. I find that when I go back and read the entire thing...
