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INTERVIEW: C.S. Hale on ALL BAGS GO TO CLEVELAND

Romantic Comedy Dayna Linton - 8 October 2020

Do you have any tattoos? Where? When did you get it/them? Where are they on your body? I do have tattoos on my feet. Unfortunately they are radiation alignment tattoos. I got the...

INTERVIEW: Lona Manning on SHELLEY AND THE UNKNOWN LADY

Historical Dayna Linton - 6 October 2020

Welcome to Novels Alive! We’re happy to have award-winning author Lona Manning. Thank you for having me! Your novella, Shelley and the Unknown Lady: A novella excerpted from The Mansfield Trilogy is based...

GUEST BLOG: Fact vs. Fiction by Allison B. Hanson

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 2 October 2020

When writing a book, we fiction authors try our best to weave in as many facts as possible to make our story more believable for our readers. We spend a lot of...

GUEST BLOG: RESEARCHING AMERICAN HISTORY by Denise Heinze

Historical Dayna Linton - 2 October 2020

One of my great pleasures as a professor of American literature was to conduct field research. You might know it better as sightseeing. In preparation for classes, I would visit the locales...

INTERVIEW: Science-Fiction Thriller Author, P.D. Alleva on THE ROSE Plus Giveaway

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 1 October 2020

We're pleased as punch to have sci-fi author P.D. Alleva with us today. Any weird things you do when you’re alone? Sing really loud and really bad. I love to sing, unfortunately, there hasn’t...

GUEST BLOG: WANT TO BE A WRITER – IS IT EVER TOO LATE? by Ellen W. Martin

Historical Dayna Linton - 30 September 2020

I’m envious of those individuals who discovered a passion for writing when they were young. My muse didn’t come a knockin’ until the last quarter of my life. That’s not completely true....

GUEST BLOG: Using Paranormal Books As An Escape From The Reality of Our Times by Barb Jones

Paranormal/Supernatural Dayna Linton - 30 September 2020

There’s a lot that can be said about books, in general, to escape the current times we face. But there’s something about paranormal books that give it an edge. Of course, this...

GUEST BLOG: Breaking Barriers in Victorian England by Karen Odden

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 24 September 2020

Before I went to grad school, I had some hazy, romanticized notions about the Victorian era, involving exquisite dresses, delicate teacups, elegant balls, and touches of the hand that were charged with...

THRILLER THURSDAYS WITH: Daniella Bernett

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 24 September 2020

We are thrilled to have author, Daniella Bernett, author of the popular Emmeline Kirby & Gregory Longdon Mysteries with us today to answer our Thriller Thursdays With... Questions. So, without further ado,...

GUEST BLOG: HARDSHIPS OF LIVING IN THE HIGHLANDS by Cynthia Breeding

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 23 September 2020

Oh, Cruel is the snow that sweeps Glen Coe…* Glen Coe, the place where MacDonalds were massacred on orders of King William by the Campbells in 1692, is approximately twenty miles—as the crow...

GUEST BLOG: Unwanted Pregnancies During the Great Depression and Their Role In My Novel THREADS: A DEPRESSION-ERA TALE by Charlotte Whitney

Historical Dayna Linton - 22 September 2020

Although not even a century ago, the 1930s might as well have been a millennium in regards to family planning and birth control. Very little contraception existed, not even pills, IUDs or...

GUEST BLOG: Humor & the Political Campaign by Charlotte Stuart

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 21 September 2020

Writing a humorous mystery using a campaign for Congress is a bit tricky. First, I didn’t want to portray a specific political party in a negative light, even though it’s clear from...