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INTERVIEW: With Historical Romance Author Rachel Brimble Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 18 October 2021

Today we welcome historical fiction and romance writer, Rachel Brimble to Novels Alive. What drives your story forward in your books the most, the characters or the plot, or do you feel...

GUEST BLOG: Magda Digby—Midwife, Healer, Enigma by Candace Robb Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 October 2021

In the 14th century there were no medical examiners/forensic scientists to assist my sleuth Owen Archer in solving crimes. Available to him would be coroners, physicians or barber-surgeons, midwives, apothecaries. Which is...

GUEST BLOG: The Best Thing I Did For My Writing Career by Gabriella Saab Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 15 October 2021

As writers, if there’s one thing we’re used to, it’s various forms of rejection. Rejections from agents, editors, publishers, bad reviews, being excluded from lists—it happens to all of us. It can...

GUEST BLOG: The Magical Genesis for The Factory Girl and the Fey by Nadine Feldman Plus Giveaway!

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 14 October 2021

My ideas for novels come from a variety of sources. I wrote The Foreign Language of Friends about the loneliness of living in the sprawled-out city of Houston, Texas. What She Knew grew out...

GUEST BLOG: Arachnophobia is Not a Laughing Matter by Maggie Blackburn Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 14 October 2021

When I was researching for the first book in the Beach Reads series, Little Bookshop of Murder, I had already decided that Summer Merriweather would have arachnophobia. So I looked into it....

GUEST BLOG: How to Create Tension in a Mystery or Thriller by Emily C. Whitson Plus Giveaway!

Crime Thriller Dayna Linton - 13 October 2021

A story, at its most basic, is about a character overcoming obstacles to reach a goal. The obstacles are what create tension. It makes us uncomfortable, but it also keeps things interesting....

GUEST BLOG: The Prodigy from Brussels Who Became the Father of Modern Anatomy by Ron Blumenfeld Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 12 October 2021

Andreas Vesalius (1514-1564), a brash 28-year-old professor at the University of Padua medical school, published a textbook of anatomy unlike any that had come before—revolutionary for its careful detail, exquisite illustrations, and...

GUEST BLOG: My Writing Journal by Lena Gregory Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 12 October 2021

When my youngest son, who is now ten, was born, he didn’t sleep through the night. Since my daughter was seven before she started sleeping through the night, I figured I was...

INTERVIEW: With Sci-Fi Author Hieronymus Hawkes Plus Giveaway!

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 11 October 2021

Today we welcome science fiction writer, Hieronymus Hawkes to Novels Alive to answer our questions. What drives your story forward in your books the most, the characters or the plot, or do you...

GUEST BLOG: A Romantic Dentist by Rachel Fordham Plus Giveaway!

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 11 October 2021

Every book has a unique origin story. Sometimes a news article sparks an idea or an idea pops up while traveling to a new place. As an author, I love these moments...

GUEST BLOG: How One Woman Overcame Pandemics, Mental Illness, Sexism, War, and Napoleon to Build a Champagne Empire by Rebecca Rosenberg Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 8 October 2021

For centuries, women have faced the devastation of pandemics and roadblocks of sexist laws. Yet, one of them, the audacious and determined Barbe-Nicole Clicquot, found a way to build a champagne empire...

INTERVIEW: Intrigue Author K.D. Richards Plus Giveaway!

Romantic Suspense Dayna Linton - 8 October 2021

Today we welcome Harlequin Intrigue author, K.D. Richards. Welcome, K.D.! What drives your story forward in your books the most, the characters or the plot, or do you feel they are intertwined? I think plot...