by DianneSalerni | May 6, 2013 | First Impressions
We are finishing up First Impressions this month with a page from Pk Hrezo. Yay, Pk! We love having you back! This time, she brings us a YA light sci-fi titled BUTTERMAN (TIME) TRAVEL INC.When people hear I’m remotely homeschooled in the year 2069, two things happen:...
by DianneSalerni | May 3, 2013 | First Impressions
Our second submission for First Impressions this month is PEACEFUL ACRES, a YA magical realism manuscript by Jennifer Kirkeby.As soon as the front doors slid open, I fully expected my nose hairs to disintegrate from the sharp smell of pee and Lysol. That’s how I...
by DianneSalerni | May 1, 2013 | First Impressions
Did anybody miss First Impressions last month? I did! So I’m happy to bring you the first page of Mary O’Donnell’s YA science fiction/dystopian manuscript A WOMAN’S WAR.Lysa managed a comforting smile as she lay in the hospital bed with small...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 6, 2013 | First Impressions
Our third First Impression post for March is DIE TO LIVE ANOTHER DAY, a MG fantasy by Joy Dawn Johnson.The shadow slid under the door and across the Berber carpet. That was where it usually appeared. Sometimes it drifted from behind the lamp, or snuck in through the...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 4, 2013 | First Impressions
Our second submission for First Impressions is a YA Thriller, titled NOT ME by Taffy Lovell.I glance out my dirty bedroom window. The sky promises another beautiful day. If my days were normal, I might hang out at the pool, pretending not to watch the lifeguards. If...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 1, 2013 | First Impressions
Our first submission for First Impression in March comes from Salvatore Cuciti. PATRIOTS is an Adult Mystery.Chapter 1Though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I fear no evil – Psalm 23The moon over the orchard followed me, lighting my way across the...
