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GUEST BLOG: The Benefit to Me of National Novel Writing Month by MB Dabney Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 2 September 2021

One of the aspects of being an author who writes on spec is that it plays to one of my weaknesses, perhaps to my greatest weakness—self-discipline. I can set writing goals, and...

GUEST BLOG: 15 Ways to Remember September by DiAnn Mills Plus Giveaway!

Romantic Suspense Dayna Linton - 2 September 2021

For many of us, September marks the beginning of autumn. Actually, the 22nd is the official first day of fall. This is a month of change, a time to welcome a new...

GUEST BLOG: Where Do Fictional Characters Come From by Joanna FitzPatrick Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 September 2021

As a writer, I forget that my characters are not real. I grieve their losses and I champion their successes, but I don't know where they come from. They just show up...

GUEST BLOG: Inspiration for the Book by Kat Flannery Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 September 2021

Well, I’d never written anything but historical before and so part of the reason I wrote this book was to try something new AND who doesn’t love a good mystery? When I set...

GUEST BLOG: In a Flash by Barbara Venkataraman Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 September 2021

Ah, flash fiction, it's a beautiful thing. Don't believe me? Try telling a story in just six words and include character, setting, plot, conflict, and theme. Impossible, you say? Hemingway did it...

GUEST BLOG: Who Do You Think You Are? by JoAnn Ross Plus Giveaway!

Sibling Fiction Dayna Linton - 31 August 2021

That was the title of one of my favorite Emmy-winning television shows produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky. In it, each week, a different celebrity would go on a search to...

GUEST BLOG: Advice to New Writers by Dennis Woods Plus Giveaway!

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 31 August 2021

Advice to new writers concerning a start point when developing a lesson learned manuscript. In most writing projects, an outline is often the start point. When it comes to life lessons learned, though,...

GUEST BLOG: How I Met Mrs. Pringle by Jillianne Hamilton Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 30 August 2021

I first met my heroine, Cora Pringle, a few years ago in a very roundabout and random way. In my new novel, The Spirited Mrs. Pringle, Cora is an adept mountaineer when it...

OPINION: 7 Best Books to Carry While Traveling by Lindsay Johnson

Opinion Dayna Linton - 26 August 2021

I still remember the day when I was traveling for the first time to New York, America. It is a long 24 hours flight from my country. And the anxiety due to...

INTERVIEW: With Husband and Wife Team Cozy Author, J.C. Eaton Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 25 August 2021

Today we welcome the husband and wife writing team who make up the author J.C. Eaton to Novels Alive. What drives your story forward in your books the most, the characters or the...

GUEST BLOG: When Book Research Becomes Personal by Amber Garza Plus Giveaway!

Psychological Thriller Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

My nineteen-year-old daughter and I are very close. When she was little, I worried that wouldn’t always be the case. I’d heard horror stories from other moms about their teenage daughters pulling...

GUEST BLOG: Cleaning Up by Mary Marks Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

Have you ever had to dispose of someone’s belongings after they died? In the third book of the Quilting Mystery series, Gone but Knot Forgotten, Martha Rose becomes executor of someone’s estate...