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By DiAnn Mills @DiAnn Mills I believe fiction can be a vehicle to communicate truth. From the moment I sensed a call to write, I understood my focus would be using story. This isn’t an original concept. Jesus spoke in parables and is known for deepening spiritual principles through the power of story. When disciples asked Him why, I have …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Amid eerily coincidental current events, Tyndale plans early e-book release of “Airborne,” my romantic suspense novel about an unknown virus outbreak. Completed well before the COVID-19 pandemic began, Airborne will now release as an e-book today, April 28 in response to growing consumer interest, with print editions releasing in September as originally scheduled. You can learn …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills A reader asked me how I discover the antagonist when I write a story. The short answer is: discovering the bad guy or guys is as much a surprise to me as the characters and the reader. For those of you who know me … and my OCD with organization, discipline, and schedules, the thought of …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills We all would like the distinction of responding to a crisis like an FBI Special Agent. The phrase of cool, calm, and collected comes to mind, along with wisdom, leadership, and a big umbrella of management techniques. Special Agent training doesn’t end at Quantico; more specialized training is required for the various divisions. Suspected crimes that …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills April 7th is World Health Day. This spring we’ve heard so much about the danger of the coronavirus that we may be ready for another topic. Or maybe we are grateful for healthy bodies. I’d like to take a different angle and offer what a healthy body means: ENERGY The following acrostic is a reminder of …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Ever feel like God’s plan for our lives is a futile attempt to solve a mystery? Our days are spent looking for clues in everything we experience. Is this God’s plan for me? What does this Scripture passage mean? Is God listening to my prayers? Nights are worse because we replay and stumble through the day’s …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills First of all, a big THANK YOU to everyone who provided feedback and ideas in last week’s blog post comments. You are appreciated! Congratulations also to Frances from Canada who was randomly chosen from the entries and won a $35 e-gift card! CLICK HERE for a PDF preview sampler of my upcoming Fall 2020 release AIRBORNE. …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Friends, I’m in a dilemma, and I need your help. My blog is designed for you—readers. Because you are important to me, I want to ensure you receive the topics that interest you. My goal has been to mix humor, holidays, guest posts, recipes, life happenings, serious subjects, and whatever else seizes my attention that I …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Put on your rhino skin and lace up your courageous boots. The time has come to walk through self-forgiveness and enter the world of peace of mind. The journey may be rough. Tears may fall. A few scrapes and bruises might draw a gasp. But if we refuse to step into the mire, we’ll never experience …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Guest post by Brenda Gates @BrendaGates “Your son will need a kidney transplant by the time he weighs twenty pounds,” the pediatric nephrologist told me as I held my one-week-old son in my arms. I looked down at this child God had given us. Silver-blonde wisps of hair covered the dome of his head. Sky-blue eyes …
