Are ‘Vivid Memories’ on Your List of Blessings?
Confession: I had never thought of ‘vivid memory capabilities’ as a blessing before! Have you? It is so wonderful how a visual or a taste or, especially, a smell can bring instant recall of a poignant moment in our lives. How could I have failed to add this to my...
Can Creating Be More Rewarding than the Creation?
“What is it?” That’s what my 23-year-old son asked as he skeptically and gingerly lifted one of his Christmas presents out of its gaily wrapped box. Several answers swirled through my head: “It’s your mother’s effort at channeling her inner hippie.” “It’s the hottest...
Stand Back! Deadly Hands Are in the House
This quote reminds me of another, coined in 1839 by English author Edward Bulwer-Lytton: “The pen is mightier than the sword.” But, what few people know is that—like much urban wisdom—the thought behind it stemmed from the Bible. Hebrews 4:12 says, “Indeed, the word...
A Life Lesson from the Confidant Kid Down the Street
Each morning this past school year, he patiently stood on the gravel at the end of his driveway, near the corner, where the school bus stopped to pick him up. Depending on when I can rouse myself out of bed, I often passed him during my daily walk. He was shorter than...
Letting the Extraordinary Take Care of Itself
I walked by “RonRon” during my early morning walk. I have a cordial, conversational relationship with him. Most folks around town know him. I don’t know why his name is doubled, or if that’s even his “real” name. I don’t know his last name. I don’t know if he’s...
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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