DiAne Gates

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About DiAne Gates
Texas writer, DiAne Gates, illustrates and writes fiction for children and YA, and serious non-fiction for the folks. Her passion is calling the Church’s attention to how far we’ve catapulted from God’s order as evidenced by her blog Moving the Ancient Boundaries, http://dianegates.wordpress.com/.
Photographer, artist, and writer DiAne had the opportunity to be in the rodeo arena, feel the sting of Texas turf in her face and across her camera lens, giving birth to her western rodeo adventure series, released by Prism Book Group in August of 2015, ROPED. Available at http://www.amazon.com/Roped-DiAne-Gates/dp/1516890752. The second book, TWISTED, was released by Pelican Book Group July 14, 2017. And the third book in this series, UNRAVELED, is a WIP.
October, 2019, DiAne released the first book of her new series THE MASTER'S PLAN: REVEALED THROUGH CREATION, on Amazon's KDP. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1089395272. 2020 saw the release of the second book in this series, THE MASTER'S PLAN REVEALED THROUGH GOD'S WORD and a color book THE MANY COLORS OF THE MASTER'S PLAN. The third book in the series THE MASTER'S PLAN REVEALED THROUGH GOD'S SON is a WIP.
December, 2020 saw the release of DiAne's third series THE TROUBLE WITH ARNOLD. Arnold has trouble staying out of trouble. He has a smart mouth, is lazy, and loves to have fun. Great teaching tool for your little ones. www.amazon.com/dp/B08QRYXRR6.
DiAne leads LifeSavers, an adult edit group for North Texas Christian Writers. In addition to her key blog site, MOVING THE ANCIENT BOUNDARIES, she also writes a blog entitled THE SOUTHERN SIDE OF FLAVOR, where DiAne shares family recipes and many tricks to cutting calories while retaining a massive injection of southern and southwest flavor. She also facilitates GriefShare, an international support ministry for those who’ve lost loved ones.
Wife, mother, and Mimi, whose passion is to share those hard life lessons God allows in our lives.
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ENDORSEMENTS FOR ROPED
“Roped has much more tension and suspense per page than any book, adult or otherwise, I’ve read in years. Like the serial books I loved as a young person, Roped leaves you panting for the next installment. Entertaining, exciting, and colorful, the descriptions, particularly of the villainous Ed Fairgate after Buster’s demise, helps you remember why books were always better than movies. So much more show than tell. Crissy’s temper is a major theme. Her growth comes at a high price, but she does her folks proud and wins big. And teaches Christian values. Love certain phrases like, “Shame sifted over me like pollen in the springtime.” Judy Madsen Johnson, Author of Joy Cometh in the Morning, the Joy Postle Blackstone Story and Stories from the Front Lines, the Battle Against Abortion, judymadsenjohnson.com
“I read the novel Roped by DiAne Gates, because I was curious to see what kind of work she could produce, having been a writer alongside her for a few years. I was not excited about it because I do not generally like or read fiction. However, I want to say I found it truly a page-turner and I actually enjoyed it very much. I read it in one day, although I had many other things I should have been doing. I found myself, a Granny, quite anxious to know what happened to each character and felt a sense of satisfaction at the end of each episode, coupled with a sense of time passing while I wasn’t reading, something I’ve only before experienced while reading Frank Peretti . DiAne has written a great book for young adults, one that will engage them, I feel sure, and also will inspire teens to do the right thing, a lesson that is much needed in this day. I cannot emphasize my surprise at liking a piece of fiction. To me this says more than any other words I could say. I am glad I read it and look forward to the next in the series. Brava, DiAne!” Katharine Trauger, The Conquering Mom.com, katharinetrauger.wordpress.com
TWISTED, continues the journey of the Crosby and Fairgate families. Will these two Texas teens finally overcome the past and discover the future God has planned, or will they forever be trapped by the crimes of their fathers?
If you haven't read Book One, pick up Roped today: https://www.amazon.com/Roped-DiAne-Gates-ebook/dp/B0147NL6KS
What People are Saying about TWISTED
Crissy Crosby is back, and she’s growing up.
TWISTED, the second book in the Roped series by DiAne Gates, begins with a bang and never slows down. Barely a week after Crissy defeats arch-rival Jodie Lee Fairgate in the rodeo arena, taking home the coveted Best All Round belt buckle, trouble with the Fairgates is popping like fireworks in a dry hay field. Not only Crissy, but also Mama and Daddy, her best friend Chun, and even her beloved Papa are caught up in the intrigue. Through it all, young readers watch Crissy learn first-hand about the real world: how deceptive appearances can be, how quickly events can turn from troublesome to dangerous, how hard it is for people to change and how healing it can be to forgive them when they do. Readers also see her grow in more subtle ways, finding a more mature relationship with her heavenly Father and learning to trust the One who will never deceive her, will protect her in any events she will ever encounter, will be her real strength for change, will always forgive her.
Author DiAne Gates is determined to meet her audience in the world they live in. She is known for creating characters her readers recognize, for telling her stories at a pace that holds their attention, and for building her fiction on the foundation of biblical Truth. Twisted attests to her success in each of those areas.
Kathleen Brown
Author of A Time for Miracles—Finding Your Way through the Wilderness of Alzheimer’s
Ms. Gates’ heart pounding suspense delivered in her latest YA Novel, TWISTED, will hold the reader captive until the final adrenaline-charged page.
Victoria Pitts Caine, bestselling inspirational fiction novelist.
TWISTED will twist around your mind so hard you can’t put it down and don’t want it to let loose, even after the last page. Amazing descriptions and action-packed scenes brings the reader to the edge of the drama and dangles them in delightful suspense.
Julie B Cosgrove, award-winning author of the Bunco Biddies Mysteries
TWISTED, the second book in The Roped Series, is fitly titled. It kept my attention and curiosity from beginning to end. DiAne Gates does a masterful job of developing the personality of all of the characters. The message of Twisted is one that needs to be heard and is suited for everyone from young adults to the young at heart.
Jim Haines | Minister for Adult 3 and Adult 4, First Baptist Dallas
"What a lesson to be learned by a spunky young heroine. You have to love Crissy! Picking right up from Roped, TWISTED will keep you turning pages!"
Caryl McAdoo, Christian author of the Texas Romance family saga & more
DiAne Gates has done it again! She tells a riveting story of love and hate, family gru