by D. L. Koontz | Mar 25, 2016 | Journal, Life of a Writer
(Or, Reflections on Grocery Shopping) Anyone who has taken lessons in something creative—singing, dancing, instruments—has heard the instruction to do it again. And, “with feeling!” But, oh my, I hate to repeat things. That’s why my piano-playing skills never...
by D. L. Koontz | Apr 8, 2015 | Journal, Life of a Writer
The writer’s life can be an odd undertaking, generally waffling between moments of euphoria and despair, then back again in seconds. If my editor could edit my life the way she does my books, I think we’d both be happier. The euphoria comes when the words flow, the...
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...
by D. L. Koontz | Feb 21, 2012 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense
I’ve read that the average person has 50,000 to 60,000 thoughts per day. I hope that’s not true because it’s 7 p.m. on Monday as I write this and I’ve only had about 10 thoughts today. Most of them have been about writing books because the rewards of penning something...
by D. L. Koontz | Feb 6, 2012 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Tripping Around the Blue Ridge
When I tell my non-writer friends (NWF) that I sometimes drive eleven hours between Marpennsylginia and Georgia without ever turning on the radio, they cock their heads in wonder as though they’re trying to figure out this phenomenon. Their next question: “You travel...