Weaving Worlds, Word by Word
“The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.”
–Charles Kuralt
Beautiful Simplicity
My Two Sentences Worth: A writing tool and something to carry it in – I can sooo relate to this gal (including the boots and cat). What about you – what one item would you stow in your case that you must have with you wherever you go? (Be sure to watch this coming...
Things That Make Me Feel Good
Introducing a Tryst with Lists Are you a list maker? I am. In fact, I am the queen of making lists. And, like many, I’ve also joined the decluttering revolution, and have found joy in simple abundance. I’ve cleaned my closets, kitchen drawers, cabinets, and vehicles....
Emptying and Refilling that Proverbial Glass of Life
Turns out, you can teach an old dog new tricks. The “old dog” would be me. Some may argue that I’m not technically old yet, but I know I’ve already had more trips around the sun than I care to acknowledge. The “new tricks” would be the simple acts of kindness and...
Who Doesn’t Love an Award!?
Yesterday I was nominated for the Liebster Blog Award by my lovely and talented friend Cathy Baker from South Carolina! The Liebster Blog Award is given to bloggers by bloggers, as a way of acknowledging each other and saying, “You’re doing a great job." (Perhaps...
The How of Happiness: Dare to be Happier Now
"The Dare: To reach life's end having lived not only the length of it, but also its depth, width and height." Dare to be happy? Aurora, the campaign rhetoric, the ludicrous decisions coming from our nation's capital - all seem to have collided to make people...
Lifestyles of the Rich in Purpose
The Dare: To reach life’s end having lived not only its length, but also its depth, width and height. It happened again. I came across one of those you-must-do-this-before-you-die! articles. This one, a list: "The World's Most Picturesque Villages." It pulled me...
A Twenty and a Parable…or Not
"The Dare: To reach life's end having lived not only the length of it, but also its depth, width and height." He stood there. More accurately, he stood out. He was braced, feet distanced soldier-style, body erect, on a grassy island about 2' x 2' in size between the...
Money, Schmoney…Who Needs it for “The Dare”?
"Dare: To reach life's end having lived not only the length of it, but also its depth, width and height." During a recent meeting to refinance my mortgage, the loan officer asked about my current income. I looked at the coffee mug I was suddenly squeezing. I had come...
“What Makes You Think You Can Write?” – #7 (and final) in a Continuing Series
It's Writing Monday... The final installment on the gloomy voices that plague writers and anyone involved in any creative process: Gloomy Voice #7 - Publishing will change you; you'll lose your grounding, your sense of self. The truth: Publishing can actually humble...
Eighteen Words that Soothe and Dare Me
It was just a quotation. There, on the page, amidst a sea of other pithy passages. One of those finely honed constructs of words that make it into the quotation collections on my shelf. The kind that make you mumble, "That's clever," or, because I'm a writer, "What 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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