A Slice of Salerni Life 2013

A Slice of Salerni Life 2013

A Slice of Salerni Life 2013   (Twelfth Edition)WeirdnessDianne: Gina, can you do me a favor? I’m swamped with writing deadlines this month. Proofreading for The Eighth Day, revisions for The Inquisitor’s Mark … Can you write the Christmas skit this...
JIMBOT, THE MOVIE

JIMBOT, THE MOVIE

About a month ago (when I was too swamped to do anything about it), fellow Project Middle Grade Mayhem-er James Mihaley shared the awesome news that his middle grade book, You Can’t Have My Planet But Take My Brother, Please, was named a Best Book of 2013 by the...
Clobbered

Clobbered

It’s been a rough couple weeks.November is always a tough time, with report cards and evening parent conferences that some days require me to be at school for 12 hours straight. And this year, my district decided the first trimester didn’t have as many...
Fitting It All In

Fitting It All In

Gotta leave some time formy new passion: sushi!People ask me all the time how I manage to fit it all in – writing and family and a full time job teaching.The fact is, sometimes I don’t. Sometimes I feel like I’m drowning, and I can’t get it done. You might be...
Sushi and Other Things I Never Thought I’d Do

Sushi and Other Things I Never Thought I’d Do

If you think the Take Out platter is pretty, youshould see what they serve in the restaurant!Up until the beginning of October, I would’ve sworn that raw fish would never pass my lips. I mean, it’s fish. And it’s raw. And it’s sometimes wrapped in seaweed. Why would...
Simmering

Simmering

I’ve been working pretty intensely on Book 2 of the Eighth Day series, and there’s also been a lot of exciting benchmarks in the publication of Book 1 this month — a cover reveal, ARCs, and THE EIGHTH DAY is now listed on Amazon and available for...