by DianneSalerni | Mar 31, 2010 | Maggie Fox, spiritualism, We Hear the Dead
One hundred and sixty-two years ago today, in the hamlet of Hydesville in upstate New York, there was a small commotion surrounding the house of Mr. John D. Fox. Mr. Fox roused his neighbors, banging on their doors around 8 o’clock in the evening, and asked them to...
by Dianne Salerni | Mar 29, 2010 | contest, We Hear the Dead
Who doesn’t love a CONTEST? Especially when the prizes are books!Kelsey the Book Scout is running a contest on her blog until April 24 and offering 10 books as prizes, along with some great swag! All you have to do is match a few YA Authors with their pets – and wait...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 23, 2010 | Sourcebooks Fire, Twitter, We Hear the Dead
Okay, the photo to the right is a picture of my ARCs of We Hear the Dead. Aren’t they pretty? They don’t have a whole lot to do with this blog post, but I wanted to show them off anyway. I’ve already stopped every single person at work who would stand still to look at...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 20, 2010 | education, Sourcebooks Fire, teaching, We Hear the Dead, writing
Anyone who is a teacher will be familiar with Process Writing as taught in the classroom. It consists of steps labeled Pre-Writing, Drafting, Conferencing, Revising, Editing, and Publishing. These steps are often recursive, as writers may conference several times,...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 15, 2010 | Elisha Kane, Maggie Fox, We Hear the Dead, writing
It’s probably time I explain the volcano picture at the top of this blog site. People who are familiar with the historical characters in We Hear the Dead have probably already guessed – that’s Dr. Elisha Kane’s volcano.Not his personal volcano, of course, but the one...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 4, 2010 | Fox sisters, spiritualism, We Hear the Dead
The history of spiritualism in America began in 1848 with a house in Hydesville, New York that was supposedly haunted by the spirit of a murdered man. Instrumental in the spread of this story and the consequent spotlight of attention on two adolescent girls (Maggie...
