Obsession and 80s Poison (the perfume, not the band)

Deanna
November 6, 2011

Since the main character of my new novel works in a perfume shop in the mid-1980s, I’ve had to do a bit of research. I remember a few bottles tossed …Read more

Opening pages to my new novel Stella & Dane

Opening pages to my new novel Stella & Dane
Deanna
November 3, 2011

The new book has begun! Everyone loved Stella from Baby Dust so much that I decided to tell her backstory. So much happens to her in the 44 years prior …Read more

Free stuff! And a prequel to Baby Dust!

Deanna
October 16, 2011

So many people have asked about Stella’s back story from my novel Baby Dust, that I have decided to write her story next. Fans of the first novel can absolutely …Read more

Baby Dust is OUT in the world!

Deanna
October 4, 2011

I feel so blessed that every day since the release of the book, I’ve gotten emails or Facebook comments or Tweets about how the novel has helped them. Here are …Read more

A family displaced by wildfire

A family displaced by wildfire
Deanna
September 17, 2011

I am a photographer involved in the Recapturing Memories Project, an organization that pairs families who have lost their homes to wildfire with a photographer who provides a free family …Read more

Portraits for families displaced by wildfires

Deanna
September 14, 2011

Wow, it was quite a week after I posted my Bastrop wildfire picture, and it totally became what several news agencies called the “Iconic Photograph of the Texas Wildfires.” It …Read more

Baby Casey would have been 13 today!

Deanna
September 13, 2011

My first baby Casey would have been thirteen years old today, and we’re celebrating his would-have-been birthday with give aways of some great books on loss. Since we can’t give …Read more

For Sonya Sones upon the reading of her new novel-in-verse

For Sonya Sones upon the reading of her new novel-in-verse
Deanna
September 12, 2011

You know a book Has marrow in its spine Heart blood in every line When you turn the last page Then flip to the front And start again   Read …Read more

Background of the fire photo and info on permissions

Background of the fire photo and info on permissions
Deanna
September 7, 2011

My children had just gotten safely home after driving an hour through smoke when I saw the image. The girls had been out camping, their father sending me a tense …Read more

Helping the Central Texas fire evacuees

Deanna
September 6, 2011

It’s hard to be in Austin right now. The heat wave finally ended and settled into 90 degrees after 80 days of 100+, but our hearts are breaking over the …Read more

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