Welcome to my realm on the world-wide web. I am Diane McGyver. I write traditional fantasy stories about home, true love, magic, castles, dwarfs, hauflins, elves and dragons.

I write a blog to share insight into the way I create my characters and my worlds, the Land of Ath-o’Lea and Knavesmire. I also share snippets of my characters’ lives in these worlds, news about book launches and sales, hiking, gardening and my favourite recipes.

NEW: Romance Collection: That’s what I’m calling the collection of novels I’m releasing over the next year or two. They were written over the past ten years but not released. Romance is often not the main theme of the book, but it’s in each one in some measure.

The first book, Northern Survival, was released in September 2020. The second, the Salvation of Mary Lola Barnes, was released October 27th. What’s after that? A December Knight.

Interested in reading one of my books?

You’ll find more information about the books and links to buy them on one of three pages (see the menu above): Romance Collection, Castle Keepers Series and Mystical Series.

Current Status

What is consuming my time in February 2021?

1. What am I promoting? For the next four weeks, I’m not promoting one specific book.
2. What am I writing? Book 2 in the Mystical series, Within the Myst. I’ve written just over 30,000 words so far. I posted the first scene in its raw form to the book’s page. Read it here: Within the Myst. It’s easy to keep track of the word count: it’s in the right-hand margin.
3. What am I editing/revising? I won’t be editing or revising a story this month. Instead, I’m working on a really cool designing project I can’t talk about right now. It feeds my curiosity and thirst for knowledge.

Keep up-to-date on all these activities as I post regular updates on my blog page.

2012 to 2021