by DianneSalerni | Aug 1, 2014 | First Impressions
Holy cow, it’s already August! I’d ask where the summer went, but I already know: I spent a large chunk of it in school, since snow and ice in January/February stole quite a bit of our summer vacation days. Today’s First Impression post comes from Carl Hackman....
by DianneSalerni | Jul 30, 2014 | Uncategorized
I was pondering that question this weekend when I ignored my lengthy To Do list on Sunday afternoon and read a book for fun. I felt guilty about it. Because, you know, I quit that lucrative teaching gig to do this writing thing. Yes, I had other reasons for...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 23, 2014 | graves, interview
This is the world of the “2010s”: You write a book. It gets a starred review from School Library Journal. Later, you run across the writer of the review on Twitter. You follow each other. Later still, you find out she wrote a book, and it’s...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 21, 2014 | Blog Fest
Welcome to this wandering tour of blogs by artists – writers, musicians, painters, photographers, and more. I was invited by April Lindner: April Lindner is the author of two poetry collections, This Bed Our Bodies Shaped from Able Muse Press and Skin from...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 14, 2014 | caged graves, Catawissa
As I mentioned a couple weeks ago, I was recently contacted by a gentleman named Charles Rodenbough from North Carolina who told me he was the great-grandson of Ransloe Boone. That would be the same Ransloe Boone whose name is on the headstone outside one of...
