by DianneSalerni | Sep 5, 2012 | First Impressions
Today’s First Impression post comes from Kate Brauning. This is the first page of her untitled YA contemporary:My mom was a pothead in college. I’m convinced this is how we got to where we are now. I’ve seen her college pictures- denim shorts and...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 6, 2012 | First Impressions
Today, our first page comes from Patrick Maher, whose book PLENG’S SONG has already been published to some acclaim and is popular with students at the international school in Thailand where he works. In fact, Patrick wrote the book while he was trapped in his...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 3, 2012 | First Impressions
Our second First Impressions post comes from PK Hrezo, and it is a revised first page for her manuscript THE DESIREE. A couple months ago, PK shared a first page of that story, but she has decided that page is part of a possible prologue and not the first...
by DianneSalerni | Aug 1, 2012 | First Impressions
Our First Impressions post today comes from Summer Ross. This is the first page of her adult fantasy, THE JADE COTERIE. Ebony Graves slipped out of her bedroom window. “Constellations guide me,” she whispered and landed with both feet on the soft ground. She left...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 9, 2012 | First Impressions
Our third First Impressions critique is a MG fantasy called THE TRANSPARENTS, by Vicki Tremper.Chapter 1: The Sneeze Sometimes I wish I could disappear like my hero, Houdini. Get myself...
by DianneSalerni | Jul 6, 2012 | First Impressions
Today for First Impressions, Aldrea Alien is sharing her first page of DARK ONE’S MISTRESS, an adult fantasy.“Clarabelle!” The cry rang out across the street, scattering the pigeons resting atop the roofs and sending the nearby cats into a fit of hissing as they...
