Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – Coffee – The Overflowing Cup via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1I0Zvt1 #WritersLife (Click to Tweet)   If there’s such an organization called CSA, Coffee Snobs Anonymous, then I’m a prime candidate. Nothing beats a superb cup of dark roast coffee. No cream. No sugar. Just good fresh roasted brew. My interest occurred began at the age of twelve when

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – How Do You Climb Mountains? via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1MbIdMH #WritersLife (Click to Tweet)   There are three types of mountain climbers: gazers, hikers, and movers. Be brave and pick out the one that fits your personality from the description below.   Mountain gazers are overwhelmed. Mountain hikers may one day reach the top. Mountain movers simply move

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – #DoubleCrossBook #Giveaway! via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1HXBBSL (Click to Tweet) DOUBLE CROSS GIVEAWAY! Join in the fun! Click here for more details and to enter for a chance to win some amazing prizes You could be a WINNER! Prizes include: Keurig coffeemaker Double Cross puzzle Deck of playing cards FBI pen K-9 stuffed dog $20 Starbucks gift card

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – The Moods of Color via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1eoa5CQ #WritersLife (Click to Tweet)   The Moods of Color In writing my novels, I chose specific colors for my hero and heroine that indicate their personalities and emotions. Colors establish mood, affecting the actions and reactions of those who experience them. Consider the following colors and explanations to see

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – Celebrate Patriotism All Month Long via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1H1Sj4J #July4th (Click to Tweet)   Celebrate Patriotism All Month Long Bring out the drum and fife! A nationwide celebration is heading our way. America’s 239th birthday is July 4th. We celebrate Independence Day with fireworks, leisure, picnics, family reunions, parades, vacations, and just plain fun. What a celebration!

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – A Taste of Double Cross via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1FnmSue #DoubleCrossBook (Click to Tweet)   For readers who haven’t read DOUBLE CROSS, Book 2 in the FBI: Houston series, here’s the prologue!   PROLOGUE Special Agent Laurel Evertson had done everything required of her and more to gain Morton Wilmington’s affections. The gaudy diamond on her left hand

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – A Funny Thing Happened via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1FSJrYj #WritersLife (Click to Tweet) A Funny Thing Happened on the Way … Recently I attended the Write To Publish Conference in Wheaton, Illinois as part of the faculty. My job was to teach a continuing class on The Dance of Character and Plot. Fun! The idea of meeting up

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – The Life I’m Living via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1KlgQPB #WritersLife (Click to Tweet)   The Life I’m Living and the Life I’m Observing I’m a lot like you. Average in so many ways. I’m a wife, mother, grandmother, sister, daughter, neighbor, friend … and writer. Perhaps the last descriptor is what makes me different from most people. Yet

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – Shoes Tell a Lot About a Person via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1c76Jlm #WritersLife (Click to Tweet) Shoes Tell a Lot about a Person I love shoes. What woman doesn’t? Mine are in plastic boxes labeled with the design and color. Yea, I’m a bit OCD about the color-coordinated thing. The outfit, the scarf, the jewelry, and the shoes

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – The Reader Adventure – via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1GOrnET #WritersLife (Click to Tweet) Writing is a tough profession. The competition in today’s publishing world makes the strongest writers think twice about their commitment to excellence. But those of us who are lured by the magnificence of story are committed to creating a world where our readers slip into