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Do You Have a Maypole in Your Life?

Do You Have a Maypole in Your Life?

by D. L. Koontz | May 1, 2012 | Journal, Sense and Nonsense, Significant Others

Happy May Day, dear friends! Traditionally, May Day marks the end of the unfarmable winter half of the year in the Northern hemisphere, and it is a cause for celebration in certain cultures. A May Day celebration generally involves a Maypole:  a tall wooden pole with...
When a Writer Drives Alone, the Car will be Crowded

When a Writer Drives Alone, the Car will be Crowded

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...
Much Ado about This Thing Called Social Networking

Much Ado about This Thing Called Social Networking

by D. L. Koontz | Jan 17, 2012 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense

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,...
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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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