by DianneSalerni | Jul 20, 2015 | WIP, writing
It’s been three weeks since I added any new words to my WIP. This is due to a number of reasons: teaching a writing class at a college, the recent death of my grandfather and the subsequent need to help my mom clean out his house, an editorial deadline, and hosting...
by DianneSalerni | May 27, 2015 | caged graves, The Eighth Day, WIP, writing
I’m writing this blog post to comfort myself more than to inform you, although I hope you might find it informative anyway … or maybe comforting. I’ve come to see this blog as the closest thing I have to a diary, and I often look back through old posts for...
by DianneSalerni | Mar 23, 2015 | WIP, writing, writing process
I was feeling pretty low this weekend, uninspired and uncreative. I’m working on a first draft of something, and it’s really rough. I also didn’t feel like blogging. So I decided to cheat and look back in my files for something I could recycle. I...
by Dianne Salerni | Mar 18, 2015 | WIP, writing, writing process
I was greatly saddened and discouraged last week to see an author tear down another author over how she interpreted his remark in an interview – while a bunch of people dogpiled on, waving pitchforks. (Excuse the mixed metaphor.) I’m not going to provide links or...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 25, 2015 | caged graves, Catawissa, graves, home, revision, WIP
To everyone who weighed in on my “Ending” dilemma last week, thank you! I decided my character had to be herself (and she is certainly not perfect). I think she discovered her own worth over the course of the story, but she also made a crucial mistake that prevented...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 18, 2015 | revision, WIP
I’m revising a YA historical paranormal manuscript, and I’ve addressed most reader and agent notes – up until the ending. Now, I’m staring at this final chapter (which granted, might need to become two chapters), and trying to figure out what to do with it. Right now,...
