by DianneSalerni | May 27, 2010 | Maggie Fox, screenplay, We Hear the Dead
Today’s blogpost stems from two Twitter Chats I attended recently. In last week’s YAlitchat, writers and educators were discussing how teachers influence what teens read. The subject of movies from YA books came up, causing the usual waterfall of tweets exclaiming,...
by DianneSalerni | May 25, 2010 | history, Sourcebooks Fire, spiritualism, We Hear the Dead
This past Saturday, I was honored to attend a book event at Children’s Book World in Haverford, PA with Adele Griffin and Lisa Brown, author and illustrator of Picture the Dead. I loved this bookstore! Heather Hebert and all the staff made us feel very welcome. When I...
by DianneSalerni | May 17, 2010 | We Hear the Dead
Is it comparable? Yes, I think so.I’ve watched two of my own children pull themselves to their feet and stagger across the room, grinning and laughing at their own first steps. It’s a heady moment for a parent – a grab-the-camera-I-don’t-want-to-miss-this moment! And...
by DianneSalerni | May 7, 2010 | We Hear the Dead
This Wednesday I was pleased to be a stop on the tour of the new blogging scavenger hunt: Where In the Blogosphere Is Jon? This new blogging game is described by its creators (Tina Laurel Lee, Heather Kelly, and Jon Arntson) as part cribbage, part Carmen Sandiego, and...
by DianneSalerni | May 4, 2010 | Elisha Kane, Maggie Fox, Pennsylvania graves, We Hear the Dead
The next entry in my series of intriguing Pennsylvania graves (caged graves, the ticking tomb, multiple graves for Anthony Wayne) is a salute to Dr. Elisha Kane, the romantic hero of my novel, We Hear the Dead.Located in Laurel Hill Cemetery, in the middle of...
by DianneSalerni | Apr 29, 2010 | We Hear the Dead
We Hear the Dead launches on Saturday, and next week I’ll have my new novel on the shelves of bookstores! It’s an incredible feeling, as I know from my experience publishing the original edition of this book a few years back. I was a real newbie back then, and I think...
