by DianneSalerni | Dec 19, 2011 | writing
I attempted to write two or three different blog posts yesterday and didn’t get more than a few sentences into any of them before deleting. I was thinking of just posting “I got nothin’ for ya” and being done with it, when I remembered...
by DianneSalerni | Dec 16, 2011 | blogfest, seance, We Hear the Dead
While I was promoting WE HEAR THE DEAD in the early months of 2010, I had a startling revelation about the role played by séances in the 19th century. Too bad I only had 5 blog followers at the time …Thanks to the Déjà Vu Blogfest – The Day of the Do-Over – I get to...
by DianneSalerni | Dec 14, 2011 | caged graves, writing
It’s hunting season! But a gun is not my weapon of choice – and neither is that book on the right, although it was the first thing I bought for the job.When you write historical fiction, it takes a lot of effort to get the details right. And believe me, I try to do my...
by DianneSalerni | Dec 12, 2011 | guest post, Larry
Today I have my brother-in-law Larry O’Donnell here with a guest post. (No, that’s not him on the right.) I’m pretty sure I know what activity he was doing when he conceived and composed this little essay …Of Men and Cats — Larry...
by DianneSalerni | Dec 9, 2011 | writing
Last week, I came across two blog posts discussing troublesome WIPS and how to know when it’s time to give up on them.Meredith Moore wrote about falling out of love with your book. Sometime you need a break, (Remember Ross and Rachel? “We were on a break!”) and when...
