Guest Blog Archives

GUEST BLOG: The Idea for The Mattie and Mo Mysteries by Tricia L. Sanders Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 2 June 2021

The idea for The Mattie and Mo Mysteries started out to honor our rescue dog Max who is no longer with us. For non-dog people that probably sounds weird, but Max came...

GUEST BLOG: The Deadly Seas by Lois Schmitt Plus Giveaway!

Mystery Dayna Linton - 2 June 2021

My mystery, Something Fishy, takes place in an aquarium. Why? One reason is that our oceans are home to some of the most deadly creatures in the world. The sight of a sixteen...

GUEST BLOG: My Experience with Pesky Facebook Ads by Jeff Bond Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 1 June 2021

I’ll bet everybody has a Facebook ad or two that follows them around. Some celebrity MasterClass. A “gripping unputdownable edge-of-your-seat thriller” series. A new brand of tights with an irreverent or holiday-themed...

GUEST BLOG: Traveling in an RV by Rita Moreau Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 26 May 2021

About 10 years ago my husband and I set out to travel in an RV. We were fortunate to have a Bluebird and we towed our ford explorer. At first, I was...

GUEST BLOG: Second Chance: A Career Born From Failure by Hannah Mary McKinnon Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 25 May 2021

“What do you want to be when you grow up?” Like many parents, it was a question my dad asked me when I was in my tweens in the early 80s, and growing...

GUEST BLOG: Knock, Knock by Debra H. Goldstein Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 25 May 2021

Knock Knock. Who’s there? Character. Character Who? Character You Need for Your Book to Work. Sometimes for me, discovering the characters that will appear in one of my books is like the old knock-knock joke. I hear...

GUEST BLOG: Interesting Facts About The Old Boston Garden by Jonathan Weeks Plus Giveaway!

Sports Dayna Linton - 25 May 2021

---Located above North Station on Causeway Street, the old Boston Garden was designed by boxing promoter Tex Rickard, who also built the third incarnation of Madison Square Garden. Rickard wanted to create...

GUEST BLOG: My Love for Colonial America by Danae L. Samms Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 24 May 2021

For as long as I can remember, I have loved two things: books and the American Revolution. I’m not entirely sure where they both started, but if I had to pick a...

GUEST BLOG: Storyboards and How I Use Them by Joy Lanzendorfer Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 19 May 2021

These storyboards have been kicking around my office for 9 years now. I used them to structure my novel, Right Back Where We Started From, which came out on May 4th. I've...

GUEST BLOG: What’s the deal with the PTA? by Rebecca M. Douglass Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 May 2021

I created the Pismawallops PTA mysteries in part because I wanted a heroine who was kind of the opposite of what we usually chose for heroines. Someone more like me, not a...

GUEST BLOG: NOT SCARY by Ginger Bolton Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 17 May 2021

In the beginning of BEYOND A REASONABLE DONUT, Emily Westhill anticipates three special events near her home in Fallingbrook, Wisconsin. The first one is the Faker’s Dozen Carnival, a Friday the thirteenth celebration...

GUEST BLOG: Writing a Legendary Character by Deborah Swift Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 17 May 2021

When I first had the idea to write about Giulia Tofana, all I knew about her was that she’d killed 600 men in Renaissance Italy. Immediately it made me curious to know...