by D. L. Koontz | May 29, 2014 | Journal, Life Ever-Changing, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense
A beta reader for Crossing into the Mystic suggested that I was showing my age by having my character Clay – a young, brave, dashing, handsome guy, of course – describe the Eagles’ Greatest Hits album as the best one ever produced. Clay shares this thought while...
by D. L. Koontz | May 27, 2014 | Journal, Life Ever-Changing, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense, Tripping Around the Blue Ridge
I live on one end of this road. The world, on the other. I love that separating me from (or bridging me to…A matter of perspective?) that world is a red dirt road. A path made of earth—clay, sand and gravel that groans and shifts as if irritated when my shoes or...
by D. L. Koontz | May 24, 2014 | Journal, Life Ever-Changing, Pondering the Paranormal, Sense and Nonsense
The Book of Isaiah teaches us never to seek counsel from the dead, but rather, from God. We should not harbor an unhealthy interest in demons. Besides suspense and a little romance, my book, Crossing into the Mystic, explores the notions of ghosts, or angels/demons...
by D. L. Koontz | May 16, 2014 | Journal
I write because I like creating something from nothing. Molding an entire world. Filling it with potential. Plunking in characters that I love and setting them free. Sound familiar? Does it remind you a bit of Genesis 1, and how God must have felt at creation? I’m not...