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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...

BOOK BLAST: EARL OF BRACKEN by Aubrey Wynne Plus Giveaway!

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 8 March 2021

Wicked Earl's Club: Book 5 Publication Date: March 9, 2021 A seductive Welsh earl on the brink of ruin. A wealthy cit in search of a hero. Miss Evelina Franklin reads too many romance novels....

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...

GUEST BLOG: Why Dystopian Books Are Popular With the Youth by Branwen Oshea Plus Giveaway!

Young Adult/Teen Dayna Linton - 4 March 2021

Both teens and adults enjoy reading to escape reality and have fun. Dystopian worlds are different enough from contemporary life to be a great distraction and usually end with hope. They also...

GUEST BLOG: Make-do and Mend by Kate Parker Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 3 March 2021

Make-do and Mend became the slogan of nearly every country after World War II began. Restrictions on fabric, leather, and metal, needed for the war effort, influenced clothing design and availability. Where nylon...

GUEST BLOG: Troubles With Recorded Death in the 11th-Century by Patricia Bracewell Plus Giveaway!

Historical Fiction Dayna Linton - 2 March 2021

When I first began writing a trilogy about the 11th-century queen of England, Emma of Normandy, I didn’t think about the fact that, because most of my characters would be people who actually...

BOOK BLAST: UNDER THE EMERALD SKY by Juliane Weber Plus Giveaway!

Historical Romance Dayna Linton - 2 March 2021

Publication Date: October 23, 2020 It's 1843 and the English nobleman Quinton Williams has come to Ireland to oversee the running of his father’s ailing estate and escape his painful past. Here he...

GUEST BLOG: Amy Pershing on Food as Memory Plus Giveaway!

Cozy Mystery Dayna Linton - 2 March 2021

The nineteenth-century French journalist and epicure Charles Pierre Monselet once famously wrote: “The pleasant hours of our life are all connected by a more or less tangible link with some memory of...