by DianneSalerni | Jun 17, 2013 | Uncategorized
I have been (and still am) buried under some intensive revisions with a deadline, while simultaneously promoting a new book and, up until last week, finishing school. So I feel like I haven’t given as much of a shout-out as I should to my two main critique partners –...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 12, 2013 | interview
Joy Preble and Yours TrulyWAAAAY Back in March of 2010, I was invited to attend a launch party for the Sourcebooks Fire YA imprint at Books of Wonder in NYC. My debut book, WE HEAR THE DEAD, wasn’t due to be released until May, but I got to attend the event with other...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 10, 2013 | Uncategorized
A couple weeks ago, Steven Symes passed on the Versatile Blogger award to me. If you don’t know Steven, who writes non-fiction and also paranormal fiction (despite being a skeptic), please check out his blog HERE.Now, as part of this blog award, I’m...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 7, 2013 | First Impressions
I’m finishing up June’s First Impressions with the opening page of Alicia Willette-Cook’s steampunk novel, THE MACHINATIONS OF DR. JEKYLL: “She’s got quite the nerve, I must say. Five invitations to tea in one month.” There was, of course, no response from...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 5, 2013 | First Impressions
Our second First Impressions post for June comes from Sarah Turnbull. This is the first page of AND WE ARE ALL DAMNED, a gothic horror novel:“As Raymond would have wanted,” Veanne said, clinking her clay mug to her brother’s. She took an inexperienced mouthful of...
