Guest Blog Archives

GUEST BLOG: My Inspiration for ABNEY KELLY & THE YULETIDE SHENANIGANS by SamiJo McQuiston

Sci-Fi/Fantasy Dayna Linton - 19 October 2020

Hi, there! I’m SamiJo McQuiston, author of Abney Kelly & the Yuletide Shenanigans. My inspiration came from two places. First, I wanted to write a main character for girls who were imperfect...

GUEST BLOG: I Swear, The Research Is Half the Fun Or How I Met the Chevalier De Saint-Georgesby Susanne Dunlap

Historical Dayna Linton - 15 October 2020

You’d think that, by the time you get to writing the third book in a historical fiction series, where many of the characters exist and you’ve thoroughly researched the time and place,...

GUEST BLOG: Debra Doxer on Where Butterflies Go

Historical Dayna Linton - 14 October 2020

My daughter is ten years old. She’s the same age as the young girl named Tovah in the book. Even writing this now, knowing what I’m about to say, my throat is...

GUEST BLOG: Lona Manning on Percy Shelley and the Unknown Lady

Historical Dayna Linton - 8 October 2020

The very night before London for the continent, a married lady of fashion, young, handsome, rich and nobly connected, called upon him, and avowed that was her ideal of everything...

GUEST BLOG: Fact vs. Fiction by Allison B. Hanson

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 2 October 2020

When writing a book, we fiction authors try our best to weave in as many facts as possible to make our story more believable for our readers. We spend a lot of...

GUEST BLOG: RESEARCHING AMERICAN HISTORY by Denise Heinze

Historical Dayna Linton - 2 October 2020

One of my great pleasures as a professor of American literature was to conduct field research. You might know it better as sightseeing. In preparation for classes, I would visit the locales...

GUEST BLOG: WANT TO BE A WRITER – IS IT EVER TOO LATE? by Ellen W. Martin

Historical Dayna Linton - 30 September 2020

I’m envious of those individuals who discovered a passion for writing when they were young. My muse didn’t come a knockin’ until the last quarter of my life. That’s not completely true....

GUEST BLOG: Using Paranormal Books As An Escape From The Reality of Our Times by Barb Jones

Paranormal/Supernatural Dayna Linton - 30 September 2020

There’s a lot that can be said about books, in general, to escape the current times we face. But there’s something about paranormal books that give it an edge. Of course, this...

GUEST BLOG: Breaking Barriers in Victorian England by Karen Odden

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 24 September 2020

Before I went to grad school, I had some hazy, romanticized notions about the Victorian era, involving exquisite dresses, delicate teacups, elegant balls, and touches of the hand that were charged with...

GUEST BLOG: HARDSHIPS OF LIVING IN THE HIGHLANDS by Cynthia Breeding

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 23 September 2020

Oh, Cruel is the snow that sweeps Glen Coe…* Glen Coe, the place where MacDonalds were massacred on orders of King William by the Campbells in 1692, is approximately twenty miles—as the crow...

GUEST BLOG: Unwanted Pregnancies During the Great Depression and Their Role In My Novel THREADS: A DEPRESSION-ERA TALE by Charlotte Whitney

Historical Dayna Linton - 22 September 2020

Although not even a century ago, the 1930s might as well have been a millennium in regards to family planning and birth control. Very little contraception existed, not even pills, IUDs or...

GUEST BLOG: Humor & the Political Campaign by Charlotte Stuart

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 21 September 2020

Writing a humorous mystery using a campaign for Congress is a bit tricky. First, I didn’t want to portray a specific political party in a negative light, even though it’s clear from...