She is a member of various online and in-person writers groups & organizations and attends conferences regularly. In 2022 she was a co-panelist at the ALA (American Library Association) Annual Conference. In 2019, she co-taught a class at DFWCon (Dallas Fort Worth Writers Conference). And, in 2018, she shared a narrative nonfiction piece in front of 500 strangers at a true storytelling event. As an introvert with a fear of public speaking, this tops her list of Scariest Things She’s Ever Done—and she taught her kid how to drive in Dallas!
"If I woke up one day and discovered aliens stole all the brie, I'd be devastated. Also, I once took the watch off a dead man and gave it to my mother. But I promise, no laws were broken, and that story isn't nearly as bad-ass as it sounds."
Dannie currently lives in the San Antonio, Texas area with her husband.