by DianneSalerni | Oct 24, 2016 | pantster, WIP, writing process
Yup. That’s me. Facing the climax of my WIP and wondering, “What’s going to happen?” I know it makes me seem like the worst sort of pantster, progressing 5 months and 56k words into a story and still not knowing what’s supposed to happen in the climax. Believe me,...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 29, 2016 | characters, WIP, writing process
A couple weeks ago, I lent my husband one of the adult science fiction books I read last month. To my delight, he enjoyed it as much as I did. “It had a lot of characters,” he said, “which usually frustrates me, but the author did a great job of introducing only one...
by DianneSalerni | Feb 15, 2016 | WIP, writing process
Me: *Stares at WIP on screen.* SNI #1: Psst. Dianne. Me: Go away. I’m busy. SNI #1: It’s me. Your manuscript, XXXX, that you shelved two years ago. I was thinking, what if you changed me from YA to MG? Me: That would be a major change. I’d have to practically gut the...
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...
by DianneSalerni | Dec 7, 2015 | WIP, writing process
Yeah, I was thinking about quitting. Or at least taking a hiatus. For the past couple months, I’ve had trouble coming up with blog topics. I started wondering if I had already covered every writing topic I was qualified to write about. I’ve been falling...
by DianneSalerni | Sep 21, 2015 | writing process
If it’s crossing your mind that I’m writing this post because I’m stuck … then, you’re right. Or at least, it feels like I’m stuck because the answers aren’t coming to me as fast as I’d like. And yes, that IS my daughter in the picture (16 years ago). And yes, I did...