by DianneSalerni | Oct 7, 2011 | First Impressions
Our third and final First Impression for the month of October is a YA Urban Fantasy called KNIGHTS OF AVALON by Melissa Barlow.A fencing champion destined for the Olympics, a martial arts prodigy, an organizer for Habitat for Humanity. Someone was murdering the...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 5, 2011 | First Impressions
Our second First Impression for October is Michael DiGesu’s THE BLINDED GARDENER. It’s an edgy Y/A Contemporary about a seventeen-year-old boy abused by his Marine father.DannyOne moment I’m my Dad’s personal punching bag, and the next, well, I’m a pawn in his...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 3, 2011 | First Impressions
Hello, October! Today, I’m bringing you a First Impression of teen writer Gabbi Calabrese’s YA paranormal WIP, UNVEILED.I was the first person in the class to finish my test, but that wasn’t necessarily a good thing. Especially considering I guessed on all but...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 9, 2011 | First Impressions
Our final First Impressions for the month of September is the first page of Sheri Larsen’s YA Paranormal, GYPSY DOLLS: Carnival of Souls.The last thing I expect to see is a dead guy.Buses idle by the curbing. Newly falling mist dowses the vapors of diesel fuel, but...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 7, 2011 | First Impressions
Our second First Impressions for the month of September is a sample from the beginning of Nicole Zoltack’s middle grade fantasy, Elena’s Pen.Mr. McMichaels has hated me ever since he confiscated a story I wrote during class last week. A story about an evil goblin...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 2, 2011 | First Impressions
I’m starting September with a First Impression of Katie Loud’s novel, Unbreakable! Here is the first page:(Susy; Emerson, NH; September, 2006)I felt revulsion toward my son today. There have been times in the past that Seth (and, to be fair, his siblings) has upset me...
