by DianneSalerni | Jul 17, 2013 | WIP
Some writers talk about setting word count goals because they have a hard time sitting down and committing to writing. Me, I have a hard time staying away.In the last week of June, I finished revisions for THE EIGHTH DAY #1, and it went into copy-editing. About a week...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 15, 2013 | Uncategorized
Recently on Facebook, I saw a link to the Parenting Blog at the New York Times where one of the most famous “absentee Moms” in the world was interviewed: The Mom from The Cat in the Hat. The interview starts out with the most obvious questions: “Where wereyou???” and...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 10, 2013 | interview
A little over a year ago, I brought you the story of February Grace, who overcame a battle with blindness AND completed her first novel, GODSPEED. Now, Bru’s novel has been picked up by Booktrope and was recently re-released with a new cover — and her...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 8, 2013 | caged graves, revision, The Eighth Day, WIP, writing, writing process
Last week, I was feeling a little depressed. I had just turned in editorial revisions for THE EIGHTH DAY. The manuscript was off to the copy-editing department, and now I had to face my draft of THE EIGHTH DAY #2. And I couldn’t stand to look at it. The first...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 5, 2013 | First Impressions
Our final submission for First Impressions this month comes from Angela Bigler. This is the first page of THE MOTHER TREE, a YA magical realism novel.Rachel woke up late. Her sheets were balled up on the floor, kicked off in the humid night. She squinted her eyes as...
