Donna Glaser

60, Female

United States

Profile Information:

Hometown:
Kenosha, WI
About Me:
I am a psychotherapist and mystery writer. I live in a small town in northern Wisconsin with my husband, two children and assorted animals. I love the idea of this community!

I operated a private Christian counseling practice out of a church in a small town near where I live. Loved doing that, but came to a point where I needed a bit of a break and decided to pursue my writing.

I also help my husband run his construction company so between that and the children I manage to keep pretty busy.

I have a completed mystery called "The Twelfth Step" that has been taken on by an agent- Janet Benrey of Benrey Literary Agency- and am about half way through the first draft of the sequel. I hope to begin re-writes on Twisted Truths by mid-summer. I was very excited when The Twelfth Step progressed to Finalist stage in the Malice Domestic/St. Martin's contest for this year. I hope to keep the momentum going with that ms. Wish me luck!
Website:
http://www.donnaglaser.biz
Books And Authors I Like:
Lois Greiman, Roderick Anscombe, Sandra Parshall, Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Janet Evanovich, JA Konrath, Robert W. Walker, Sue Grafton, Jonathan Kellerman, Sephen White, Donald Harstad, Michael Connelly, William Kent Krueger, Julia Spencer-Fleming
and ...The Bible
Movies And TV Shows I Like:
House, The Deadliest Catch, Criminal Minds, American Idol (I confess), The Closer

Comment Wall:

  • Jack Getze

    So how do you feel, Donna?

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Donna Glaser

    Just be glad I don't ask about the big fish!

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Brian Thornton

    Hi Donna- thanks for adding me. I'm not touching the inherent symbolism apparent in that big fish.

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Laura Benedict

    Hi, Donna. So nice to meet you!

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Nancy Martin

    A pscyhotherapist *and* a mystery writer. There's a joke in there somewhere....

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Christa M. Miller

    Thanks for friending me, Donna. How old are your kids? Mine are 3 1/2 years and 4 months.

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Pat Mullan

    Hello Donna,

    Never had the pleasure of visiting Wisconsin... but I never say never ...
    Slan, Pat.

    Mar 27, 2007

  • Elizabeth Dearborn

    Hi Donna, thanx for friending me! It's nice to meet you.

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Mark Troy

    Hi Donna,

    Great to meet you. I'm looking forward to getting acquainted.

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Sheila Connolly

    Hi, Donna--Thanks for the add. I think we're on some of the same loops. And great headshot--I'm jealous.

    Sheila

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Julie Campbell

    Thanks for the friending. The first chapter of The Twelfth Step hooked me. What a great idea, hanging a murder story on that dreaded 4th Step. Can't wait to read the whole thing.

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Dennis Leppanen

    Hi Donna,

    Thanks for the invite. Northern Wisconsin? I have a cabin in the U.P.---ever been there? I spend summers there, writing the next major since novel since Anatomy of a Murder.

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Jeff Sherratt

    Hi Donna…Good luck with your book, "The Twelfth Step." I'm from Southern California, only been to Wisconsin a couple of times...burrrr....Thanks for adding me to your list.

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Tony Burton

    Hi, Donna-- thanks for the add. As for Wisconsin, my wife is from northern Wisconsin, and we met and married in Duluth, MN. We live in my native state of Georgia, now, but I can still remember my glasses freezing to my nose in winter one night. Brrrrr!

    Mar 28, 2007

  • Lourdes Fernandez

    Thanks for the invite, Donna. I lived in Milwaukee for a little bit -- love Wisconsin! Your novels sound very intriguing.

    Mar 29, 2007

  • Christa M. Miller

    Donna, sounds like our kids are the same number of years apart. It's nice to meet you!

    Apr 2, 2007

  • Larry W. Chavis

    Donna,
    I'm belatedly catching up with the folks who have dropped by my page. Thanks for stopping in. Many good wishes for your works-in-progress. Some of your favorite authors fall on my list, too ... especially the last.

    Apr 7, 2007

  • LC Fraser

    Hi Donna, thanks for the invite.

    Apr 10, 2007

  • Patricia

    Hi Donna...thanks for the invite

    Apr 11, 2007

  • Mary Saums

    Hi, Donna - congratulations on making finalist in the Malice contest! That's some heavy competition. Hope to see you at a Malice soon.

    Apr 11, 2007

  • Donna Glaser

    I can't wait for Malice! I'm in count-down for the trip.

    Apr 14, 2007

  • Michael W. Sherer

    My family has been going to a compund in Marinette County since the '30s. I set part of my latest mystery there. Great part of the country.

    Apr 14, 2007

  • Donna Glaser

    Marinette is beautiful! And it looks like we might even discovre Spring this year!

    Apr 15, 2007

  • Sarah Baker

    Donna, I'm no where near Wisconsin, but I appreciate the friend invitation. ~~Sarah

    Apr 15, 2007

  • Chris Redding

    Thenk for friending me. I can't decided what pic I want so I ended up with this.
    Good luck with the agent.

    Apr 26, 2007

  • Jordan Dane

    I used to live in Madison WI. Loved it. The northern part of WI is especially beautiful!! Thanks for the request and best wishes on your writer's journey.

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Charles Kelly

    Hi, Donna. Thanks for inviting me to hang out with you on crimespace!

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Jane Hill

    Hi Donna... another House and American Idol fan! (No shame in the latter, honestly). The Twelfth Step is such a brilliant title - hope to read it someday. Thanks for friending me.

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Delphine Cingal

    Thanks for the invite.
    Hi from France!

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Lesa Holstine

    Hi Donna!

    Thanks for the invitation, and good luck with you book. I hope you find a publisher soon.

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Anthony Maude

    hanks Donna for the invite. Hope to get to know you better

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Bill Kirton

    Hi Donna, Good to be a friend. One of the great things about belonging to crime writing communities is how people who ought to be competitors are always generous with help, encouragement and all the rest. Good luck with the agent and the works (completed and in progress).

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Nury Vittachi

    Thanks for the invitation, Donna. I'm also a crime novelist and a Christian - it's kind of an odd mix, isn't it? Crime writers are assumed to walk on the dark side, whereas Christians tend to be light, upbeat folk who focus on the positive.

    However, I find that the two sides are not as irreconcilable as people thing. I think in the big picture, all crime stories have the same plot: chaos intrudes into the world, and a protagonist has to chase it out. To me, that's a very positive story...

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Yang-May Ooi

    Thanks for the invite, Donna. Congratulations on the book and good luck with the sequel!

    Apr 30, 2007

  • CT

    Thanks for your invitation Donna. Good luck with your writing.

    Apr 30, 2007

  • Brian Kavanagh

    Hi Donna, good luck with The Twelfth Step & the sequel.
    Cheers,
    Brian

    May 2, 2007

  • Héliette Ossant

    Thank you Donna for inviting me. Good luck for your book ! Greetings from Paris, France.

    May 2, 2007

  • david boggis

    Hi, Donna,

    Greetings from a Brit living in France who knows (a bit) and loves (a lot) the US. Currently struggling with a French translation of a mystery story I completed last year, tying in a mysterious death on today's Breton coast with Resistance skulduggery in 1944.

    May 6, 2007

  • Chris Redding

    Thanks for friending me.
    Nury, I think it is only the public's perception of crime writers as walking on the dark side.
    I've met Lisa Gardner and Tess Gerritsen and you wouldn't look twice at them in the grocery store. No evil vibes coming off either of them.
    cmr

    May 29, 2007