by DianneSalerni | Jan 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
Yes, it is. But I accept that.If there’s one thing I’ve learned in the past couple years of writing, it’s that my first draft is usually a rambling, maze-like monstrosity. Kind of like the Winchester Mystery House in California.According to legend, Sarah...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 9, 2012 | writing
Last year, I joined a number of writers in Resolution 2011 – Write Every Day or Pay. For every day I didn’t write in the year of 2011, I would donate $1 to the charity of my choice. (I chose Joy2theWorld, an organization that supports women in Ghana.)Making this...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 6, 2012 | First Impressions
The final First Impressions post for the month of January comes with this lovely picture. Yikes! I swear I screeched when I opened the file!This untitled YA is Heather Day Gilbert’s NaNo project. It’s not finished, but she says she might follow up on it if it...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 5, 2012 | Uncategorized
No, not here.Look here — at Matt MacNish’s blog post about A Friend in Need.A blogger friend a lot of you know — Candace Ganger, otherwise known as Candyland — who hasn’t been around as much these past months because of personal...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 4, 2012 | First Impressions
Our second First Impressions post of January comes to us from Cindy Schrauben, and it’s a MG novel entitled VOICES.Callie could hear mumbled voices, but she wasn’t entirely sure where they were coming from. She held her eyes tightly shut, but the light...
