When I think of an unproductive writer, I think of a bowl of cooked
spaghetti—limp, colorless, tasteless, no energy. It’s been submerged into
boiling water and didn’t survive. None of us want to fall into that category
when we can take steps to stay strong and avoid the vat of despair.
What happens when a writer realizes her career isn’t shaping up to what she dreamed?
How can we ensure our manuscripts are fresh, filled with vitality, and eagerly read?
Let’s take another look at the lifeless bowl of cooked spaghetti.
How have you kept yourself from being labeled an unproductive writer? Share your
thoughts so we all can learn.
Expect an Adventure
DiAnn Mills is a bestselling author who believes her readers should expect an
adventure. She combines unforgettable characters with unpredictable plots to
create action-packed, suspense-filled novels.
Her titles have appeared on the CBA and ECPA bestseller lists; won two Christy
Awards; and been finalists for the RITA, Daphne Du Maurier, Inspirational
Readers’ Choice, and Carol award contests. Library Journal presented
her with a Best Books 2014: Genre Fiction award in the Christian Fiction
category for Firewall.
DiAnn is a founding board member of the American Christian Fiction Writers; a
member of Advanced Writers and Speakers Association; International Thriller
Writers, and the Faith, Hope, and Love chapter of Romance Writers of America.
She is co-director of The Author Roadmap with social media specialist Edie
Melson where she continues her passion of helping other writers be successful.
She speaks to various groups and teaches writing workshops around the country.
DiAnn has been termed a coffee snob and roasts her own coffee beans. She’s an
avid reader, loves to cook, and believes her grandchildren are the smartest kids
in the universe. She and her husband live in sunny Houston, Texas.
DiAnn is very active online and would love to connect with readers on any of the
social media platforms listed at www.diannmills.com.
Two murders have rocked the city of Houston. Are they the work of a serial
killer, or is a copycat trying to get away with murder?
That is the
question facing Special Agent Bethany Sanchez, who is eager for her new
assignment in violent crimes but anxious about meeting her new partner. Special
Agent Thatcher Graves once arrested her brother, and he has a reputation for
being a maverick. Plus, their investigative styles couldn’t be more opposite: he
operates on instinct, while she goes by the book.
When hot leads soon
fizzle out, their differences threaten to leave them deadlocked. But an attempt
on their lives turns up the heat and brings them closer together, and a third
victim might yield the clue that will help them zero in on a killer. This could
be the case of their careers . . . if they can survive long enough to solve it.
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