This month, I’m chatting with Diane Dean White, author of On a Summer Night.

Welcome, Diane, I’m pleased to have you here.

Thank you, Deb. It’s nice to be asked to be part of your blog audience.☺

I see that you have an extensive writing history, and when you were in the sixth grade, you asked for a typewriter to write your stories. Can you tell us whatever happened to that first book of poetry you produced back then?

I started poetry in grade school, but also short-stories. I added to my poetry and had quite an accumulation of poems by the time my senior year came. We had a local publishing company and a friend suggested I have them made into booklets. Thus, fortunate friends and family received my first book of poetry for Christmas gifts!

Diane, will you explain what Seeds of Encouragement is?

It began as a paper, made into a scroll with a ribbon I gave out to our church family when we lived in SC; little nuggets of encouragement. Soon I was sharing with other churches, and then on my website. The link on my website is for people who are experiencing, or know others who are dealing with hardships in their lives, and they can click and go to places for help. I follow-up with some people via snail mail, phone calls and emails, too.

There is a page on your website entitled, My Dream. Would you mind sharing about that with us?

After high school I didn’t write poetry and my craft took a turn toward short-stories. As a mother when children leave the nest and marry, life changes and we sometimes want a reminder of those little soft touches and tender arms for hugs. This poem came about from those feelings. And yes, I’ve had dreams about our now grown children being younger, and they’ve been precious. God is good. He listens to our hearts desire.

Please tell us about your latest book.

On a Summer Night takes place when two college bound seniors, Kate and Van, take a trip to southern Florida. Among the beach-days and small town activities, they encounter an experience one night that they could never imagine. They give this to the Lord and try to forget, but Kate never can. It has some twists and turns and goes to present day. Kate and her husband take an early retirement and return to the area, and again she faces emotions from the past. She never told her husband about this, and realizes forgiveness for her and others is needed to be at peace.

Why did you choose to write this story, Diane?

I attended a college in Florida in the sixties, when this story starts out, and I saw some things that I’d never seen in the part of Michigan where I was from. I prayed about what to write, and although I changed gears and took a few turns, the story comes full circle. I tried to listen to God’s leading throughout the entire venture.

Why these characters?

Oh, they’re fiction, but my main character Kate is named for my favorite Aunt, Katheryne. She was 95 years young, and several weeks ago went home to be with the Lord. My dad always called her Kate. I printed copies of the chapters for her to read as she was very alert.

Where can readers find you on the internet?

The book can be purchased through Amazon.com and all online booksellers.

On a Summer Night is now on Youtube, below.

On A Summer Night
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gBYBDf5jm4

Any place else your work can be found?
www.DianeDeanWhite.com
Simple pleasure story - Author Diane Dean White's Books

Diane, is there anything else you would like readers to know about you or your books?

A big thank you, Deb, for your time and the opportunity to share my background and book with you and your readers…it’s been fun.☺

Thank you so much, Diane, for stopping by to talk about On a Summer Night. Hosting you on this website has been a pleasure.

 

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Diane started her writing at an early age, but it wasn’t until her husband’s work took them to a small southern town she wrote her first column, “Yankee Viewpoint’s” for a local newspaper. Returning to her home-state of Michigan, she did stringer work over the years, ancestral history, and donor appeal letters for non-profit organizations. Diane self-published two books in the early 2000’s, and she became a columnist for a weekly magazine, for four years. She is the author of over three-hundred short stories, and her book On a Summer Night was released in October. She and hubby, Stephen, have been married for forty-one years, and they are the parents of three grown children and three grand-gals.

Visit Diane on her website at www.DianeDeanWhite.com

Her blog page at http://simplepleasureswithdiane.weebly.com/

To order her book, visit Amazon below:
On a Summer Night: Diane Dean White: 9781936746682: Amazon.com: Books

Please friend request Diane on Facebook at:
https://www.facebook.com/diane.d.white.75?ref=tn_tnmn

Youtube video, click below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_gBYBDf5jm4