Building 2025 Together: Share Your Thoughts and Ideas!

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills

My blog posts are for you, and I want to make sure you see great content each week. To stretch my creativity and put a smile on your face, I need your help in choosing future blog post topics.

Over the years, I’ve provided recipes, guest bloggers, contests, humor, wisdom, and an occasional video. I do my best to avoid things controversial, political, or religious. You, dear reader, have previously provided amazing feedback on so many topics—thank you!

Building 2025 Together: Share Your Thoughts and Ideas!

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Worth noting – an addition in 2025 to DiAnn’s Desk will host a once-a-month author feature for you to explore other writers.

A few thoughts for upcoming topics include:

  1. An update on the publishing world
  2. Behind the Scenes Insights—Sneak peek at research, characterization, and writing
  3. Favorite quotes and why they are important
  4. Fun facts and trivia about books or research
  5. Guest writers
  6. Humor
  7. Lessons learned from a character
  8. Life hacks and skills
  9. National Day of . . .
  10. New book releases and giveaways
  11. Reader Q&A or AMA (Ask Me Anything)
  12. Reading
  13. Recipes
  14. Seasonal Hints and Celebrations
  15. Spiritual and Inspirational Themes
  16. Writers Life

Now it’s your turn. Please comment on the above blog post topics and/or share your idea(s) and be entered in a random $35.00 gift card, your choice from either Amazon, Barnes and Noble, or Christian Book. The deadline to submit your comment below is Noon Central Sunday, January 19, 2025.

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  1. What was highlighted for me from your list & I think I would be interested in are new book releases and giveaway & reader Q&A or AMA (Ask Me Anything). Also, what about highlighting some of your older books?

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  2. I’m looking to understand three main topics
    1) Plot and structure: how to organize a novel, and what tools do you use to maintain consistency throughout the novel, with research notes.
    2) character development: Going beyond simply their character, but using the scene (clothes, cars, friends) to describe them.
    3) Point of View: I heard Peggy Sue Wells do a podcast on the nine POVs, and when to use them, but I cannot find a book to cover that topic.

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  3. Diann,

    I’ve been a faithful reader since first meeting you at a Writer’s Conference in the Carolinas. Your writing ministry is powerful. So many Christians are now writing and self-publishing. Your insights are valuable for us all. All the topics you listed would be helpful. I am now publishing my fifth mystery novel Mystery at Wycham Manor following publication of A Widow’s Love Story in August. I continue to be a writer-in-progress benefiting from your wisdom.

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  4. I like suggestion #3. I would like to know famous quotes with the explanation. I also like human interest stories about someone overcoming a trial and how God helped them do it.

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  6. DiAnn, you always look fabulous, fit, and happy! I’d love to hear some of your secrets for staying energetic and productive–especially overcoming procrastination or incorporating time management in your work. Thanks for your continued inspiration!

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  8. What you are reading, humor and what you are writing would be awesome. I would also enjoy a devotional. Thank you so much for the opportunity. God bless you.

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  9. These are all great topics, and I look forward to reading more about them in future posts! Like another person said, I would love to read about a day in your life every once in a while. Thank you!

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  11. I would most be interested in 1, 2, 4 and 10 from the list above. I’m really looking forward to your webinar this Thursday.

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  12. DiAnn,

    I like the variety of topics you include on your blog. As a writer, I would like to read more of your Behind the Scenes Insights and thoughts on the Writers Life. Important updates on the publishing world would be helpful too. Thank you for inviting our feedback!

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  13. Hi DiAnn,
    One of the things I like about your blog is the eclectic nature of it. The way you cover lots of different topics and your infectious enthusiasm comes across every time. I like Elizabeth’s idea above. Also like hearing the behind the scenes faith stories that work their way into a writers work, so lessons learned from characters, or the lessons you learn in real life that end up in your writing. (I find that process fascinating!)
    All the best as you keep writing in 2025!

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  14. Happy New Year DiAnn,

    I am anticipating the once-a-month author feature. Thank you for carving up such compelling topics for bloggers. Can’t wait to dig in.

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  16. DiAnn
    All your topics are amazing and I can’t wait to read any and all of them.
    I appreciate your dedication to your craft of the word. There’s always something new, interesting and thought provoking, thank you.
    Happy New Year

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  17. Hi, DiAnn:

    The topics in your list cover many interesting subjects. I wonder if the Spiritual and Inspirational blog will include ways to incorporate Scripture texts within writing fictional works. Also, addressing how to market books with needed topics (such as written prayers as a way to encourage readers to develop their prayer life, become more comfortable praying, using the book as a guide to increase one’s prayer experience) as it seems most people do not truly know how to pray and are afraid they will do it wrong.

    Thanks,
    Dennis

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      Dennis, wow – great ideas. Thank you. Odd you should mention writing from a Christian worldview. I’m working on a book: The Art of Writing Suspense that includes how to use the literary techniques of writing fiction for the Christian novel.

      And prayer . . . You are so right that some people don’t know how to pray. Some years ago, I was out of state and encountered a woman weeping. I asked if I could pray for her. She said, “I’m trying to pray, but a friend told me I must use the right words and the right posture or God wouldn’t hear.” I’ve never forgotten the woman, and I wasn’t able to convince her that God hears the heart. Thanks for the reminder.

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  18. Your list looks great. Along with recipes maybe share some memories about meals that connect you with people you care about.
    On you list I would say Number 12 through 15 interest me the most.

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  20. All of these topics sound wonderful. I love reading your blog. I am especially interested in the inspiration for your characters and the research you do to write a novel. I love getting new recipes. I also enjoy when an author recommends a book.

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  21. These are all great and there are enough topics to be diverse and not repeat too often. Seems like everything is covered. Thanks for sharing your thoughts with us. I love your blog.

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  22. Maybe add a category and occasionally share “a few of my favorite things”. Maybe that could be a store, product, craft, type of get-together, restaurant, museum, historical home or site, national or state park, etc. Just things that you enjoy! I would add recipes, but I’m glad to see them on your list.

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  24. I’d love to read about your research and characterization eat . Also I love quotable things and one of my favorite things when I am on the launch team, or even a book I have really enjoyed, is to do quote Meme’s.
    Let’s just say #4, #7, #13 are a few other interesting things I’d love to hear about.

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  26. Maybe every once in a while just a day in your life post. Tell us what you’re up to, how you’re feeling, struggles, how we can pray for you.

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  27. While any of these topics are of interest, I would most like to know what you have learned from your characters as you write their stories.

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