Meet D. Liebhart

Alright – so today we’ve got the honor of introducing you to D. Liebhart. We think you’ll enjoy our conversation, we’ve shared it below.

Hi D. , really happy you were able to join us today and we’re looking forward to sharing your story and insights with our readers. Let’s start with the heart of it all – purpose. How did you find your purpose?

I’ve always been a writer. I’ve written stories my whole life but I feel like being a nurse and living through my father’s dementia lead me to find what I was supposed to write about. I want to write stories that matter, stories that reflect with the complex reality of being human in the modern world. In my first book, House on Fire, I explored the moral dilemma of being asked to euthanize someone you love. This was deliberately juxtaposed with the current medical system and the circumstance that many critical care nurses and doctors find themselves wherein life is preserved at any cost.

Thanks for sharing that. So, before we get any further into our conversation, can you tell our readers a bit about yourself and what you’re working on?

The story of modern women is far more complex than many stories show. I write novels about strong, intelligent women that reflect real life. We juggle relationships, parenting, and work.. We try to instill values in our children while dealing with an imperfect world. We care for aging parents, sick friends. We are impacted by the world around us. I want my novels to connect with readers on that level. I want readers to see themselves in the situations my characters find themselves in and ask, What would I do?

If you had to pick three qualities that are most important to develop, which three would you say matter most?

I’m hard-working and driven but I think the the characteristic that has been most important for me is a willingness to change, grow, and learn. When you meet a barrier or a challenge, how do you respond? Do you shut down? Do you stop? Or do you face that challenge and grow?

We’ve all got limited resources, time, energy, focus etc – so if you had to choose between going all in on your strengths or working on areas where you aren’t as strong, what would you choose?

I think people should be encouraged to lean into their natural talents. Our culture places a lot of emphasis on sports, acting, and pop music when there are so many other options in life. We over value fame and money and undervalue the things that actually make people happy like human connections and community.

I find people who have unusual passions and have pursued them doggedly interesting. I want to talk to the person who makes art from salvaged junk. I want to talk to the person who has the largest collection of Pez dispensers. My favorite place in the world is the Ideal Palais in France. It’s a basically a small castle built in a guy’s backyard from random stuff he collected on his mail route. It’s magnificent and wasn’t built for other people to appreciate but for himself.

Contact Info:

• Website: https://dliebhart.com/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/d.liebhart.the.writer/
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/d.liebhart.author