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Blessing a New Home: More Than Meets the Eye

by D. L. Koontz | Jan 13, 2012 | Journal, Tripping Around the Blue Ridge

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...

West By God Virginia

by D. L. Koontz | Dec 26, 2011 | Journal, Tripping Around the Blue Ridge

I was born in Pennsylvania, but now live in what I call the Marpennsylginia region. It includes “wild, wonderful West Virginia.” Yes, that’s one of the official slogans of the state. The unofficial slogan, however, and one which the natives are quick to share, is...

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.