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Author Biography

Diane is a published author and podcaster whose career has offered up a bountiful buffet of opportunities in industries as diverse as media, education, entertainment, and fitness, leading to incredible feats of multi-tasking. This explains her unique ability to speak loudly, grade essays, and deliver a punchline as she assumes the plank position for one minute and 22 seconds.

Essays / Humor Columns

(The Union newspaper columnist for 25+ years)

All Is Not Lost

In(to) a Pickle

I’ve Got Some Nerve

The Honey Maybe List

The Superpower That’s Not So Super

Ready, Set, (Don’t) Crunch!

How Life is Like Meatloaf

The Cat and the Squirrel…an unusual love story

Let’s All Do the Wave

A Simpler Time for Simpler Folk 

Proning the Accident

‘Tis the Season for Foofy Drinks

No iPhone iSwear

Warmth For All 

Going Home  

(Middle-Pause)🆕

Non-Expletives We Blurted Out BEFORE Cussing Went Mainstream

Held Prisoner By My Sports Bra

(Crow’s Feet: Life As We Age)🆕

Spun Out

Mimi is a Potato Head

(The Haven…A Place to Be Funny Without Being a Jerk)🆕

In(to) a Pickle

If It Please the Court…

(Seniors Guide)

Hair’s the Thing

I’ve Got Some Nerve

(Lifestyles After 50)

My Superpower is to Make Any Situation (Even More) Awkward

(Little Old Lady Comedy)

Tissue Legacy

(University of Dayton Erma Bombeck Writer’s Workshop)

And They Call It Puppy Love

We Met at a Bar…an American Love Story

Sunflower Daycare

Bed Spray

(Sweat Pants & Coffee)

Two Weeks: A Reflection 

(Medium)

Multiple Articles

(Muck Rack)

Multiple Articles

Featured Author

Book Reviews & Interviews

Book Reader Magazine

The Union newspaper (2018)

The Union newspaper (2022)

Feature Articles

California CPA magazine A Call to Action (Published by California CPA magazine)

Get Your Blogger Gears Going (Published by Bigger Law Firm magazine)

Link to The New Paradigm of Classic Content Marketing (Published by Bigger Law Firm magazine)

LinkedIn Newsletter

MS. WRITENOW (LinkedIn)

The Dance

If It Please the Court

Hair’s the Thing

Spun Out

Stubborn Stock

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▶️YouTube🔴 BANGS ‘N’ BOTOX: Women Who Wear Aging Well podcast

From the Vault

(The San Francisco Chronicle)

In the Teeth of the Evidence 

(The Union)

MATERNAL MEANDERINGS First Published Book Earns National Praise