by DianneSalerni | May 2, 2011 | First Impressions
Thank heavens, it’s May! I’m very proud to present a First Impressions submission from Becca Buss, who just happens to be a former student of mine! This is the first page of her YA suspense novel, Echo: Sitting in one of the hard plastic chairs in the office was a...
by DianneSalerni | Apr 29, 2011 | First Impressions
Well, here. Let me show you …Okay, that’s the last of the vacation pictures! I promise!Next week I am excited to present 3 new First Impressions posts — short critiques of first pages submitted by my blog readers. Please stop back to check them out....
by DianneSalerni | Apr 27, 2011 | Uncategorized
“The first thing we need you to do is take a large, confident step off the platform.”Say what?I was sitting there in my helmet and harness last Thursday, holding my clip, wondering if I’d lost my mind. I was too old to be flying through the air, hanging from a cable...
by DianneSalerni | Apr 25, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’m scheduling this post in advance, but I don’t need psychic powers to know that going back to work is a real let-down today after my family’s vacation in California. I could use another week’s worth of vacation to get over the first week!I’ll be blogging about some...
by DianneSalerni | Apr 22, 2011 | caged graves, history, Pennsylvania
Before beginning my manuscript The Caged Graves last summer, I researched the history of Pennsylvania’s mountainous Columbia County in the 1860’s. But my plotline incorporated a lost Revolutionary War treasure, so I also researched events of the 1770’s, when this...
