by Dianne C. Braley | Oct 10, 2026 | Blog, Book Update
I’ve written novels. I know writing a book isn’t easy. But nothing quite prepared me for writing narrative nonfiction. Good Lord. Writing The Girl on the Billboard, the story of Susan “Su” Taraskiewicz, may actually fry my brain. It’s like math. And...
by Dianne C. Braley | Sep 2, 2026 | Blog
On Saturday, September 12, at noon, we will gather at Constitution Beach in East Boston to remember Susan “Su” Taraskiewicz and stand beside her mother, Marlene. Su was only 27 years old when she was murdered in September 1992. She was the first woman to become a...
by Dianne C. Braley | Aug 5, 2026 | Blog, Book Update
Well…it’s been one heck of a week. The biggest news is that Drive City is officially out on submission through my literary agent. That sentence doesn’t even seem real to me. After years of writing, rewriting, deleting, rewriting again, and wondering...
by Dianne C. Braley | Jul 6, 2026 | Blog, Book Update
I didn’t expect this book to change me. When I began researching the life and murder of Susan “Su” Taraskiewicz, I thought I was simply writing another book. After all, I’d spent years writing fiction. I’d won awards for my novels. I...
by Dianne C. Braley | Jun 7, 2026 | Blog, Book Update
For years, I have been querying books. Not just one book. Three. My first novel, The Silence in the Sound. Then The Summer Before. And now my third manuscript, Drive City. If you are unfamiliar with the publishing world, a literary agent is often the gateway to the...
