Diane’s Books
The Happy Insomniac
Yeah, that’s me. Well, I’m also waking up tired, but that’s beside the point. I absolutely love it when the reason I can’t sleep is that ideas for my work-in-progress are popping into my mind so quickly I can barely keep track of them. Example from last night: A door that should have been locked…
Read MoreJoin Me on the Next Big Thing Blog Hop!
Welcome to the very last installment of the NEXT BIG THING Blog Hop. A blog hop is like a giant game of tag to help readers discover authors who are new to them. For this hop, authors answered 10 questions about what we’re working on now. This week, I’m it and I’m the last author…
Read MoreMy Favorite Reads of 2012
Every January (or as in last year, February), I blog about my favorite books of the year. There was a lot to love this year and I had trouble choosing just ten. I hope you’ll share some of your own favorites in your comments. (As always, I’m leaving out some of my very favorite…
Read MoreOur Red Cross Donation!
This was both fun and satisfying! As many of you know, on November 21st I announced I would donate all royalties received from the ebook sales of Secret Lives for the rest of the month to the American Red Cross to help those affected by Hurricane Sandy. I estimated about $800, but with your help,…
Read MoreHelp Me Help the Victims of Hurricane Sandy
Update: As of this morning (Tuesday, November 27th) we topped $1000! Thank you, and let’s keep it going! My older brother, Tom, has been helping with the relief effort for the victims of Hurricane Sandy. (This is one of his pictures from the devastation). Since I live several states away, I’ve pondered how I could…
Read MoreA Book Club Visit
I love it when my schedule gives me the time to visit a book club in person! This Wake Forest, NC club read The Good Father, and we had a fun discussion and yummy munchies. If your club reads one of my books and our schedules mesh, I’d be happy to call your group by…
Read MoreAre you a Re-reader?
I’m in charge of my bookclub’s discussion tomorrow night, and the book we chose to read was Stephen King’s 11/22/63. (That’s a slightly dated pic of my club on the left). I love King’s non-horror books and stories (The Stand is a favorite and his short story Shawshank Redemption inspired the fantabulous movie of the same…
Read MoreStory Weekend: Afterlife?
Story Weekend kicks off again with a light and whimsical topic–not! Okay, here is your challenge: tell us your afterlife story (or lack thereof) IN 100 WORDS OR LESS. Can you? I just received my authors’ copies of the reissued Her Mother’s Shadow (Book 3 of the Keeper of the Light trilogy) and I’m in…
Read MoreMy 'Keeper of the Light' Wall
We just had new hardwood floors installed (yay!), so I’ve been spiffing up my office a bit and thought I’d share my ‘Keeper of the Light Wall’ with you. I used to have my book covers framed until there were so many covers that it was getting out of hand. I had a bunch of…
Read MoreStory Weekend: Nostalgia
I recently had to clean out my closets in preparation for installing hardwood floors, and I came across a box of old slides. I sent them to an online company for digitizing. Wow, what a bunch of memories they brought back! Some painfully sad (people I’ve lost), some hysterically funny (my younger brother was a…
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