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Undergoing Southernization – the Second Tier of What to Expect

Undergoing Southernization – the Second Tier of What to Expect

by D. L. Koontz | Aug 27, 2014 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense

Hi ya’ll. I’m writing to you from my somewhat-new home deep in the heart of Dixie. My house sell in the mid-Atlantic region is now behind me, and full Southernization is underway.   “The South” — commonly referred to as the American South or Dixie — leans toward...
Your Go-To List for Housewarming Ideas

Your Go-To List for Housewarming Ideas

by D. L. Koontz | Aug 21, 2014 | Journal, Life Ever-Changing, Sense and Nonsense

Moving into a new home is a significant event, often marking both the culmination of one dream and the beginning of another. Knowing that the move may be a poignant moment for someone special, why not celebrate it with a thought, gift or ritual (or all three) that...
Questions to Accelerate Good Conversation

Questions to Accelerate Good Conversation

by D. L. Koontz | Aug 12, 2014 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense

I began my professional life as a journalist, before moving into public relations and working on the other side of the microphone and the camera.  Through those early years, I developed a list of questions that I used to draw out the “human” side of my...
Are You a Music Fan?

Are You a Music Fan?

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...
Dirt or Concrete?

Dirt or Concrete?

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...
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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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