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GUEST BLOG: 15 Ways to Remember September by DiAnn Mills Plus Giveaway!

Romantic Suspense Dayna Linton - 2 September 2021

For many of us, September marks the beginning of autumn. Actually, the 22nd is the official first day of fall. This is a month of change, a time to welcome a new...

GUEST BLOG: Where Do Fictional Characters Come From by Joanna FitzPatrick Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 September 2021

As a writer, I forget that my characters are not real. I grieve their losses and I champion their successes, but I don't know where they come from. They just show up...

GUEST BLOG: Inspiration for the Book by Kat Flannery Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 September 2021

Well, I’d never written anything but historical before and so part of the reason I wrote this book was to try something new AND who doesn’t love a good mystery? When I set...

GUEST BLOG: In a Flash by Barbara Venkataraman Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 September 2021

Ah, flash fiction, it's a beautiful thing. Don't believe me? Try telling a story in just six words and include character, setting, plot, conflict, and theme. Impossible, you say? Hemingway did it...

GUEST BLOG: Who Do You Think You Are? by JoAnn Ross Plus Giveaway!

Sibling Fiction Dayna Linton - 31 August 2021

That was the title of one of my favorite Emmy-winning television shows produced by Lisa Kudrow and Dan Bucatinsky. In it, each week, a different celebrity would go on a search to...

GUEST BLOG: How I Met Mrs. Pringle by Jillianne Hamilton Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 30 August 2021

I first met my heroine, Cora Pringle, a few years ago in a very roundabout and random way. In my new novel, The Spirited Mrs. Pringle, Cora is an adept mountaineer when it...

GUEST BLOG: When Book Research Becomes Personal by Amber Garza Plus Giveaway!

Psychological Thriller Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

My nineteen-year-old daughter and I are very close. When she was little, I worried that wouldn’t always be the case. I’d heard horror stories from other moms about their teenage daughters pulling...

GUEST BLOG: Cleaning Up by Mary Marks Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

Have you ever had to dispose of someone’s belongings after they died? In the third book of the Quilting Mystery series, Gone but Knot Forgotten, Martha Rose becomes executor of someone’s estate...

GUEST BLOG: A Successful Reading Experience by Elaine Faber Plus Giveaway!

Mystery Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

A reader spends four to six hours, immersed in reading a book. She travels alongside the main character, or if the writer is talented enough, the reader feels she ‘becomes’ the main...

GUEST BLOG: Writing Historical Fiction: No Guessing Included by Kathryn Elizabeth Jones Plus Giveaway!

Christian Dayna Linton - 23 August 2021

Research is important, especially when it comes to historical fiction. I have a stack of papers about 3-inches high on my desk to prove it. And books. And a few website sticky...

GUEST BLOG: Silence and the Phony War by Kate Parker Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 20 August 2021

Can you imagine in today’s world of constant internet, the 24-hour news cycle, and celebrity tell-alls, keeping a secret? Not only a secret but a series of secrets? And all of these...

GUEST BLOG: Why Travel Cozy Mysteries? by Jennifer S. Alderson Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 19 August 2021

Traveling to new places and learning about other cultures and customs is what I love to do most. All of my mysteries and thrillers are strong in setting because I want to...