Caught Betwixt and Between the North and the South
Part I of II I’m originally from the North, but I spend a lot of time with Just My Joe in the South. And yet, I live in that beautiful, confused and bewildered in-between area, the mid-Atlantic region. Or, as I call it, Marpennsylginia. We’re confused and...
Add Background Music to Your Novel…and Your Life!
I know how this guy feels. He’s going on location to create the perfect background music for his story, and— What? “On location”…”Background music”– Is this a posting about cinematography or writing? Hmmm, allow me to address these two notions before...
Much Ado about This Thing Called Social Networking
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,...
Blessing a New Home: More Than Meets the Eye
On my most recent trip down the Blue Ridge to Georgia, Just My Joe and I helped our friend Ed celebrate his new home. I had researched what I thought was the Amish tradition for blessing new homes. Turns out, the Jewish and Italian communities identify similar...
Try This On For Sighs
Or, Love the Second Time Around I’ve been challenged to write about something besides…well…writing. And, to write something serious. “Just once,” a friend advised. “Prove that you can do it.” Apparently everything I write (other than my fiction) is lighthearted or...
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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