by DianneSalerni | Aug 5, 2013 | First Impressions
Our next First Impression comes from Garrett Vander Leun, who is sharing the first page of MONSTER TOWN, a middle grade fantasy.Vampire, on the roof, freaking out in a beach chair. Other kids had alarm clocks, I had my dad.Scritch-scritch.That was the first...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 2, 2013 | First Impressions
Today Theresa Milstein is sharing the first page of her MG contemporary fantasy, SAVING DANGER, looking for your First Impression:I stared in disdain at my reflection. The Pepto-Bismol pink confection stared back at me as I tugged one of the many ruffles strangling my...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 29, 2013 | fish, home
Over the last week, I’ve been sitting beside my goldfish pond a lot. Partly, it’s because I’ve been brainstorming. Partly, it’s because I’m waiting for the monster to reappear.It’s amazing how mysterious a self-contained pond with no access to the outside world can...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 24, 2013 | outline, pantster, WIP, writing process
On Monday, Vicki Tremper posted a link to an article by LibbaBray that I really, really needed to read this week. If a rock star like Libba Bray can struggle so much with a book – and a sequel, at that – and if she finds outlining strategies and worksheets as...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 22, 2013 | interview
I’ve been following Susan Flett Swiderski’s blog, I Think; Therefore I Yam, for a long time, and Sue was one of the early participants in my First Impressions series, sharing her first page of HOT FLASHES AND COLD LEMONADE, which she has now published. Sue...
