By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Welcome to Day 4 of the 12 Days of Thanksgiving Giveaway If you missed what all this is about and the list of giveaway items, start with Day 1. Ready to enter? Here’s how: Day 4 – Email a screenshot of your review/recommendation/shelving a DiAnn Mills book on Goodreads to diann@diannmills.com. Let the fun continue!!! …
12 Days of Thanksgiving Giveaway – Day 3
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Welcome to Day 3 of the 12 Days of Thanksgiving Giveaway If you missed what all this is about and the list of giveaway items, start with Day 1. Ready to enter? Here’s how: Day 3 – Email a picture of your receipt of a DiAnn Mills book purchase to diann@diannmills.com. Let the fun continue!!! …
12 Days of Thanksgiving Giveaway – Day 2
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Welcome to Day 2 of the 12 Days of Thanksgiving Giveaway! If you missed what all this is about and the list of giveaway items, start with Day 1. Ready to enter? Here’s how: Day 2 – Share the Tweet above and email a screenshot of your share to diann@diannmills.com. Let the fun continue!!! …
12 Days of Thanksgiving Giveaway! Day 1
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills As we begin a season of Thanksgiving, I would like to celebrate how thankful I am to you, my readers. How? With a 12 Days of Thanksgiving Giveaway! For the next 12 days, beginning Thursday, November 1, I’ll share unique ways you can join in on the fun and be entered in random drawings for one …
How to Say No Graciously
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Many of us are asked to volunteer our time and talents for worthwhile causes. Moments in our lives when we can reach out with joy to help others. We’re excited and pave a way through our busy lives to make sure the task is done well. Occasionally though, an opportunity is presented where we don’t feel …
10 Ways a Road Trip Improves Our Health
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Two weeks ago, my husband and I packed the car for a four-night, five-day road trip. We needed a getaway for mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual reasons. While we covered miles exploring new sights, sounds, and adventures, we relaxed. From Houston to Oklahoma to the Texas Panhandle, we strengthened our relationship, laughed, and shared our hopes …
What Does January 2018 Mean to You?
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Here we are! January 2018! We’re probably in a happy-tired mode from all the festivities. We began with the Thanksgiving turkey and raced to New Year’s celebrations. Our bellies are full—maybe too full! Memories are sealed in our hearts that photos can never capture. The sights and sounds of the holidays are a part of our …
Living With a Writer – From a Husband’s Point of View
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Curious about what it’s like to live with a writer? This week I decided to have my husband interviewed for his perspective. I admit waiting for his answers caused my heart to head into overdrive. How honest would he be? Would I have to eliminate him in my next novel? But his answers were fun to …
5 Ways Life Challenges Can Change and Grow Us
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills As a novelist, one of my jobs is to show character change and growth. This is a process that takes the entire book to accomplish. A character is challenged by life, and he/she can choose to open the door to solve a problem or slam it shut. A hero or heroine grabs hold of life and …
15 Ways to Survive Stress—and Enjoy the Holidays
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Stress is nothing we plan or calendar. It doesn’t even ask our permission, as though the gray clouds rolling our way are something we want. We respond per our personality, how we were raised, and life experiences. Some of us do a better job than others. October ushers us into the holidays—Halloween, Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New …