Weaving Worlds, Word by Word
“The everyday kindness of the back roads more than makes up for the acts of greed in the headlines.”
–Charles Kuralt
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...
My New Appreciation for Genesis 1 and the Crazy Characters God Places on the Earth
I write because I like creating something from nothing. Molding an entire world. Filling it with potential. Plunking in characters that I love and setting them free. Sound familiar? Does it remind you a bit of Genesis 1, and how God must have felt at creation? I’m not...
Illumination of Antietam
Each December, the Antietam National Battlefield Memorial holds an Illumination in honor of the soldiers who fell during the Battle of Antietam in 1862. At twilight, 23,110 luminaries are lit, one for each soldier who was killed, wounded or missing during the...
Ready, Set, Launch!
It has been a long road to it but it is time to celebrate. Brimstone Fiction (A new imprint of Lighthouse Publishing of the Carolinas) official launch is today as well as the official kick off of Crossing Into the Mystic's launch. I would like to invite you to join...
“You Can’t Get There from Here”
More accurately, the old-timer said: “You can’t git dere from ‘ere.” He buttressed it with the same conviction I’d employ were I arguing the earth isn’t flat. Then, as though to emphasize the finality of his statement, he hocked up a swallow of tobacco and spit it...
A Few of My Favorite “Things”
List: Best Purchases I Ever Made Seems like January is the month of sales. “All Christmas inventory must go!” At least, that’s what the stores tell us. Do they think we don’t notice that prices: are often marked up before they’re marked down? are not that much better...
Planning Precious Nothingness
List: Things to do on my day off A day off? What’s that? Yes, there’s always “work” to do on days off from work, isn’t there? Even Saturdays are generally devoted to errands and household chores. I’ve learned you have to be prepared when an extra day off rolls...
Favorite Health Tips
List: My Favorite Health Tips Happy New Year! Last week our list involved changing our attitude about something we cannot change. While our thinking plays a large role in determining our well-being, we shouldn’t rely on attitude alone to safeguard our health. We need...
Bloom Where You Are Planted
List: What I Like about Where I Live Next week, people will make resolutions about how they’d like to change their lives in the new year. But, by late January, most of those good intentions will fizzle (witness your local gym). Wouldn’t it be a better effort to change...
All I Want for Christmas…
This week: List the best presents you’ve ever received. Christmas, birthday, wedding, whenever. Add some story reminders too, if you plan to share your list with your children or grandchildren one day. For example, my mother used to tell me about a red-stoned ring she...
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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