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GUEST BLOG: The Backstory on Lisa Jamison by Lori Duffy Foster Plus Giveaway!

Detective/Sleuths Dayna Linton - 23 March 2021

It was a warm summer evening in Syracuse, NY, made unbearably hot by the flames that consumed the house before me. I had already interviewed the residents, who escaped unharmed, and I...

GUEST BLOG: Write What You Know–Then Give It a Twist by Diane Bator Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 23 March 2021

When I was first starting out, I was given the basic advice made famous by Mark Twain. “Write what you know.” I felt deflated. I didn’t know anything. How was I supposed...

GUEST BLOG: Writing Fish-Out-Of-Water Protagonists by Olivia Matthews

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 22 March 2021

I love fish-out-of-water protagonists. They invite readers to view an environment with a fresh perspective. They inspire other characters to question the status quo. Most importantly, they introduce and acclimate readers into...

GUEST BLOG: Start Now, Or Lose The Opportunity? by Erven Kimble Plus Giveaway!

Christian Dayna Linton - 19 March 2021

Is there something that you are longing to pursue, for His Glory? A calling that you have received from God, and yet hesitating on doing it because of the fear that you...

GUEST BLOG: Creating an Enchanted Library in Destiny Falls by Elizabeth Pantley Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 March 2021

I’ve always loved libraries. There’s just something about the hushed magic they emit that makes me want to lose hours wandering the aisles. My main character in the Destiny Falls Magic and Mystery...

GUEST BLOG: Undercover Life By Emilya Naymark Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 17 March 2021

The number one reason the detective in my debut novel is an NYPD undercover, is because that was my husband’s occupation for four out of his twenty years with the NYPD. If...

GUEST BLOG: Revenge. How Badly Do You Want It? by Nadine Matheson Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 16 March 2021

Revenge is supposed to be sweet and should give the person who has been wronged resolution, peace, and that feeling of floating on air as they walk off into the sunset. In...

GUEST BLOG: How a Contest Critique Set My Story on the Right Course by Ruth A. Casie Plus Giveaway!

Time Travel Dayna Linton - 15 March 2021

While I was developing Knight of Runes, I entered the story in a contest specifically designed for drafts rather than completed stories. Winning the contest (the prize was working with an editor...

INTERVIEW: Author Oby Aligwekwe Plus Giveaway!

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 15 March 2021

Question: What is your favorite ice cream flavor? Answer: Good old vanilla with crushed almonds and strawberry sauce Question: Which mythological creature are you most like? Answer: I’m most like a unicorn. For its wild...

GUEST BLOG: Brooklyn’s Writers: It Must Be Something In the Water by Sid Meltzer Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 11 March 2021

Pittsburgh is known for mass-producing steel. Detroit, for cars. Brooklyn—the setting for my novel, Unwitting Accomplice—mass produces writers. Or seems to, anyway. Woody Allen, Jennifer Egan, Joy Behar, and James McBride all hail from...

GUEST BLOG: Music and Words by Mitchell James Kaplan Plus Giveaway!

Biographical Dayna Linton - 10 March 2021

Not an exhaustive list; just a launching pad. Other ideas? Comments? What They Have in Common: Music and words are both aural phenomena. (At least, for me. I “hear” words when I read.) ...

GUEST BLOG: Cozy Mysteries by Abby Collette Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 10 March 2021

When I tell people I write cozy mysteries, I often get asked what is that? Readers of mystery are used to the darker side of it, the suspense, the violence, and the grittiness...