by DianneSalerni | Mar 28, 2012 | outline, pantster, WIP
Last week I turned in my CAGED GRAVES revisions to my editor. After five weeks of intensive work, I was very excited by the results and proud of the new version of the manuscript. Very quickly, however, the thrill of completion turned into the uncertainty of …...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 26, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week, Emily White unveiled the awesome trailer for her debut book, ELEMENTAL.Elemental, Emily White’s taut YA sci-fi thriller debut (Spencer Hill Press, May 2012) confronts many of our greatest fears… darkness, loneliness and the power within each of us to become...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 23, 2012 | Uncategorized
This past weekend, I attended a launch party for Elisa Ludwig’s debut novel, PRETTY CROOKED.Willa’s plan seems all too simple. Take from the rich kids at Valley Prep and give to the poor ones.Yes, it’s the story of a modern-day, would-be Robin Hood,...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 21, 2012 | blogfest
Madeleine Maddocks from Scribble and Edit is hosting a Plotting Blogfest next month, and for those of you also participating in the A-Z Blogfest, she has conveniently scheduled it for the Letter P — April 17th.You can sign up at Madeleine’s site....
by DianneSalerni | Mar 16, 2012 | guest post, Larry
This is the final chapter in the strange courtship between my sister-in-law and the Federal Customs Agent stationed on stake-out duty in her house. When we left off, agents were camped out 24/7 in my mother-in-law’s garage. She was in her glory, bringing them...