by DianneSalerni | Oct 15, 2012 | Pocono Mountains
As some of you may know, my family owns a condo on Jack Frost Mountain in the Poconos, which we rent out to vacationers as a little side business. We use the house ourselves a few times a year—enjoying a getaway and doing maintenance on the place, etc.Recently, my...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 8, 2012 | Uncategorized
It’s about time. After a muggy, sweaty September, we’re finally seeing some fall weather in southeastern Pennsylvania. This is the view along one of the White Clay Creek trails, where we ride bikes and walk Sorcia.Things have slowed down for me, in terms of writing,...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 5, 2012 | First Impressions
Our last First Impressions submission comes from Julia Tomiak. This is the first page of her WIP, a YA Contemporary titled REDEFINED.Most seniors from Keene County High School didn’t stay home on Friday nights to babysit their moms, but I did. Dad called while...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 3, 2012 | First Impressions
Mark KoopmansOur next First Impressions post comes from Mark Koopmans. His manuscript, REVIVAL: THE DONALD BRASWELL STORY, is the memoir of a Welsh Opera tenor whose promising career was almost destroyed by the hit-and-run accident which robbed him of his voice. Mark...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 1, 2012 | First Impressions
Our first submissions for First Impression in October comes from Rebecca Buss. The working title of this YA Suspense story is GOODNIGHT STRANGER.In the middle of the night, and in the middle of a rainstorm, Paige Aldridge climbed up a set of metal-grate stairs in...
