by DianneSalerni | Dec 1, 2014 | First Impressions
Our first submission for First Impressions in December comes from Luanne Smith and is an adult fantasy called THE COURAGE OF DRAGONS. *** I checked my pocket for the sea glass, then unlatched the gate to the abandoned churchyard. I did not mind walking among the...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 7, 2014 | First Impressions
Our final submission for First Impressions in November comes from another repeat visitor, Christine Danek. This is the first page of a YA Fantasy titled NIGHTSAND. *** The sheets are slightly chilled when I stretch my hand under the pillow. I crouch over her and lay...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 5, 2014 | First Impressions
November is the month for repeat visitors, which I love! I’m happy to think that our feedback is useful. Today, Blake Haysel is here with ASHES, a YA post-apocalyptic dystopian. *** Till the sun explodes. As the sun was bidding goodnight to the star littered...
by DianneSalerni | Nov 3, 2014 | First Impressions
Marcy and I have a very different sort of submission to kick off First Impressions in November. Pk Hrezo, who has shared first pages with us many times before, is co-authoring a memoir with Vanna Nguyen. It is titled MENDED BY LOVE: A MOTHER’S MEMOIR OF FAITH AND...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 6, 2014 | First Impressions
Our final submission for October First Impressions is a MG humorous adventure from Michelle L. Brown titled SQUATCH WATCH: *** If you’re going to be the first human to interview Bigfoot, you need bait. But my bait had a sore throat. Rodney, the...
by DianneSalerni | Oct 3, 2014 | First Impressions
Our next submission for October First Impressions is a humorous contemporary MG by Rebecca Anderson. Her working title (and she says she’s open to other suggestions) is THE PET CONNECTION: *** Badger Jacobs didn’t think he was an especially lucky person. So he...