by DianneSalerni | May 2, 2012 | First Impressions
Welcome, May! (Summer vacation is coming — I can feel it on the horizon … yippee!)Today, I’m bringing you a First Impression from Alicia Willette-Cook – a steampunk novel titled THE KEY COLLECTIVE. She found the key under his bed. Not that she...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 7, 2012 | First Impressions
For our final First Impression in this anniversary month, I bring you another FIRST. A return visit!PK Hrezo shared her first page with us in February. She took the feedback everyone gave her and revised. Then she submitted the first 500 words to Cupid’s...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 5, 2012 | First Impressions, WIP
Thanks for the great response to Marcy Hatch’s first page on Friday! And now it’s my turn. The first page of my WIP is appearing here and at Mainewords today. I put this project aside to work on my revisions and line edits for THE CAGED GRAVES, but...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 2, 2012 | First Impressions
In honor of our one year anniversary of First Impressions, Marcy Hatch of Mainewords and I will be turning the tables by sharing the first pages of our own WIPs. This is the first page of Marcy’s YA magical realism novel, LONG WAY HOME. I’m not going...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 29, 2012 | First Impressions, home
A picture is worth a thousand words, so … keeping in mind that our back splash isn’t installed yet and the kitchen island still needs painting … here is our kitchen!And here is our new sink! (There were actually dirty dishes in the sink when I took...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 6, 2012 | First Impressions
The third First Impressions post for February is a YA adventure with magical elements titled MANIFESTED, by Margo Kelly:Luke Michaelson sat alone at the small desk in his bedroom and methodically spun a closed pocket knife with his index finger. A family camping trip...