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Caught Betwixt and Between the North and that South

by D. L. Koontz | Jan 27, 2012 | Journal, Sense and Nonsense, Tripping Around the Blue Ridge

Part II of II In Part I of this Betwixt and Between rumination, I discussed the confusion experienced by we folks living in Marpennsylginia (the mid-Atlantic), caught as we are between our efficient neighbors to the North and our charming neighbors to the South....

Much Ado about This Thing Called Social Networking

by D. L. Koontz | Jan 17, 2012 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense

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,...

A Challenging Bucket List Item

by D. L. Koontz | Jan 8, 2012 | Journal, Sense and Nonsense

Am looking at my bucket list for 2012. I can’t scratch off “Achieve world peace,” “Tour Ireland,” or “Lose 30 pounds” today, so I’m concentrating on another item on my list: “Find something to come out of.” Or, for you grammar purists, I want something out...

Fun with Radio Talk Shows

by D. L. Koontz | Jan 5, 2012 | Journal, Sense and Nonsense

I’m tired of hearing about what arrogant snobs we Americans are. We’re elitist! We’re boastful! Oh, really? As I drive the beautiful Blue Ridge between the North and South, I have long stretches of time to listen to local radio talk shows. (There...

Suffering from Mood Poisoning Today

by D. L. Koontz | Jan 3, 2012 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Sense and Nonsense

And then there was the guy who asked why anyone would spend years writing a novel when you can buy one for about twenty bucks. Clearly this guy doesn’t know that we writers as a lot are generally afflicted with one or more diseases that compel us to write....

Things I’ve Learned Recently

by D. L. Koontz | Dec 23, 2011 | Journal, Sense and Nonsense

A list: I can make someone yawn from 107 miles away. The only thing worse than the alarm going off in the morning is the alarm not going off. The people who aren’t present are always wrong. When people ask for critical feedback, what they really want is praise....

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.