by DianneSalerni | Dec 11, 2013 | skiing, WIP, writing, writing process
To everyone who reached out to me and sent me well wishes last week – thank you! I did recover from the sinus infection, and I got all my grades turned in on time. I also completed my first pass through THE INQUISITOR’S MARK, making the revisions requested in just...
by DianneSalerni | Dec 2, 2013 | Uncategorized
It’s been a rough couple weeks.November is always a tough time, with report cards and evening parent conferences that some days require me to be at school for 12 hours straight. And this year, my district decided the first trimester didn’t have as many...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 27, 2013 | writing
Chris Fries — this post is for you! (Or inspired by you, at least.)Last week, I posted a blog about “fitting it all in” — how I juggle a teaching job, a writing career, and a family. Chris commented on how intense it all was and wondered: What...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 25, 2013 | guest post, writing a series
When local author and fellow KidLit Author’s Club member Ellen Jensen Abbott mentioned that the third book in her WATERSMEET trilogy was releasing this month, I asked if I could host her here at In High Spirits.In particular, I wanted to pick her brain about the...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 20, 2013 | history, spiritualism
One of my Facebook friends posted an article about the Bender Family on my timeline this weekend, asking if I’d ever heard of their story before. I’m sure she thought of me because of the connection to Spiritualism. (She read my book We Hear the Dead about...
