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Launch Party and Blog Time Machine

by DianneSalerni | Feb 1, 2016 | caged graves, pantster, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark, The Morrigan's Curse, We Hear the Dead, WIP, writing, writing a series, writing process

Saturday was a glorious day for a book launch party at the Hockessin Book Shelf in Hockessin, Delaware! I was thrilled to see so many friends, former teaching colleagues, fellow writers, and young readers come to celebrate the release of The Morrigan’s Curse. I...

Looking Back as I Near the Finish Line

by DianneSalerni | Jul 13, 2015 | outline, Project Mayhem, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark, The Morrigan's Curse, writing a series, writing process

I have never been a runner, but I am guessing that as runners near the finish line of a race, they don’t look back to see how far they’ve come. They have their eye on the goal. But as a writer, I often find it instructive to look back at my process. This...

Marketing a Sequel

by DianneSalerni | Dec 10, 2014 | book promotions, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark, writing a series

  As I prepare to release my first published sequel in January, I realize that promoting the second book in a series (and the ones thereafter) is completely different from promoting a brand new book. It dawned on me, as I considered what needed to be done, that I...

Two Years Ago …

by DianneSalerni | Dec 8, 2014 | characters, outline, The Eighth Day, The Inquisitor's Mark, writing, writing a series, writing process

In a little less than 2 months, The Inquisitor’s Mark comes out. Traditional publishing is strange in that the gap in time between the writing of the book and the release of the book is SO LONG, I can hardly remember what it was like. In fact, when I sat down to write...
Wish You Weren’t: An Interview with Sherrie Petersen

Wish You Weren’t: An Interview with Sherrie Petersen

by Dianne Salerni | May 14, 2014 | interview, writing a series

Today I’m bringing you an interview with Sherrie Petersen, author of Wish You Weren’t, a middle grade time traveling adventure. Marten doesn’t believe in the power of wishes. None of his have ever come true. His parents ignore him, his little brother...
7 Reasons Why I’m Psyching Myself Out

7 Reasons Why I’m Psyching Myself Out

by DianneSalerni | Jan 20, 2014 | The Eighth Day, WIP, writing a series, writing process

Daughter #2: A classic portrait of “WAH!”I’ve been fretting a lot because the first draft of Book 3 in the EIGHTH DAY series is not coming as easily as I’d like or as fast as I want. I know I’ve complained a little about it here on the blog, but that’s...
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