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GUEST BLOG: William A. Glass on AS GOOD AS CAN BE

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 30 October 2020

Readers of my novel, As Good As Can Be, usually conclude that it’s autobiographical. Some have asked me why I didn’t write a memoir. The answer is that I tried writing one,...

INTERVIEW: Carrie Hayes on Women’s Equality and NAKED TRUTH

Social Issues Dayna Linton - 28 October 2020

Today on Novels Alive, we are really pumped to have Carrie Hayes, author of the much-acclaimed, Naked Truth: Or Equality, The Forbidden Fruit, on our site to answer questions about feminism, the...

GUEST BLOG: Doing Her Duty – The Travails of a Medieval Queen by Anna Belfrage

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 28 October 2020

In 1254, the fifteen-year-old Prince Edward married the not yet thirteen-year-old Doña Leonor (Eleanor) of Castile. The little bride came with a good pedigree. Not only did she have Fernando III of...

GUEST BLOG: What Would You Do If You Knew the Exact Day You Were Going to Die? by Lauren Sevier

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 28 October 2020

I would make every single moment count. If there was no way to stall or prolong and it was an absolute certainty, I wouldn’t spend any of my time on things that...

GUEST BLOG: Why the Congo Civil War? by M.T. Bass

Action/Adventure Dayna Linton - 27 October 2020

I knew for a while that one of the sequels to My Brother’s Keeper would take place during the 1960s civil war in Congo. I originally intended the second book to be...

INTERVIEW: Janet Wertman on THE BOY KING

Historical Dayna Linton - 21 October 2020

We are delighted to have author, Janet Wertman on Novels Alive today. Thank you so much for joining us. I am excited to interview you regarding your novel, The Boy King, the...

GUEST BLOG: My Inspiration for ABNEY KELLY & THE YULETIDE SHENANIGANS by SamiJo McQuiston

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 19 October 2020

Hi, there! I’m SamiJo McQuiston, author of Abney Kelly & the Yuletide Shenanigans. My inspiration came from two places. First, I wanted to write a main character for girls who were imperfect...

GUEST BLOG: I Swear, The Research Is Half the Fun Or How I Met the Chevalier De Saint-Georgesby Susanne Dunlap

Historical Dayna Linton - 15 October 2020

You’d think that, by the time you get to writing the third book in a historical fiction series, where many of the characters exist and you’ve thoroughly researched the time and place,...

GUEST BLOG: Debra Doxer on Where Butterflies Go

Historical Dayna Linton - 14 October 2020

My daughter is ten years old. She’s the same age as the young girl named Tovah in the book. Even writing this now, knowing what I’m about to say, my throat is...

INTERVIEW: D.M. Barr on SAVING GRACE

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 13 October 2020

Today on Novels Alive, please join us in welcoming thriller and romance author D.M. Barr. What drives your story forward in your books the most, the characters or the plot, or do you feel...

INTERVIEW: Richard Buxton Author of the Shire’s Union Series

War Dayna Linton - 9 October 2020

Please join me in welcoming Award-winning author Richard Buxton today, and thanks so much for joining us! In your book, The Copper Road—Beyond the Promise, the second book in your Shire’s Union series,...

GUEST BLOG: Lona Manning on Percy Shelley and the Unknown Lady

Historical Dayna Linton - 8 October 2020

The very night before London for the continent, a married lady of fashion, young, handsome, rich and nobly connected, called upon him, and avowed that was her ideal of everything...