The Blue Ridge Reader Connections

DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills A Guest Blog Post from Debb Hackett @Debb_Hackett Early into my radio career, the station staff would gather for weekly prayers in the conference room. After my shyness at being the newbie ran out, I mustered the courage to ask my boss what all the books were that decorated the window ledges in haphazard piles. You see, they’d …

The Month of Love Giveaway Announcement!

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills As we begin this month of love, I would like to celebrate how much I appreciate you, my readers, by hosting a random drawing giveaway. (2) winner(s) will each receive personalized hardcovers of my latest Tyndale novels including: -BURDEN OF PROOF -FATAL STRIKE -AIRBORNE The giveaway is now live and runs thru Friday, February 12th, Midnight …

12 Things I Wish I’d Known About Writing Fiction

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills I started writing seriously in 1996, and over the years I’ve learned the hard way a few truths about creating fiction—and a lot about myself. I wouldn’t change any of the life lessons. But perhaps these 12 discoveries of what I wish I’d known back then will help you understand a writer’s life. Research doesn’t mean …

The Boy Who Cried Christmas

DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Guest Post by Dennis Bailey @DennisBailey Hello, I’m Dennis Bailey and I’m the author of The Boy Who Cried Christmas. I’d like to thank DiAnn for inviting me to be a guest on her blog and for giving me this opportunity to spotlight my latest Christmas novel. It’s the story of a skeptical young boy swept back …

Come Full Circle

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Guest Post by Jayme Mansfield  @JaymeMansfield There’s something special about a circle. Somewhere along the curved line, there is a definitive beginning – a starting point from which the path begins and eventually an end point at which it is complete. And, so it is with life. Recently, my family and I moved my eighty-five-year-old mother …

Straight from God

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Guest Post by Mary Alford @MaryAlford Sometimes something will happen in your life and you just know it comes straight from God. Almost like a smack to the head saying, “Hey you, this is what I want you to do! Now do it.” That about sums up how I became a published author six years ago …

AIRBORNE by DiAnn Mills Giveaway Winners Announced!

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills We have winners! Please join me in congratulating the following prize winners!!! Kara N. of North Carolina won (1st of 5) Custom Collage Sherpa Photo Blanket and personalized hardcover book or e-book of AIRBORNE. Total Retail Value over $175. Zara H. of Alabama won (2nd of 5) Wolferman® or Harry & David® basket and personalized hardcover …

AIRBORNE by DiAnn Mills GIVEAWAY!

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills An exciting day has arrived! To celebrate AIRBORNE’s recent Audiobook & Print releases, I’m hosting a giveaway! There are multiple opportunities to win some great prizes. Total retail value of prizes exceeds $400! Share this with your reader friends so they can join in on the fun 🙂 TAKE A LOOK AT THESE FANTASTIC PRIZES !!! …

An –AIRBORNE– Adventure Launches!

Have you been waiting for the print/audio releases of AIRBORNE? Your time has arrived!!! Get your copy today, find out what all the buzz is about, and most importantly why I have a heart for first responders who bring hope in a crisis eerily similar to what’s happening in our world today. By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills When I began writing …

7 Reasons We Love Story

By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Thousands of novels are released each year in genres for every reader’s taste. So many wonderful and amazing books, and we’ll never be able to read them all. But we try. What’s the fascination for story? Why do we crave the next novel and the next? Here are seven reasons why people love story. Entertainment is …