Writing
Under the Gun . . .
. . . so you’ll have to bear with me this week! I’m on deadline to turn in my revisions for The Good Father and decided late in the game that an epilogue was desperately needed (you know how I love epilogues!). Plus I’m dealing with some storm issues (not mine, but family, doing what…
Read MoreA World War II Story You'll Love!
I’m so excited that one of my closest friends, Sarah Shaber, has a new book out. Sarah is the author of the Professor Simon Shaw Mystery Series, but now she’s branching out in a new direction. Sarah’s part of my Weymouth 7 Writers Group, so I had the opportunity to brainstorm with her as she created this…
Read MoreThe Midwife has Never Been so Strange
Like most writers, I have Google Alerts set to let me know when my books are mentioned on the Internet. Today, I received just such an alert for The Midwife’s Confession and it’s very, very weird. Not only is there a YouTube video connected to the alert for a Christmas season sale (Midwife is a…
Read MoreFeeling Like a Flower Child
The last couple of weeks have been very exciting for me, since I’ve been up for a new contract and I’ve enjoyed the thrill of feeling wanted by publishers in both the United States and the United Kingdom. The new book I plan to write is one I’ve wanted to work on for several years–a true…
Read MoreWelcome Alex Sokoloff to my Blog!
Please welcome my good friend and fellow writer, Alexandra Sokoloff, to the blog. I use Alex’s wonderful writing tips when structuring my books and I’m grateful to her for sharing them so generously. Welcome, Alex! Hi everyone! If you’ve been reading Diane’s blog for any amount of time you’ve probably heard about her writers’ group,…
Read MoreStory Weekend: Gardening
Welcome to another Story Weekend! Quite honestly, this week’s theme is not my cup of tea, but that’s okay. I still have a story about it, and I bet you do, too. Are you new to Story Weekend? This is your time on my blog. Here’s…
Read MorePlease Judge a Book by its Cover
Most of you know I’ve made five of my out-of-print books available as e-books. They sell very well on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, i-Books, and a few other less known e-readers, and I’m so happy to give them a second life. I’m particularly pleased that my newer readers finally have the chance to read those older…
Read MoreThe Theme for this Story Weekend: Trees
I don’t know about you, but I can think of dozens of personal stories to write about trees, from the cathedral they formed over my childhood backyard to the yearning I had for them that led me to move back to the east coast from San Diego. How about you? What tree stories are in your life?…
Read MoreMy "Early Works"
I was digging through some memorabilia and came across a few books I wrote when I was twelve. I’ve shared Witchville with the blog before, but I’d forgotten about these two. The ‘stories’ are three short novellas, all simply dreadful. I wrote The Tonsil Twins for my younger brother and cousin, who had their tonsils out…
Read MoreHearing Voices: Point of View in Fiction Writing
The Midwife’s Confession is written from five different points of view, and I’m here to tell you, that was a challenge! Every one of my twenty novels has had multiple points of view, but never before have I had to balance five female voices in one story. Want to know the hardest part about multiple…
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