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GUEST BLOG: 10 Things Most People Don’t Know About Me by Nicole Black Plus Giveaway!

Women's Fiction Dayna Linton - 20 April 2021

Los Angeles is my original home and a place I love because of all the culture and diversity. Most of the time, the traffic there doesn’t bother me. I am a...

GUEST BLOG: Where Did I Come Up With This? by Jack Casey Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 20 April 2021

As a kid, I walked the banks of the Hudson wondering why there were so many empty warehouses. My friends called our hometown, Troy, NY, “the armpit of the world.” It had...

INTERVIEW: Colleen Coble on THREE MISSING DAYS Plus Giveaway!

Romantic Suspense Dayna Linton - 19 April 2021

Today, we welcome USA Today Bestselling author, Colleen Coble to Novels Alive to answer some quick interview questions. Welcome, Colleen! Where are you right now (LV, DR, Bathroom) and what are you wearing? You...

GUEST BLOG: How To Create a Believable Fantasy World by Geoffrey Saign Plus Giveaway!

Young Adult/Teen Dayna Linton - 16 April 2021

Fantasy has to have rules, make sense to the reader, and be believable within the world where it occurs. For instance, you can’t have a sudden change in magic (unless it was...

GUEST BLOG: What Inspired Me To Write My Book by Angela Harris Plus Giveaway!

Self-Help Dayna Linton - 14 April 2021

I wanted to give individuals a clear, simple, holistic, insight, pure connection of articulation on how we have been given all that we need in order for Whole Body Heath and Wellness...

INTERVIEW: Cozy Mystery Author Tracey Drew Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 14 April 2021

Today we welcome cozy mystery author, Tracey Drew! Thanks for joining us. What drives your story forward in your books the most, the characters or the plot, or do you feel they are...

GUEST BLOG: Character Growth By Maggie Toussaint Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 13 April 2021

While some authors of series mysteries prefer for their sleuths to remain the same person in each different situation, I’m in the camp that enjoys having my sleuth grow in every story....

GUEST BLOG: Where Do I Get My Ideas? by Lyn Farrell Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 12 April 2021

When you’ve written a number of books, people always ask you, “Where on earth do you get all your ideas?” Agatha Christie, the grande dame of mystery fiction, was once asked the...

GUEST BLOG: Stepping Out of Our Comfort Zone by Debra Sennefelder Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 9 April 2021

Stepping out of your comfort zone isn’t an easy thing to do for us or for fictional characters. In THE CORPSE WHO KNEW TOO MUCH, Hope Early does something that is way...

GUEST BLOG: South Florida: Always a Beautiful Day for a Murder by Joan Lipinsky Cochran Plus Giveaway!

Detective/Sleuths Dayna Linton - 8 April 2021

Between the looniness of its residents and the beauty of its beaches and River of Grass, South Florida seems to be the ideal setting for a murder mystery. Witness the man-eating alligators...

GUEST BLOG: Nine Things as Cozy as a Cozy: Hygge for All Time by Susan McCormick Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 7 April 2021

You might think, with the warm weather approaching, that the time for cozy is over. Rest assured, the time for cozy is seasonless, meaning that any time you are ready for that...

GUEST BLOG: The True Story of Consuelo Vanderbilt Inspired My New Historical Romance, The Test of Gold by Renee Yancy Plus Giveaway!

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 5 April 2021

Consuelo was a "Dollar Princess," the nickname coined for heiresses in the late 20th century who possessed multi-million dollar dowries and married cash-poor British and French aristocrats. The Gilded Age occurred after the...