The home of D. D. Barrowes and Dorcas Diehl where literary stories and thoughtful devotional writing invite you to slow down, look closer, and stay awhile.
D. D. Barrowes is a writer whose work grows from the things that make us human — relationships, faith, uncertainty, loss, hope, and the quiet moments that can change the course of a life.
She writes literary fiction as D. D. Barrowes and devotional work as Dorcas Diehl. The two names represent two bodies of work, but there is one writer behind them — one life, one searching heart, and one belief in the power of words to meet a reader where they are.
After thirty years in business, a layoff opened a door she had been too busy to walk through. She recognized it for what it was and stepped through gratefully. Since then, she has written full-time.
She writes because a story can sometimes give us something we did not know we needed: a breath of peace, a flicker of hope, or the quiet reassurance that someone understands.
Two names. Two bodies of work. One writer.
A growing collection of literary fiction and devotional writing from D. D. Barrowes and Dorcas Diehl.
Two names, two distinct bodies of work, brought together under one home: River Room Press.
One Minute In The Word offers a gentle yearlong journey through the whole Bible, one page and about one minute at a time.
I picked this up expecting a corporate thriller and honestly wasn’t sure it would be my thing. Turns out I couldn’t put it down. What made it work for me wasn’t the corporate stuff itself, but the feeling that everyone was hiding something and nobody was saying exactly what they meant.
Book Reviewer
This book gave me the same feeling as watching a train slowly heading toward disaster while everyone pretends everything is fine. It’s tense without being flashy. If you’ve ever worked in a place where people cared more about appearances than reality, this book will hit differently.
Verified Reader
Not my usual genre, but I’m glad I gave it a shot. I expected action.
Instead, I got a story about power, manipulation, and the weird ways organizations protect themselves. The tension builds slowly, but once it gets going, it’s hard to stop reading.
Verified Reader
This book completely caught me off guard. I thought it would be a story about friendship, and it is, but it’s also about comparison, insecurity, jealousy, and all those emotions we don’t like admitting to. I saw parts of myself in both women.
That was uncomfortable at times, but that’s exactly why I loved it.
Verified Reader
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