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My First Podcast

Song: I Believe I can Fly Released: 1998  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPJ5kqjEQlc I've been thinking a lot lately about how children see the future...how I once saw it: with possibility, hope, and excitement. It seems like somewhere we lose that. Somewhere we...

Would a Writing Coach Work for You?

This post first appeared on Writing Wranglers and Warriors, Aug. 8, 2018. Many new writers don’t know where to start on their writing journey. They have a story to tell, and perhaps they have some of it written, but more often than not, the question I hear most is,...

Payson Book Festival

On Saturday, July 21st, I headed out to the Payson Book Festival in Payson, Arizona. It's approximately four hours from Kingman. We had to be there by 9 AM, but luckily, I drove from Flagstaff, so it made a quick drive to Payson (about two hours). Before the Festival,...

The Reviews are In!

Reviews for my new book, Nothing But a Song, are in! And it looks like it's a hit. Read the review from Jane E. Wohl, poet and author below: Keri De Deo’s new book, Nothing but a Song, (Crystal Publishing, Fort Collins, Co.2018. 132 pp.) demonstrates the resilience of...

Wyoming Writers Conference: Worth the Trip

Wyoming Writers Conference I've been attending the Wyoming Writers Conference for four years now, and I can honestly say that it's the reason I published a book. The first year I attended, I signed up for the critique tables. I met Tina Ann Forkner there. She read...

Rebecca’s Christmas Journal

Rebecca’s Christmas Journal

Merry Christmas everyone! I thought that I would share Rebecca's Christmas Journal with you. She wrote this after the accident. No spoilers... Enjoy! Dear Journal, It's been a while since I've written. I haven't really felt like it since the accident, but slowly...