Maggies Story 3-1 FINAL

Maggie’s Story receives a 5-star review!

A short story available at Amazon and other booksellers.

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?

“A powerful read….This perfectly edited book will resonate with readers who enjoy psychologically revealing prose of the highest level.”

“Simple words…poetic…she builds a bridge between the turn of the last century and modern times, concluding that the hypocrisy of society and the misery of a lonely soul are ageless.”

Finding Your Fire & Keeping It Hot

Finding Your Fire & Keeping It Hot

Amazon Review

5.0 out of 5 stars Rediscover your WHY
“Reading this book equates to working with a life coach…. find your purpose and your WHY…. a for-sure go-to book when I need to regroup while navigating this busy world.”

Available at all booksellers.

David and Goliath

David & Goliath – a screenplay

Mardi Gras, voodoo, nursery rhymes, and a serial killer. He’s trying to forget his past. She needs to remember hers.

Amazon Review

5.0 out of 5 stars “Netflix Worthy”
“This script was compelling from page one. Fast-paced. Intriguing, Had all the bells and whistles for a thrilling crime detective story.”

Available from all booksellers.

#Final #3 Arrested Pleasures - Final - small size for blogs

Arrested Pleasures #3 (a Laurel Ridge Novella)

Amazon eBook

Can Cutter Logan, the bad boy womanizer of Laurel Ridge, ever win the heart of game warden Annie Martin, who’d rather see him in handcuffs?

Cutter Logan has been in love with Annie Martin since when they were kids, but after one disastrous high school date, she wouldn’t go out with him again, keeping him in the friends only category. Now, they play Truth or Dare every time they see each other. At least, they have an honest relationship or so both believe.

Then she discovers a life-changing event that took place early in her life that has turned her life upside down and inside out. Is Cutter really the only one who can help her find the answers she needs?

Is anything true anymore?

Wild Women Reviews (July 5, 2022) gives Arrested Pleasures 7 out of 5 stars!  Arrested Pleasures is a too-short, very fun read that follows the characters and events over the course of 8 to 9 days. Adding to the lush setting of beautiful Laurel Ridge, Georgia, the dialogue and snappy, leading to more than one laugh-out-loud moments. The characters are diverse and well written. The reader can’t help but turn those pages to learn the mystery behind Annie’s origins. Plus, there’s more to look forward to with this series: the story behind the discovery of a 1969 VW beetle at the bottom of the local lake.

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Grendel's Mother - final decision

Grendel’s Mother

An Epic Fantasy  –  Available as eBook, Large Print & regular print from Amazon, Barnes & Noble. and your favorite bookstores.

A 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 him safe from himself and, then later, from others who would do him harm. That child is Grendel, and she is Grendel’s mother.

“A remarkable story, told in narrative style, is gripping for its intensity, savage for its description of her bravery and drive to survive the horrors Nature often brings to one alone and seemingly defenseless. She is intrepid. And inspiring. On a scale of 1-5, Grendel’s Mother deserves a 6.” – Wild Women Reviews

The Super Simple Easy 6

A cookbook…

The Super Simple Basic Easy Cookbook 

Tired of fixing the same old recipes?

Want to try something new?

Something simple?

Super foods, simple steps, easy to fix, using basic ingredients.

For beginning or inexperienced cooks and for those who desire simplicity.

Available from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and other booksellers.

About Diana Stout, MFA, Ph.D.

Diana Stout MFA PhD screenwriter author blogger writing coach
Diana Stout MFA PhD screenwriter author blogger writing coach

An award-winning writer, Diana Stout is a 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). From time to time, she serves as a writing coach, beta reader, and editor.

She travels with a crowd, characters who are constantly clamoring that she write their story, nagging her, saying, “My turn. Write about me. Me, me, me!” She takes notes as they chatter.

So many projects, so little time…

Early in her writing career, she recognized that she wasn’t a one-lane writer. That she enjoyed writing in multiple genres and has since published in various media. Check out the various categories on the Portfolio menu button above or on her Portfolio page.

This website serves as an umbrella for all of her writings, blogs, announcements, and publications.

She’s available to speak to writer’s groups via Zoom. You can view past presentations and teachings by visiting those page links. She loves helping other writers whether it’s about how to better write screenplays, fiction, nonfiction (short or long), grammar and punctuation, or how to strengthen your intuitive powers and how the Universal Laws work.

And then, there is the crowd on the other side who communicate with her on a regular basis. Through self-discovery, she’s learned how to listen to that little voice that is never wrong and guides her through various writing projects. She writes about various mystic and paranormal experiences in her blog, Into the Core.

Diana is equally enthusiastic about history, time travel, great love stories, and mysteries especially when ghosts are involved as she is about non-fiction. A rabid movie fan, she enjoys jigsaw puzzles, feeding the birds, and tending to her small flower bed in the warmer summer months. Having traveled quite a bit in her younger years, shes now content to write full-time and satisfy the needs of the clamoring crowd.

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