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ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
where fear and passion collide
Debora Dale Alt logo
ROMANTIC SUSPENSE
where fear and passion collide
Tell the world, Johnny

Tell the world, Johnny

News

One Little Lie Six years ago, on May 27th, at the height of the MeToo movement, news broke that Johnny Depp’s then-wife arrived, with a bruise on her face, at a courthouse in LA where she requested and obtained a restraining order against him. The press went crazy...
Flash Fiction: A Valentine Surprise

Flash Fiction: A Valentine Surprise

Family life, fiction

The wind howled so loudly, it sounded like a jetliner overhead. But the whipping snow was so blinding she hoped all planes had been grounded during the storm. There were only yards to go to get home now. Yards she counted as she struggled to keep moving. Despite the...
A Bit of Home: Story Inspiration

A Bit of Home: Story Inspiration

Creating Characters

Inspiration for What? Dani Moyer, heroine from my romantic suspense novel, Surrender at Canyon Road, carries a beloved bit of memorabilia with her wherever she goes. This item is an integral part of her world. It’s her past, her present, and her future. It belonged to...
“I will be a legend” – Freddie Mercury

“I will be a legend” – Freddie Mercury

News

Thirty years ago today the world grew a lot darker as AIDS took the life of the brilliant, exuberant and amazingly talented artist, Freddie Mercury. He was funny, energetic, generous, eccentric. He was an animal lover, a poet, a man with an eye for beautiful things....
There won’t be trumpets

There won’t be trumpets

Creating Characters, Plotting, Writing

There are heroes in the world, wrote Stephen Sondheim in the song There Won’t Be Trumpets. Princes and heroes in the world; and one of them will save us…wait and see, wait and see. That hopeful promise was followed by a warning: There won’t be...