by Dianne Salerni | Jan 24, 2010 | Fox sisters, Maggie Fox, spiritualism, We Hear the Dead
Last night I had the honor of attending the mid-winter concert of SATORI, a professional chamber music ensemble based in Pennsylvania’s Lehigh Valley, to hear the premiere performance of Witches and Rappings, composed by Dr. Paul Salerni, Professor of Music at Lehigh...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 21, 2010 | screenplay, We Hear the Dead, writing
How many times have you heard someone complain: “The movie isn’t like the book!” I’m pretty sure I have complained about that myself. Never again. Now my sympathies are entirely with the screenwriter!It’s hard to turn a book into a movie. Heck, it was hard...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 17, 2010 | screenplay, Sourcebooks Fire, Strider Nolan, We Hear the Dead, writing
I wonder if authors appreciate their editors enough. Writing is a very personal thing, and, especially in fiction, the characters and events created on the page can be vividly real to the author. I imagine that the initial reaction of most writers, when asked to...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 13, 2010 | Elisha Kane, Fox sisters, Maggie Fox, seance, spiritualism, We Hear the Dead
With little more than a clever prank, two adolescent girls hornswoggled scores of adults into believing they had a special power to communicate with the dead. It is tempting to think of these people as ridiculously gullible, but in fact, they lived in an age where the...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 10, 2010 | Fox sisters, Maggie Fox, seance, We Hear the Dead
Uncle Albert, are you with us? Knock twice for yes …It’s a recurring theme in popular media. Whether Patricia Arquette is solving crimes in the television show Medium, or Haley Joel Osment is whispering, “I see dead people,” our fascination...
by DianneSalerni | Jan 8, 2010 | Maggie Fox, screenplay, Sourcebooks Fire, We Hear the Dead
All in all, I’d have to say that 2009 was a good year for me.My short story “Necromancer” was published in the first volume of a new pulp fiction anthology titled Visions: Chronicles of a Visionary Universe. That thrill was quickly followed by an...
