by DianneSalerni | Sep 21, 2011 | outline, pantster
Are you an outliner or a pantster – or do you use elements of each? Have you blogged about your process?I’ll be leading two writing workshops this November and examining how to build a plot through one method or another (or a clever combination of both). The first...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 19, 2011 | caged graves, Catawissa, Clarion
Last week, I signed the contract to publish The Caged Graves with Clarion. With the book on its way to publication, it seemed an appropriate time for a pilgrimage back to the place that inspired the story – Hooded Grave Cemetery in Catawissa, PA.I knew, going back,...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 16, 2011 | writing
Every fall, I hit a slump in creativity. There’s no mystery to it: the beginning of a school year takes a lot out of me. There’s a new schedule to learn and new students to get to know, not to mention I’m also a parent of two daughters starting their own busy school...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 14, 2011 | Uncategorized
I want to thank Donna Weaver for passing along this blog award, which requires bloggers to look back over their blog history. It was a challenge to analyze and even guess a little at reactions to my blog posts, and I’m supposed to provide links to seven of my most...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 11, 2011 | Uncategorized
I’d stepped out of the classroom for just a moment, to get a ream of paper from the supply closet, and one of my fellow co-workers stopped me. “You can’t tell the kids,” she said. “But something terrible happened.”The events of 9/11 were already well under way, but...
