by DianneSalerni | Mar 30, 2011 | First Impressions
I’ve heard a lot of grumbling lately about the reluctance of winter to cut loose its hold on us. It’s spring – it’s the end of March! We’ve had enough lion and would like a little lamb, please! But winter doesn’t always respect the calendar.On April 1, 1997, we had...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 9, 2011 | First Impressions, teaching, testing, The Practice Room
I’d like to thank Marisa, Carolin, and Not the Girl You Think I Am for participating in First Impressions this month! I also appreciate all the great comments and suggestions on those first pages from my blog readers! Marcy and I are looking forward to doing this...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 7, 2011 | First Impressions
Today’s post wraps up the First Impressions feature for the month of March. Marcy and I will be sharing three more first pages in April.Not the Girl You Think I Am – whom you can find at her blog I Want Everything – shared the first page of her WIP, which is loosely...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 4, 2011 | First Impressions
Today is the second installment of my new monthly feature – First Impressions. Marcy Hatch of Mainewords and I will be giving feedback on the first page of a YA Paranormal WIP by Carolin Seidenkranz, whom you can find at her blog, A Little Bit of Everything.Carolin...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 2, 2011 | First Impressions
I’d like to offer a big thank you to Marisa Hopkins at Living the Creative Life, for being brave enough to share a page of her manuscript for First Impressions feedback! After you’ve read my impressions below, pop over to Mainewords, where Marcy Hatch will also be...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 16, 2011 | First Impressions
You only get one chance to make a first impression, they say. And that’s why the first page of your manuscript is so all-fired important – to an agent looking at your query, to an editor looking at your submission, and to a potential reader taking a peek inside your...
