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...
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...
“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...
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...
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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American Christian Fiction Writers