by DianneSalerni | Sep 9, 2013 | First Impressions
Our final submission for First Impressions in September comes from Jody Moller. This is the first page of THE SOUL HUNTER, a romantic tragedy set in Hell.She moved among them as though she were one of them – she liked to pretend. She moved at a leisurely pace, as if...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 6, 2013 | First Impressions
Our second selection for First Impressions comes to us from Bob Sweet. This is the first page of his YA novel, THE MIGHTY MILO:My parents left yesterday to save the world and still haven’t returned.A catfight in the alley behind the apartment woke me up an hour ago,...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 4, 2013 | First Impressions
We have a rather unusual submission for First Impressions this month. POST MARKED: PIPERS REACH is a contemporary epistolary novel by Adam Byatt and Jodi Cleghorn. Adam wrote the character of Jude, and Jodi wrote the character of Ella-Louise. The original...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 7, 2013 | First Impressions
Our final First Impressions for the month of August comes from Larissa Hardesty. This is the first page of her YA Thriller, MEDITATION:TORIFriday 8:30pmI’m not sure what wakes me up first, the pounding in my head, or the coolness of the concrete floor I’m lying on. A...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 5, 2013 | First Impressions
Our next First Impression comes from Garrett Vander Leun, who is sharing the first page of MONSTER TOWN, a middle grade fantasy.Vampire, on the roof, freaking out in a beach chair. Other kids had alarm clocks, I had my dad.Scritch-scritch.That was the first...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 2, 2013 | First Impressions
Today Theresa Milstein is sharing the first page of her MG contemporary fantasy, SAVING DANGER, looking for your First Impression:I stared in disdain at my reflection. The Pepto-Bismol pink confection stared back at me as I tugged one of the many ruffles strangling my...
