by DianneSalerni | Jan 26, 2015 | book promotions, revision, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark
To say I’ve been a little scatter-brained lately possibly understates it. The title of this post covers some of what’s going on, but not all of it. If I want to tack on a few of the other things vying for my attention, I’d have to add: Scholastic goodies,...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
As some of you may know, my family owns a condo on Jack Frost Mountain in the Poconos, which we rent out to vacationers as a little side business. We use the house ourselves a few times a year—enjoying a getaway and doing maintenance on the place, etc. Last weekend,...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 19, 2015 | writing
This is a bit of a cheat, since I’m recycling a recent post from Project Middle Grade Mayhem. But this was well received by readers, and although I wrote it specifically for MG writers, I believe it has relevance to writing for other audiences. I recently...
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 | Jan 12, 2015 | goals, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark, The Morrigan's Curse
I hope 2015 has been good to all of you so far! I can certainly say that I’ve been enjoying it. Back in August, I blogged about my struggles with my WIP, BRANEWORLD — how I almost gave up on it but instead decided to push forward. My husband had brought...
