Much Ado about This Thing Called Social Networking
When I get exasperated with social networking, I often think of that poor bewildered character, “Jack.” You know the guy ― the protagonist in the children’s nursery rhyme, “The House that Jack Built.” If you need a refresher of the rhyme,...
Suffering from Mood Poisoning Today
And then there was the guy who asked why anyone would spend years writing a novel when you can buy one for about twenty bucks. Clearly this guy doesn’t know that we writers as a lot are generally afflicted with one or more diseases that compel us to write....
I’ll Do This Write Away!
Dear Editors: I know you vehemently dislike “ly” words. You unapologetically have made that brutally clear at each conference I’ve dutifully attended, and with each painstakingly written work of mine that you’ve heartlessly, err, wisely rejected. Fortunately, I...
Hanging on Their Every Word
If you write, then you’re a writer. Grab the label and run! But please carry it, and all your labels, lightly. Here’s why…. Picture it: You’re cruising along peacefully in your new red-hot Jaguar (hey, it’s my visual), feeling smug about...
Hold It Right There
“Writing is a dog’s life, but the only life worth living.” -Gustave Flaubert. I don’t understand this quote. I think a dog’s life would be grand. I love dogs, but don’t have one right now. The last dog I had was named Tuppence. As you probably know, it means a...
Historical intrigue interwoven with modern-day suspense and a touch of the mysterious.
Contemporary romantic suspense.
Coming-of-age sagas.
About Koontz’s Writing:
An award-winning writer, former journalist and corporate escapee, D. L. Koontz writes about what she knows: muddled lives, nail-biting unknowns and eternal hope. Growing up, she learned the power of stories and intrigue from saged storytellers on the front porch of her Allegheny Mountains farmhouse. Despite being waylaid for years by academia and corporate endeavors, her roots proved that becoming a writer of suspense was only a matter of time. She has been published in seven languages.
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American Christian Fiction Writers