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GUEST BLOG: The Colorado Mystique by Kat Martin Plus Giveaway!

Romantic Suspense Dayna Linton - 25 October 2021

Since my new book, THE LAST GOODNIGHT—Kade Logan and Ellie Bowman’s story—is set on a ranch in Colorado, I thought it might be fun to talk about one of my favorite places. There...

GUEST BLOG: The Importance of Opening Lines by M.E. Browning Plus Giveaway!

Crime Thriller Dayna Linton - 25 October 2021

The first chapter of a book is a challenge to write. In days of yore, authors could ease into the story, certain their readers would give them a chapter or two before...

GUEST BLOG: Reflecting on the Real-life Charlotte by Stan Charnofsky Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 22 October 2021

I'm Stan Charnofsky, a former professional athlete and psychologist, and for several years a novelist. My Charlotte series, published by Hawkshaw Press, is about a septuagenarian who lives in a retirement village...

GUEST BLOG: The Out-of-the-Normal Experience That Started My Career as a Novelist by Alison Blasdell Plus Giveaway!

Time Travel Dayna Linton - 21 October 2021

Readers often ask me what inspired me to write my first novel. I always hesitate to answer honestly and begin by saying, "I am a perfectly normal and rational person." That's important...

GUEST BLOG: Writing is a Business by Heather Weidner Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 21 October 2021

Writing is a business. Here are some of the things I’ve learned along my writing journey that I wished I had known at the beginning. If you are going to go the...

GUEST BLOG: The End of Multitasking by Jen Pitts Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 20 October 2021

The term multitasking became a bad word in my house two weeks ago. While talking to my son, thinking of my schedule for the next day, and trying to make dinner, I...

GUEST BLOG: History of Women’s Suffrage by David S. McCracken Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 19 October 2021

Before 1900, only a few women could vote, in, scattered parts of the U.S., mostly in the West. If they were white. Things were more wide open in the newer states but...

GUEST BLOG: Three Different Types of Research I Do by Elizabeth Guizzetti Plus Giveaway!

Paranormal/Supernatural Dayna Linton - 19 October 2021

Thank you to Novels Alive for having me today and letting me discuss researching! Like many authors and readers, I love vampires. One of the questions I get a lot is how I...

GUEST BLOG: Magda Digby—Midwife, Healer, Enigma by Candace Robb Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 October 2021

In the 14th century there were no medical examiners/forensic scientists to assist my sleuth Owen Archer in solving crimes. Available to him would be coroners, physicians or barber-surgeons, midwives, apothecaries. Which is...

GUEST BLOG: The Best Thing I Did For My Writing Career by Gabriella Saab Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 15 October 2021

As writers, if there’s one thing we’re used to, it’s various forms of rejection. Rejections from agents, editors, publishers, bad reviews, being excluded from lists—it happens to all of us. It can...

GUEST BLOG: The Magical Genesis for The Factory Girl and the Fey by Nadine Feldman Plus Giveaway!

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 14 October 2021

My ideas for novels come from a variety of sources. I wrote The Foreign Language of Friends about the loneliness of living in the sprawled-out city of Houston, Texas. What She Knew grew out...

GUEST BLOG: Arachnophobia is Not a Laughing Matter by Maggie Blackburn Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 14 October 2021

When I was researching for the first book in the Beach Reads series, Little Bookshop of Murder, I had already decided that Summer Merriweather would have arachnophobia. So I looked into it....