by DianneSalerni | Mar 28, 2011 | revision, writing
Revision. Do you love it – or dread it? What thrills you more: the excitement of a brand new draft with limitless potential – or the nitty-gritty of fleshing out the elements that will make an existing story even better?Personally, I love revision, but there’s always...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 25, 2011 | history
First, I’d like to extend thanks to Jack Dixon for pointing out this anniversary. It’s a sad thing to remember today, but the consequences of forgetting are too terrible to let it pass unmentioned. On March 25, 1911, 146 workers lost their lives in the Triangle...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 23, 2011 | Uncategorized
Well, maybe not death. But some kind of transformation. Most everybody carries a telephone on their person these days. But how often do you use it to talk to somebody with your voice? I picked up a link to this interesting New York Times article (on Facebook,...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 18, 2011 | home, steampunk
Some people ought not be allowed into home improvement stores. Alarms should go off when these people cross the threshold, and security guards should escort them from the premises. The original owners of our home were Do-It-Yourself-ers. They bought the house partly...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 16, 2011 | Dorians Parlor, Kindle, screenplay
I’m all over the ball park with today’s post. If I was marking a student paper, I would say this selection is “unfocused.” But — hey, we all have unfocused days, right?First of all, I’d like to invite you to pop over to Sara...
