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GUEST BLOG: How I Handled Research for the Book by Sverrir Sigurdsson

Biography/Memoir Dayna Linton - 23 November 2020

A memoirist is supposed to depend mostly on his memory. For me, though, I wanted my memoir to reflect not just my life but also the heart and soul of my country. ...

GUEST BLOG: Imitation and Identity by Elizabeth Rasche

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 19 November 2020

Writers are so often advised to “write the sort of book you love to read.” As a Jane Austen fan, I have often wished she had lived to write more books. It...

GUEST BLOG: Pretending to Be Who We Aren’t Online and Its Consequences by Grace Chen

Young Adult/Teen Dayna Linton - 18 November 2020

If you could lie and get away with it, would you? What if it were a harmless lie? A white lie that wasn’t meant to hurt anyone? People lie all the time....

GUEST BLOG: Researching Ideas by AnneMarie Brear

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 17 November 2020

Primary sources, I feel, are a writer's best friend, especially for a historical writer as I am. When researching it is not always possible to visit your chosen setting, but if you can...

GUEST BLOG: Are Dark Buried Secrets Ever Truly Buried? by Tina deBellegarde

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 13 November 2020

All stories are driven by a secret. A personal one, a criminal one, a salacious one, it doesn’t matter. Because our lives are full of secrets. Some are innocuous, but some are...

GUEST POST: The Anti-Hollywood Movie Version of THE VENTURI EFFECT by Sage Webb

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 12 November 2020

Books and movies often go hand in hand, right? Bestsellers may turn into blockbuster movies: The Great Gatsby, The Lord of the Rings, Jurassic Park. . . . But I thought for...

GUEST BLOG: Unlikely, Unexpected Partners: Writing Corey and Abe In INSIDE PASSAGE by Burt Weissbourd

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 10 November 2020

After serving 22 months for drug smuggling, a crime she didn’t commit, Corey Logan is finally released from a Federal Correctional Institution. All she wants now is to get her teenaged son...

INTERVIEW: Victoria Sportelli On Her Book LADY MARGARET’S ESCAPE

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 9 November 2020

Today at Novels Alive, we welcome live-long Anglophile and author of Lady Margaret’s Escape, Victoria Sportelli, to our site. On your biography on your website, you mention that you “fell in love with...

INTERVIEW: Carolyn Arnold on WHAT WE BURY

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 4 November 2020

We are so excited to welcome international bestselling author Carolyn Arnold to Novels Alive today! What inspired you to write What We Bury? Detective Madison Knight came to me years ago and demanded that...

GUEST BLOG: Brooklyn James on JUST SHELBY

Young Adult/Teen Dayna Linton - 2 November 2020

As an author/singer-songwriter who draws as much inspiration from songs in book writing as I do from books in songwriting, I think book playlists are the greatest thing since self-publishing. Ten years ago...

GUEST BLOG: FALLING TEMPERATURES BRING FALLING PRICES ON MY BOOKS! by Rita Herron

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 1 November 2020

Fall always brings the beautiful colorful changes of the leaves, cooler weather, cozy warm fireplaces, and the excitement of the holidays! Although the pandemic has created social distancing and kept us at...

INTERVIEW: Debra Doxer on WHERE BUTTERFLIES GO

Historical Dayna Linton - 30 October 2020

I am so humbled and pleased to have author Debra Doxer with us today on Novels Alive. I’m so happy to be here! Where Butterflies Go is based on your great-aunt’s life, were you...