Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – Never Too Old! via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1TPqHWx #WritersLife (Click to Tweet) In 1996, my husband said to me, “Stop telling me someday you’re going to write a book. Do it now. Quit your job. I give you one year to get anything published.” My youngest son was a senior in high school. Was I too old to

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – Inside Out via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1UfKJKb #WritersLife (Click to Tweet) The latest animation craze is Inside Out from Disney PIXAR. If you haven’t seen it, the movie is an amusing insight into the various emotions of a little girl. She’s hit with anger, sadness, surprise, fear, disgust, happiness, and contempt. Each emotion is a character, and its

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – The Flabby Arms Syndrome via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1MWlhDG #WritersLife (Click to Tweet)   Not so long ago, I took a critical look at myself, and I didn’t like what the mirror revealed. I have flabby arms. Some of you call these bat wings or fly-zones. I refer to them as dangling participles, nothing I want on me

Tweetable – Latest From DiAnn’s Desk – 10 Reasons Why I Love Houston in the Summer via @DiAnnMills http://bit.ly/1DxPU0x #WritersLife (Click to Tweet) Some of you are thinking about visiting or even relocating to Houston. The mild, year around temperatures are appealing but the summers have you a little hesitant. The 100+ degrees with humidity at the same percent may cause you to

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

Have you ever wondered about the life of a writer from a reader’s perspective? Are we eccentric? Bizarre? Exist on coffee? Always thinking story? Have no clue about math concepts? Then this is the place for you to see the world through my eyes as I share both the humorous and the serious side of me—the writer, the wife, mother,