New Release!
Tomorrow’s Wish for Love
Her grandfather’s will has forced Charlene into a life and a partner she doesn’t want or trusts. The last thing Logan wants is a woman in his life even as a business partner. Can either obtain their wish for tomorrow?
Now available through Amazon, Barnes & Nobel, and other booksellers.
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Grendel’s Mother
An Epic Fantasy – Available as eBook, Large Print & regular print from Amazon, Barnes & Noble.
Set in the late-5th, early 6th century in Denmark, Grendel’s Mother is the journey of a girl who dreams of freedom, with a desire to marry the young many she loves, when her father tells her that she’ll wed a widower with young children instead. Then, a horrific event changes her life forever. Pregnant and having brought shame to her family and community, she is sacrificed to the dragon for death, but the dragon saves her instead, unbeknownst to her family and the community.
Grendel’s Mother is the story of social injustice, a girl’s love for Nature where she discovers special skills that enable her to survive, to give birth, and to raise a baby—deemed a monster—in the wild, entirely on her own. From his birth, she battles to keep Grendel safe from himself and, then later, from others who would do him harm.
That child is Grendel, and she is Grendel’s mother.
Read how this story originated and my journey as I wrote the book via my Behind the Scenes blog in Part I and Part II.
A cookbook…
The Super Simple Basic Easy Cookbook
Now available as an eBook and in print from Amazon and Barnes & Noble.
The recipes in this cookbook arose from my collecting from family, friends, and neighbors, and simplifying cumbersome long-listed ingredients into something easier and simpler. My criteria for cooking was it didn’t take much time, didn’t require special ingredients, and was something everyone would like, especially the kids.
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Behind the Scenes – This blog conveys the thoughts, musing, revelations and even some of the no-so-well-known secrets of one writer’s experiences, revelations, and the gritty truth about the business of writing and what life is like as a writer.

Into the Core: One Woman’s Mystic Journey – What happens when a writer discovers she is an intuitive, animal/plant/death empath, medium, and can find lost items? Trusting her instincts–that little voice within–has been quite the journey.

Behind the Scenes with Diana Stout & Featured Guests – Learn more about your favorite writers, editors, publishers, producers, and other featured guests.
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Maggie’s Story
A short story – available on Amazon
Born and raised in The Bowery, a run-down section of New York City in the late 1800s, Maggie has to journey the maze of a man’s world where women have no real value, and children even less so. She has only one dream—to escape this harsh life. Can she do it?
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Laurel Ridge novella series
Shattered Dreams – Amazon E-book.
His voice always had been her undoing. Especially in the dark as they were now.
“I bet you didn’t know that the best way to create heat is to run two people together. Remember?” he asked.
“You mean sticks.”
“You do it your way, I’ll do it mine. Let me show you.”
The first novella in a series of seven:
- 7 couples
- 7 conflicts
- 7 stories
- 7 romances
… in a small Georgia community where nothing remains hidden forever.
See entire collection of covers Click on the covers to learn more about each story’s progress.
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Determined Hearts
Determined Hearts – Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble.
Hawk Hunter, a half-Shoshone Indian, left New York at the height of his book-cover modeling career without anyone knowing why. His goal was to re-establish eagles to the Snake River Valley in Idaho, his grandfather’s homeland and he didn’t want the publicity. The only way one travels to Hawk’s mountaintop is by helicopter—with his knowledge. To date no one has been able to get an interview.
Wildlife photojournalist, Jennifer Frost is determined to get the elusive story. If successful, her boss has promised her a desire promotion denied to her thus far. He lies telling her permission has been obtained, not realizing there is bad blood between the two men.
Stuck with Jennifer for two weeks, Hawk is determined to save his eagles and that any story remains on the mountain. Jennifer is determined that she’ll get the story, no matter what. The thing is, just before her arrival, he spotted poachers in the valley. It’s just a matter of time . . .
Both Jennifer and Hawk must compromise and give up something they strongly believe in, but can they? Are they willing to betray the other to meet their individual goals, or will their newfound feelings for each other determine a future that neither had planned?
Screenwriter, author . . .
Diana Stout, MFA, PhD, is an award-winning writer: screenwriter, author, former English professor, and has served as a contest judge for Hollywood organizations and various organizations’ writing contests (fiction, nonfiction, adult, and teens).
Proving Thomas Wolfe wrong, she’s returned to her small hometown where she had started her writing career with a weekly newspaper column, and where she has now developed her production company, Sharpened Pencils Productions.
She enjoys being surrounded by characters, who all clamor that she write their story. She spends her time calming them, listening, and taking notes as they chatter.
See what she’s written and projects she’s developing

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More about this screenwriter and author…

Diana Stout, MFA, Ph.D. is an award-winning writer in multiple genres. She published magazine articles, short stories, poetry, served both as a newspaper and magazine columnist, had several short plays produced, optioned a screenplay, and published three romance novels before returning to school to pursue an academic career as an English professor.

She has taught classes both online and in-seat at Bainbridge Community College, Kellogg Community College, Kalamazoo Valley Community College, Western Michigan University, and Davenport University where she was an Associate Department Chair and Associate Professor.

She has returned to her creative writing roots and writes full time. In her spare time, she enjoys puzzles, reading, and watching movies.