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By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills At writing conferences, there are moments of humor where professionalism, personality, and perfection take a break for laughter. Humor lightens the load for stressful and awkward moments, paving the way for writers to experience new and lasting relationships, critique partners, prayer partners, incredible memories, and lessons in behavior. Sometimes the unplanned breaks in the toughest of …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Welcome to Author Spotlight! The featured suspense author forDecember is Kelly Borjas! We are delighted to have Kelly with us and to learn more about her and her books – including a gift for you! Kelly grew up in Southwest Colorado exploring the outdoors as well as her hometown library, then transplanted to Southern California for …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Welcome to Author Spotlight and the featured suspense author for November: Robin Caroll! What a treat to have Robin with us. Her books keep me flipping pages and wanting more. Tell me about Robin! Robin Caroll grew up in Louisiana with her nose in a book. She still has the complete Trixie Belden series, and her …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills My characters struggle throughout every story. They have a problem to solve or a goal to reach, and nothing about their chosen path comes easily. Along the way they react with emotions shaped by their personality, culture, backstory, DNA, education, and a countless other factors that influence their reactions and behaviors to the world around them. …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills I’ve been creating fiction since my husband challenged me to write a book—1996. Actually, it was a dare. “Stop telling me you’re going to write a book someday. Quit your job and do it. If you get anything published in the next year, you never need to go back to your job.” So I did! I …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Welcome to Author Spotlight and Laura Conaway, my featured suspense author. Bestselling and award-winning author, Laura Conaway, resides in Pennsylvania and creates stories with ahealthydose of suspense and happily ever afters while her characters discover triumph through trials. As a former librarian, she’s always searching for the next best read and loves solving mysteries like Nancy …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Whenever someone finds out I’m a writer, I usually see widened eyes, hear a few “wows,” and sometimes I think they smell money. Their reactions always make me laugh. None of these people would want me to balance their checkbook — and most wouldn’t want to spend hours alone inside the writing process either. And I’m …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Writers spend hours, weeks, months, and sometimes years working on behind-the-scenes research in writing a novel. I’m no different. The story must be so real to the readers that they block the outside world and become the character. Research involves thoroughly understanding the protagonist and antagonist. This includes how they live, earn a living, and react/respond …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills Have you considered what successful writers eat for breakfast? It must be The Breakfast of Champions, or are they just regular people with normal tastes? I posed this question to several writers, and wow, the surprising responses! I arranged this list from most popular to . . . different. Coffee: 15—This includes the coffee-only bunch. My …
By DiAnn Mills @DiAnnMills I might be putting my life in my hands with this week’s blog post—but Ask Me Anything. This is a topic that several of you initiated when I asked for blog ideas. This week is for you! Submit your questions in the comments, and let’s have some fun. What is something you’ve always wanted to ask …
