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...
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...
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...
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...
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...