Guest Blog Archives

GUEST BLOG: Revenge. How Badly Do You Want It? by Nadine Matheson Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 16 March 2021

Revenge is supposed to be sweet and should give the person who has been wronged resolution, peace, and that feeling of floating on air as they walk off into the sunset. In...

GUEST BLOG: How a Contest Critique Set My Story on the Right Course by Ruth A. Casie Plus Giveaway!

Time Travel Dayna Linton - 15 March 2021

While I was developing Knight of Runes, I entered the story in a contest specifically designed for drafts rather than completed stories. Winning the contest (the prize was working with an editor...

GUEST BLOG: Brooklyn’s Writers: It Must Be Something In the Water by Sid Meltzer Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 11 March 2021

Pittsburgh is known for mass-producing steel. Detroit, for cars. Brooklyn—the setting for my novel, Unwitting Accomplice—mass produces writers. Or seems to, anyway. Woody Allen, Jennifer Egan, Joy Behar, and James McBride all hail from...

GUEST BLOG: Music and Words by Mitchell James Kaplan Plus Giveaway!

Biographical Dayna Linton - 10 March 2021

Not an exhaustive list; just a launching pad. Other ideas? Comments? What They Have in Common: Music and words are both aural phenomena. (At least, for me. I “hear” words when I read.) ...

GUEST BLOG: Cozy Mysteries by Abby Collette Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 10 March 2021

When I tell people I write cozy mysteries, I often get asked what is that? Readers of mystery are used to the darker side of it, the suspense, the violence, and the grittiness...

GUEST BLOG: What’s On Your Bucket List? by Tea Cooper Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 9 March 2021

My bucket list has been constantly changing over the last few years. When I retired from teaching it revolved entirely around my writing plans: Get a print book published by one of...

GUEST BLOG: Why I Write Cozy Mysteries by D.E. Haggerty Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 9 March 2021

The reason I write cozy mysteries is actually part of this huge mix-up. When I wrote Murder, Mystery & Dating Mayhem (Book 1 of the Gray-Haired Knitting Detectives), I thought I was...

GUEST BLOG: Merry Wynter, Fashionista – or – Clothes Make the Woman by Victoria Hamilton Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 8 March 2021

I’ve always loved clothes, but as a little larger woman, I’ve had a love-not-so-love relationship with my body. It’s a struggle many women can relate to. When I envisioned the Merry Muffin...

GUEST BLOG: The Trials and Advantages of Systematic Writing By: F.M. Deemyad Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 8 March 2021

Perseverance, we are told in not exactly such words, is the key to success. The idea is drilled into our subconscious as we sit hours at a time, five days a week,...

GUEST BLOG: Writing Mystery – Where Have You Been All My Life? by S.C. Merritt Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 5 March 2021

In early 2019, I was bored. Now, don’t get me wrong. I had a wonderful life and was immensely blessed. So why did I feel so dissatisfied? I chided myself for feeling...

GUEST BLOG: Pop Culture Prophets by Jon Land Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 5 March 2021

My first in entry in Margaret Truman’s enduring Capital Crimes series, MURDER ON THE METRO, is a political thriller. Not just any political thriller, mind you, but one that features an insurrectionist...

GUEST BLOG: Three Things I Wish Someone Would Have Told Me By Terry Korth Fischer Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 4 March 2021

When I started writing, it was with abandon and for the sheer joy of putting a story on paper. Later, I employed some grammar rules, acquired writing skills, and learned how to...