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Uncurated Research

March 1, 2023 By D'Ann Mateer

Last week, I got to experience something I haven’t before—I got to sift through a pile of uncurated documents and photos.  ‘Uncurated?” Some of you might be asking. “What does that even mean?” Well, uncurated is the opposite of curated. Curated documents and photos are ones which have been “selected, organized and presented using professional or expert knowledge.” (According to the … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Dallas, research

New Covers for My Novellas!

February 15, 2023 By D'Ann Mateer

What a great time—the day after Valentine’s Day—to reveal the new covers for my two historical romance novellas! Did you know I’ve written two novellas? I have! And with their new covers, it completes my name change from Anne to D’Ann.  Here’s a bit about each book, along with its new cover. See what you think.  No Small Storm September 1815, Providence, Rhode … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Novella, Novellas

A Few Days of R&R

February 1, 2023 By D'Ann Mateer

From the last weekend in September of last year to the end of 2022, we hardly stopped. Some was planned travel. Some was not. There were the usual holidays and the accompanying busyness, and there was the puppy—and all that she entails.  So when we decided to put Dolly in “puppy school” for a couple of weeks, we wanted to take advantage of the time. We already had a trip on the books to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Family Tagged With: California, R&R, Vacation

Playing by Heart Cover Reveal!

January 18, 2023 By D'Ann Mateer

When I rebranded in 2021 as the real me—D’Ann Mateer instead of Anne Mateer—I was able to get my rights back to my Bethany House novels in order to do this. Three of them are currently available—Wings of a Dream, At Every Turn, and A Home for My Heart.  Today I am excited to announce that the final book, Playing by Heart, will be available in early March! I love this book for so many … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Writing Tagged With: Cover Reveal, playing by heart

Goals, Intentions, and Expectations

January 4, 2023 By D'Ann Mateer

Here we stand at the beginning of a new year. And for so many of us, our minds turn to yearly goals. I’ve been thinking a lot about that these past couple of weeks. A few years ago I shifted toward “intentions” instead of “goals.” It helped me be less stressed when life interfered and made my goals if not impossible, at least much more difficult.  But this year, I’ve been reevaluating that a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Faith Tagged With: expectations, goals, intentions, Life, writing

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