Guest Blog Archives

GUEST BLOG: The Mirror Inside the House by Toby Negus Plus Giveaway!

Self-Help Dayna Linton - 3 May 2022

A story: There once lived a mirror that sat on the wall in a family house. It was quite a nice spot to be, for it saw the family often as they...

GUEST BLOG: A Shamanic Approach to Adversity: Marjorie Carter’s writing of RED WITH NATIVE BLOOD by Randal Nerhus Plus Giveaway!

Young Adult/Teen Tierney Linton - 2 May 2022

In my decades of study and practice in the field of religion, I’ve found that shamans are different from others by the intensity of their discipline and an unrelenting belief that they...

GUEST BLOG: Ann Radcliff’s Influence On Jane Austen by Alissa Baxter Plus Giveaway!

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 26 April 2022

While researching my latest Regency romance novel, The Viscount’s Lady Novelist, I found some fascinating information about the popular women novelists of the time. My heroine, Harriet Linfield, grew up reading Gothic...

GUEST BLOG: Sisters by Heather Chavez Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 26 April 2022

My second thriller BLOOD WILL TELL is a book about sisters. Sure, it’s about other stuff, too. It’s a thriller, so of course, there are also long-held secrets and people behaving very...

GUEST BLOG: Murder, He Didn’t Write by Charles Salzberg Plus Giveaway!

Noir Dayna Linton - 25 April 2022

I became a crime writer by accident. My first novel, Swann’s Last Song, was written as a one-off. And the only reason it was written at all was as a “I’ll show you,”...

GUEST BLOG: Writing Real-Life in Historical Fiction by Eleanor Kuhns Plus Giveaway!

Historical Mystery Dayna Linton - 25 April 2022

Although I write historical murder mysteries, I always try to include real life problems for Rees and his family. Events and the interactions between the characters will always affect them. In Murder, Sweet...

GUEST BLOG: If Mouse Trap Was Made Into a Movie by Matt L Cost Plus Giveaway!

Mystery Dayna Linton - 19 April 2022

As I write this, I’m contemplating writing a screenplay for Wolfe Trap, the first book in the Clay Wolfe/Port Essex PI series. Mind Trap was the second. Mouse Trap is the third. The characters would...

GUEST BLOG: Triggers Don’t Come with Warnings by Trish Arrowsmith Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 18 April 2022

I’ve been told by a few people that I should include trigger warnings in my books. So far, I have chosen not to include them. I know it may be a turn...

GUEST BLOG: The Karpata Incident by Davin Goodwin Plus Giveaway!

Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 April 2022

My wife, Leslie (also known as Double L – Lovely Leslie), and I have accumulated more than eight hundred scuba dives on the island of Bonaire. It’s our home away from home,...

GUEST BLOG: Childhood and Nannies by Stacey Halls Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 11 April 2022

Though children have been around since the dawn of time, childhood is a relatively new concept, invented by the Edwardians. In the early 20th century, children were brought out from the attic...

GUEST BLOG: The Burning Issue of Race by Julie Bates Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 11 April 2022

When you write historical fiction like me, one thing that has to be addressed quickly is the subject of race. No one wants to admit it, but history is not only peppered...

GUEST BLOG: My Road to Publication: Becoming an Author by Lis Angus Plus Giveaway!

Thriller/Suspense Dayna Linton - 11 April 2022

I’ve been writing all my life, starting from when I was a child. But after my mid-teens I abandoned my attempts at writing fiction; from then on my writing was entirely non-fiction,...