by D. L. Koontz | Aug 6, 2016 | Uncategorized
I included a scene set in Lexington, Virginia in my series, The Crossings Trilogy. Some folks have asked if I meant to use Lexington, Kentucky (No), and why would I include such an offbeat location? My answer: Visit the town, and you’ll understand why! It is so...
by D. L. Koontz | Jul 21, 2016 | Journal, Life of a Writer, Uncategorized
I love my cell phone. In fact, like many people, I would be lost without it. But, cell phones have made the task of a fiction writer a little more challenging. Sometimes it can be head-banging to plot and write a story around the ever-present aspect of instant...
by D. L. Koontz | Dec 2, 2015 | Uncategorized
Would you like to win a Kindle Fire for your loved one for Christmas? Perhaps to pamper yourself with? Enter to win a Kindle Fire and a set of print copies of Crossing Into the Mystic and Edging Through the Darkness. The ways to enter are listed on the Rafflecopter...
by D. L. Koontz | May 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
It’s May, and I’m so excited because this means my second novel—Edging through the Darkness—debuts this week. (Yes, it picks up where book #1, Crossing into the Mystic, left off.) And look at that cover! Orange and purple—who’da thought this pop of color would provide...
by D. L. Koontz | Jan 21, 2015 | Uncategorized
We’ve all seen these motivators. These kick-butt, get-out-there-and-conquer the world catch phrases. Each implies we can be more than we are if we just go do it! Think Tony Robbins’ neuro-linguistic programming on speed. Picture cheerleaders and pom-poms and confetti....
by D. L. Koontz | Dec 21, 2014 | Journal, Life Ever-Changing, Sense and Nonsense, Trysts with Lists, Uncategorized
Certain scents instantly transport me back in time. It’s probably best if I gloss over the scents that take me back to shoveling endless piles of manure on the family farm, and those associated with my college days and other periods of poor decision-making. But...