Diana Rowe grew up in a small town in Iowa and started making up stories about the same time she started talking. When she learned to write, it seemed only natural to commit those stories to paper.Over the last 11 years, she has become recognized as an accomplished author in a wide variety of subjects and is accustomed to juggling several different tasks and publications to produce business and travel content. She has authored hundreds of articles ranging from destination features to business case studies. Diana travels extensively around the US and world including her own backyard, Colorado, and her favorite destinations include Las Vegas, Mexico, the Caribbean, and wherever her next trip happens to lands her. Make sure you check out her “Where in the World is Diana”Blog.
Writing credits include Caribbean Escapes Coffee Table Book, Discovery Channel, TravelGolf, ESPN,and dozens of others including trade publications for the meetings Corporate & Incentive Travel and travel-agent industries (VAXVacation Access.With regards to sports writing, there’s something about a cowboy that still makes her take notice. She says it probably knows that this is as close to the Old West days as she can get. And golf had Diana at the first thing, friendly competition with herself. Adventure sports goes hand-in-hand with her tomboy upbringing. All that wraps into never a dull moment when traveling.
Diana also offers many writing related services including ghost writing, editing services, and is co-owner of an online company that teaches authors how to improve their writing skills. Check out her business section for samples and client references. If you are a publisher or client in need of writing services, you can download a portfolio of Diana’s clips and resume. Or you can just browse the web site.
Whenever Diana is lucky enough to get free time, she loves to return to “making stuff up” by writing novel-length and short fiction stories. Diana has multiple completed manuscripts that are awaiting publication that can be found below.
Diana has held many positions in fiction writing organizations to include: committee member and conference co-chair for Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers; conference committee Romance Writers of America; 2000-2002 Co-President and a COFFIN workshop coordinator for the Kiss of Death Chapter of RWA; the unpublished Contest Coordinator 1997, Co-Chair Romancing the Rockies Conference 1999 and Chair Romancing the Rockies Conference 2001 and 2007 for the Colorado Romance Writers Chapter of RWA. Diana was also Newsletter Editor for the Heart Beat of Denver, from 1999-2001.
2004 ChickLit RWA Stiletto Honorable Mention for Down Time, a ChickLit Mystery
2002 Heart of Rockies Honorable Mention for Crossing Over Crazy, a Single Title Romantic Suspense
2000 Romantic Times New Author Contest Finalist for Beck &Call Cowboy, a Short Contemporary Romance
1999 Outreach International Romance Writers for Beck & Call Cowboy, a Short Contemporary Romance
1998 Rocky Mountain Fiction Writer Award for Lucky Charm, a Historical Western
1998 Indiana Romance Writers for LUCKY CHARM, A HISTORICAL WESTERN
1998 New Author Authorlink! for HEART’S FIRE (RENAMED LUCKY CHARM), A HISTORICAL WESTERN
1997 Romance Writers of the Texas Panhandle for HEART’S FORBIDDEN DESIRE (RENAMED LUCKY CHARM), A HISTORICAL WESTERN
Anthologies
Crumbs
Pronto
Ship’s Log Writings at Sea
Romantic Short Stories
The Apron November 1999 in Rhapsody Magazine (online)
Lonely Distance Sept/Oct 1997 in Mini Romance Magazine (print) Published Poetry
Solitude of the Country 1996 in Wish Women Magazine
Diana has several completed manuscripts looking for a publishing home. Click below to read novel excerpts:CONTCONTEMPORARY CHICKLIT:
DOWN TIME 100,000 WORD)
GOODE GIRLS GONE BAD (100,000 WORD) CONTEMPORARY SINGLE TITLE ROMANTIC SUSPENSE:
RODEO AND JULIET(90,000 WORD)
CROSSING OVER CRAZY(100,000 WORD)CONTEMPORARY CATEGORY ROMANCE:
BECK AND CALL COWBOY(55,000 WORD) WESTERN HISTORICAL ROMANCES:
LUCKY CHARM(100,000 WORD)
YESTERDAY’S DREAMS (100,000 WORD)
SAM’S STORY (Working Title) (100,000 WORD)
Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, member since 1995
RomaRomance Writers of America (RWA), member since 1996
RWA RWA Chapter affiliations:
1) Member of Kiss of Death Chapter (Mystery/Suspense Genre) since 1999
2) Member of Colorado Romance Writers since 1996
3) Member of Heart of Denver Romance Writers since 1998