Your Go-To List for Housewarming Ideas
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...
Are You a Music Fan?
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?
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...
What Do You Believe?
The Book of Isaiah teaches us never to seek counsel from the dead, but rather, from God. We should not harbor an unhealthy interest in demons. Besides suspense and a little romance, my book, Crossing into the Mystic, explores the notions of ghosts, or angels/demons...
Emptying and Refilling that Proverbial Glass of Life
Turns out, you can teach an old dog new tricks. The “old dog” would be me. Some may argue that I’m not technically old yet, but I know I’ve already had more trips around the sun than I care to acknowledge. The “new tricks” would be the simple acts of kindness and...
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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