By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills The typewriter invented by Christopher Latham Sholes in 1867 changed how documents were created making written communication faster and more efficient than ever before. Over the years, advances in technology refined the machine. It’s amazing to think that the QWERTY keyboard I use every day traces its roots back to a typewriter This link to National

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Summer . . . We love every minute, every smell, every sound, every touch, every memory, and especially the tastes that only summer brings from watermelon to hotdogs. Close your eyes and dream of beaches, barbeques, picnics, family vacations, special fun with friends, back porches, lightning bugs, dreams of yesterday’s summers, and lots of lazy days.

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills On July 4, 2026, the United States will celebrate its 250th birthday. Across the country, communities and families are planning grand celebrations. Bands will play music that gets our feet moving and our voices singing. Flags will wave proudly. Homes and neighborhoods will glow in red, white, and blue. Choirs will sing beloved patriotic songs. Families

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills June is National Dairy Month, and what better way to celebrate our introduction to summer than with ice cream. As a girl, I loved Dairy Queen—actually, I still do. One of my favorite memories is my brother choosing to ride in the back of our dad’s pickup with his ice cream cone. The wind picked up

DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Welcome to Author Spotlight!  I’m delighted to present Jaime Jo Wright,  my featured suspense author! Jaime Jo Wright, multi award-winning author–including the Christy and Daphne du Maurier awards–is a coffee-fueled and cat-fancier extraordinaire. She has entwined her life with the legendary Captain Hook, residing serenely in Wisconsin’s rural woodlands. Her literary vocation involves penning chilling Gothic tales,

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Novelists wear many different hats to create realistic and exciting stories. We study, research, visit our settings, interview people, and spend hours learning the craft while exploring character to create believable emotions. We write for ourselves to stoke our incessant imaginations, and we write for readers to venture into new worlds and learn more about themselves.

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Every person on the planet is creative. We’re all born with gifts and talents unique to our personalities and how we can use them to better serve the world. Too many people believe creativity escaped them when, in truth, our creativity is begging to be explored. We don’t have to be eccentric, bizarre, weird, or flighty.

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills The history of libraries dates to 2500-2600 BC on clay tablets. That shows libraries are enduring and of value to civilization. When we walk into a library, we encounter  the smell of books and the hushed sounds of those quietly enjoying them. Readers are swept away into a world of information, history, science, biographies, music, stories

by DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Meet bestselling author Kate Angelo — my featured romantic suspense author for April! Bio Kate Angelo is the Publishers Weekly bestselling author of Hunting the Witness, Selah Award winner of Deadly Holiday Hijack, and Amazon Top 100 bestseller of Driving Force. She serves on the executive board of American Christian Fiction Writers (ACFW) and works alongside

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Do you ever feel guilty about taking a break to rest and relax? I do. Sometimes I fall into that pit where my thoughts whisper that stepping away from my responsibilities is wrong—as though life will ding me for not keeping to my schedule. But should we take time to be free from obligations? To enjoy