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INTERVIEW: With Husband and Wife Team Cozy Author, J.C. Eaton Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 25 August 2021

Today we welcome the husband and wife writing team who make up the author J.C. Eaton to Novels Alive. What drives your story forward in your books the most, the characters or the...

GUEST BLOG: When Book Research Becomes Personal by Amber Garza Plus Giveaway!

Psychological Thriller Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

My nineteen-year-old daughter and I are very close. When she was little, I worried that wouldn’t always be the case. I’d heard horror stories from other moms about their teenage daughters pulling...

GUEST BLOG: Cleaning Up by Mary Marks Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

Have you ever had to dispose of someone’s belongings after they died? In the third book of the Quilting Mystery series, Gone but Knot Forgotten, Martha Rose becomes executor of someone’s estate...

GUEST BLOG: A Successful Reading Experience by Elaine Faber Plus Giveaway!

Mystery Dayna Linton - 24 August 2021

A reader spends four to six hours, immersed in reading a book. She travels alongside the main character, or if the writer is talented enough, the reader feels she ‘becomes’ the main...

GUEST BLOG: Writing Historical Fiction: No Guessing Included by Kathryn Elizabeth Jones Plus Giveaway!

Christian Dayna Linton - 23 August 2021

Research is important, especially when it comes to historical fiction. I have a stack of papers about 3-inches high on my desk to prove it. And books. And a few website sticky...

GUEST BLOG: Of Time-Travel, Jacobites and Ungrateful Protagonists by Anna Belfrage Plus Giveaway!

Time Travel Dayna Linton - 23 August 2021

Some people want to see the Chinese wall. Others dream about travelling to Mars. Some are pretty happy where they are and mostly dream about winning the lottery or waking up with...

COVER REVEAL: PREYING ON THE CHURCH by Kimberley B. Jones Plus Giveaway!

Christian Dayna Linton - 23 August 2021

Publication Date: August 26, 2021 Preying On The Church, is an inspiring novel about an African American middle-age woman Margie, who is well-known in her community through her job as a Realtor, serving...

GUEST BLOG: Silence and the Phony War by Kate Parker Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 20 August 2021

Can you imagine in today’s world of constant internet, the 24-hour news cycle, and celebrity tell-alls, keeping a secret? Not only a secret but a series of secrets? And all of these...

GUEST BLOG: Five Tips for Working With Beta Readers by Michael James Plus Giveaway!

Urban Fantasy Dayna Linton - 20 August 2021

A "Beta Reader", as they're known, are the unlucky people who get to read your unpublished, half-baked, amateur novel and provide gentle, critical, actionable feedback that makes it perfect. Poor them! I've had a...

GUEST BLOG: Why Travel Cozy Mysteries? by Jennifer S. Alderson Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 19 August 2021

Traveling to new places and learning about other cultures and customs is what I love to do most. All of my mysteries and thrillers are strong in setting because I want to...

GUEST BLOG: Writing a Mystery, How Easy Is That? by Rebecca Lee Smith Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 18 August 2021

For me, the easiest way to write a mystery is…oh, I’m sorry, there is no easy way. At least, not for me. But that sure hasn’t stopped me from trying to find...