Guest Blog Archives

GUEST BLOG: Top 5 Female Mystery Authors From the Past by Ellen Butler Plus Giveaway!

Crime Thriller Dayna Linton - 11 September 2021

I grew up an avid reader, and plenty of authors have influenced my writing. While there are oodles of fantastic female mystery authors among the living, such as Rhys Bowen, Susan Elia...

GUEST BLOG: 3 Predictions of the Future According to The Blank Series by Zhanna Hamilton Plus Giveaway!

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 10 September 2021

A cyberpunk science fiction story about a former human turned military spy bot has made a few predictions about the future of humanity. Hi, I’m Zhanna Hamilton, writer of The Blank Series. Keep...

GUEST BLOG: The Hardest Part About Writing Is… by Alexander Mukte Plus Giveaway!

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 6 September 2021

Writing can be a labor of love. Some days, the words come more easily than others. Working through the structure to ensure everything flows well can be tough. However, for me, the...

GUEST BLOG: Is Louise Cypress a real person? by Louise Cypress Plus Giveaway!

Young Adult/Teen Dayna Linton - 6 September 2021

Look online and you'll find Louise Cypress everywhere, but hunt for her birth certificate and you'll never find it. Louise Cypress is the pen name for Jennifer Bardsley, a romance author from the...

GUEST BLOG: How a Glowing Review Inspired Me by Deb Pines Plus Giveaway!

Mystery Dayna Linton - 3 September 2021

What did I do with my best-ever book review? Of course, I cut-and-pasted its pithiest phrase—"AN AGATHA CHRISTIE FOR THE TEXT-MESSAGE AGE,” to use on my book jackets, blurbs, blogs, ads, social media...

GUEST BLOG: The Benefit to Me of National Novel Writing Month by MB Dabney Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 2 September 2021

One of the aspects of being an author who writes on spec is that it plays to one of my weaknesses, perhaps to my greatest weakness—self-discipline. I can set writing goals, and...

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...