by DianneSalerni | Jul 1, 2011 | First Impressions
I’m opening First Impressions for July with the beginning of a YA Dystopian Series – The Love Code by Lee Libro (which has the most awesome cover, doesn’t it?) Chapter 1 Can a single moment, an action or inaction, determine your character? Can it become forever...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 22, 2011 | First Impressions
I guess it’s all about Gabbey on the blog this week! No sooner had summer vacation started, than Gabbey asked me to help her with one of her projects: setting up a wiki where teens who like to write can post their work and get feedback from other teens who write. She...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 6, 2011 | First Impressions
Our final First Impression critique for the month of June is the first page of Foreshadow, a YA paranormal romance by Brea Essex.The flat tone of the monitor reverberated through my head as my mother’s now-lifeless hand began to turn cold in mine. I stared into her...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 3, 2011 | First Impressions
Our second submission for First Impressions is Transforming Silence, a paranormal YA by Em Salgado.Chapter 1: JacksonI am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being, with an independent will; which I now exert to leave you.-Charlotte Bronte “Jane...
by DianneSalerni | Jun 1, 2011 | First Impressions
Hello, June! Happy to see you!I’m also happy to introduce Brandy Hoskins of The Pen is My Sword and the first page of her fantasy work, Sounding Waters. Below is a map that accompanies her manuscript.I: The BoxSeraphix was used to the awkward stares, but today felt...
by DianneSalerni | May 6, 2011 | First Impressions
The final First Impression this month is from an eighth grade student – not a former student of mine, but a friend of my daughter Gabbey. From what I’ve seen, Dylan is already highly committed to his writing. He manages a wiki for seventh and eighth grade writers at...
