I always liked to do things big…and still do! I started out hand-painting larger-than-life murals and outdoor advertising throughout the Southeast where climbing over 100 feet in the air was a daily event.

When technology advanced, I moved into creating spectacular marketing projects that light up the sky across the country from Boston to Dallas. I was fortunate to be contracted by the top sponsors to design and fabricate unusual designs for Olympic venues in the 1996 Atlanta and 2002 Salt Lake City games. For more of my “other” creative side, go to www.artproductionsinc.com

Dangling high above ground must have gone to my head, because I began imagining stories while I worked and decided to put my thoughts onto paper. Now, my books feature larger-than-life characters based on everyday people who conquer insurmountable odds to save themselves and the people they love.

A passion for the outdoors is woven through my stories. A native of Florida, I was born in Sarasota and grew up in Tampa where fishing was a necessity (to feed a large family) and a pleasure. To this day, fishing is one of my most favorite past times. I also enjoy golf and riding my motorcycle. At some point and time, I’ve water-skied, scuba dived, snow skied and skydived.

I live in the Atlanta, Georgia area with my motorcycle-instructor husband, Karl, and a tank of unruly saltwater fish named after television characters. When not writing action-packed suspense stories, Karl and I ride our motorcycles in search of new locations to use as settings in future books.

This is Karl with his Triumph Sprint and Dianna on a BMW 1150RT – two very fun bikes and one incredible husband who won GMSP Instructor of the Year!

I’m blessed with my very own hero who supports everything I do. Karl patiently answers outrageous questions (“If you were a crazed killer who fell overboard with a gun in your hand, would it…”) until I can research specifics. On practically every trip in the car, he listens to me read a new story out loud for feedback. He calls it “a book tape you can argue with.” When anyone asks what he thinks of his wife writing romance, he says he loves helping with extensive “research.”

Dianna accepting a RITA for Best Long Contemporary. WORTH EVERY RISK double finaled, the second category being Best First Book. July 2006 in Atlanta, Georgia at RITA and Golden Heart Award ceremony during the RWA national conference WORTH EVERY RISK also won nine first place awards (as ANGEL ON THE RUN), including the Golden Heart and Daphne du Maurier prior to being published.

Dianna with husband Karl and dear friend
Sherrilyn Kenyon who presented an award that night.

Receiving this engraved plaque for winning the prestigious Overall Daphne du Maurier was incredible.

GREAT WEBSITES FOR READERS:

Booksellers –

Borders Group - www.borders.com
Amazon - www.amazon.com
Barnes & Nobles - www.bn.com
BooksAMillion - www.bamm.com

Book Reviews, interviews, auctions, contests & articles –

Fresh Fiction – www.freshfiction.com
Romance Writers of America– www.rwanational.org
Romantic Times - www.romantictimes.com
Cataromance - www.cataromance.com
Annual May Diabetes auction – DON”T MISS THIS – www.BrendaNovak.com

Group author blogs & websites, and individual blogs –

Barbara Vey with Publisher’s Weekly Blog – http://www.publishersweekly.com/blog/880000288.htm
Romance Bandits Blog – http://www.romancebandits.blogspot.com/
The Fog City Divas Blog – http://www.fogcitydivas.typepad.com/dishing_with_the_divas/
Silhouette Romantic Suspense Authors – www.intimatemomentsauthors.com
YA Fresh Blog - http://www.yafresh.blogspot.com/

Mystery/Suspense and Romantic Suspense Author sites –

Dianna Love – www.AuthorDiannaLove.com (thanks for stopping by!)
Sherrilyn Kenyon – www.SherrilynKenyon.com
Suzanne Brockmann – www.SuzanneBrockmann.com
Mary Buckham – www.MaryBuckham.com
Catherine Mann – www.CatherineMann.com
Brenda Novak – www.BrendaNovak.com
Ed Gaffney – www.EdGaffney.com
Rita Herron – www.RitaHerron.com
Gayle Wilson - www.booksbygaylewilson.com

Other Romance Author sites –

Kinley MacGregror – www.SherrilynKenyon.com (Historical)
Mae Nunn – www.MaeNunn.com (Inspirational Romance)
Kelly Parra – www.KellyParra.com (Young Adult)
Alesia Holliday – www.AlesiaHolliday.com (chic lit and comedy)
Berta Platas – www.bertaplatas.com (Latino Chick Lit and YA)
Joanne Rock – www.joannerock.com (Historical & Blaze)
Kelley St. John – www.kelleystjohn.com (Blaze and humorous Women's Fiction)
Anna Destefano – www.AnnaWrites.com (Superromance))
Maureen Hardegree – www.maureenhardegree (Southern Fiction)

Magazines –

Arts & Expressions Magazine - www.arts-expressions.com
Romantic Times - http://www.romantictimes.com

GREAT WEBSITES FOR WRITERS:

Workshops, retreats, online classes & miscellaneous –

Break Into FictionTM – www.BreakIntoFiction.com (for unpublished & published)
WriterUniv Online classes – www.WriterUniv.com
Plot YOUR Book in 2 Days Retreats – www.BreakIntoFiction.com
Leslie Wainger, Book Doctor - http://www.lesliewainger-bookdoctor.com/
Wet Noodle Posse Blog (monthly writing topics) – www.wetnoodleposse.blogspot.com
Articles on writing – Articles & Interviews

Publishers –

St. Martin’s Press – www.stmartins.com/#stmartinsmass
Minatour contest - www.minotaurbooks.com
Pocket – www.simonsays.com
Harlequin/Silhouette (writing contests) – www.eharlequin.com
Adam’s Media (nonfiction contests) – www.adamsmedia.com
Dorchestor Publishing (American Title contest) - www.dorchesterpub.com

Website Design –

Author Designs – www.authordesigns.com (I highly recommend Pam!)

Reference books –

The BREAK INTO FICTIONTM Writer’s Notebook: Simple Steps to Complex Novels
By Dianna Love and Mary Buckham (Adam’s Media 2009)
GOAL, MOTIVATION & CONFLICT by Debra Dixon (Gryphon Printing)
WRITING A ROMANCE NOVEL FOR DUMMIES by Leslie Wainger (ISBN# 0764525549) Tip –
Leslie was Dianna’s first senior editor that bought and edited WORTH EVERY RISK…which won a RITA Award
THE FIRST FIVE PAGES by Noal Lukeman (ISBN# 068485743X)
THE WRITER’S DIGEST CHARACTER NAMING SOURCEBOOK (ISBN# 1582972958)

Writing organizations –

Romance Writers of America (largest writing org of all) – www.rwanational.org
Mystery Writers of America – www.mysterywriters.org
Kiss of Death (home of Daphne du Maurier Award) – www.RWAMysterySuspense.org
Georgia Romance Writers – www.georgiaromancewriters.org
Gulf Coast Romance Writers – www.gccrwa.com
Southern Magic Romance Writers – www.southernmagic.org
New Jersey Romance Writers – www.njromancewriters.org
Washington DC Romance Writers – www.wrwdc.com
The Golden Network – www.goldennetwork.com
Carolina Romance Writers – www.carolinaromancewriters.com

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