About Dianna

“So what do you like to do?” a friend asked me, as we began brainstorming full-time job possibilities.

“I liked to write English compositions back in school. But how do I make a living doing that?”

“I suggest you find out,” my friend responded.

So I did. I drove to the library and checked out every book I could find on writing—from writing mysteries and romance novels, to writing inspirational articles and press releases, and even creating greeting card verses! Reading almost around the clock for about 3 weeks, I taught myself the principles of good writing—all the things that I failed to pick up in high school and college English classes—along with the process of writing and publishing a book.

Then over lunch with an engineer friend at Exxon, I told him my plan to write a business book on communication. “Do you think there’s a need?”

He burst out laughing. “Engineers can’t write! Do you have any idea how much time and money we waste rewriting reports?” He spent the next two hours over lunch on war stories.

So I put together a book proposal from what I’d learned in my reading. And voila! I got an agent and sold the book to Facts on File (hardcover) and Random House (paperback). Once the book was scheduled for release, I developed a training course around the book’s contents.

When the publisher sent me on an author tour, my phone began to ring. People called, asking if I could come speak to their organizations on the book’s topic.

To date, I’ve repeated that process 50 times—and built a team behind me to present the programs so that I could devote even more of my time to writing—both fiction and nonfiction. That’s my calling—my passion and the purpose God put me on earth to accomplish. To create life-changing communication that connects with people and to coach others to shape their message into book form–that is my signature work.