by DianneSalerni | Jul 2, 2012 | First Impressions
Our First Impressions for July begins with Honey Rose who is sharing the first page of her contemporary suspense story set in the rainforests of South America, where she once lived for a year. It’s titled CROSSING THE CULTURE.As Ellie and Kate flew over the Gulf of...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 29, 2012 | writing
Some of you may have seen this image bouncing around Facebook and Twitter, but I thought it was worth another chuckle. I think I saw some of those z-z-z-z-z’s in the copy edit mark-up of THE CAGED GRAVES! Well, actually, it was a politely worded note in...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 27, 2012 | Uncategorized
Woo-hoo! I am THRILLED to announce that one of my critique partners, Krystalyn Drown has sold a manuscript to Entranced Publishing:We are happy to announce the acquisition of Krystalyn Drown’s YA novel, Spirit World, under our Blush imprint.Awesome news,...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 25, 2012 | teaching
Teaching is sometimes like that game where you throw Velcro balls at a Velcro target. Sometimes the ball sticks, and sometimes it doesn’t. Teaching anythingin the last week of the school year is dicey, and so when I decided to bring The Emotion Thesaurus by...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 22, 2012 | caged graves, WIP, writing
Last week, I worked through the copy-edits on THE CAGED GRAVES and mailed the manuscript back to the publisher. I know there’s still proof-reading to go, but this is one step closer to FINISHED! It was so exciting to see the book worked over to the point...