Romance Writers of America recently held its annual meeting, and judging by the chatter on several of the writerly email loops to which I belong, the death of paranormal—specifically, urban fantasy and paranormal romance—was high on the list of topics. Agents don’t want it because editors don’t want it. Paranormal is dead. Authors have … Continue reading
I’m starting a workshop today over at Savvy Authors (not too late to sign up!) on “POV: Going Deep and Staying Put,” so I’ve been giving a lot of thought lately to point of view, and genre fiction, and the different theories and beliefs about how all those things are related. As a reader, do … Continue reading
I had an interesting revelation not too long ago. On my author blog, I featured an urban fantasy title by a debut author who respectfully requested, on behalf of her publisher, that her gender not be revealed. In other words, by remaining “gender-neutral” and using only two initials and a last name, she is in essence posing … Continue reading
Happy Monday…or is that an oxymoron? I’m over at My Book Addiction today, taking part in a talk about serial novels (with a giveaway, so check it out), so I thought I’d bring that discussion here as well. Just to bring you up to date, a serial novel is a full-length novel released in “episodes,” … Continue reading
Happy Monday Dear Readers! Celia here. I’m pleased to welcome my editor at Champagne Books, Cassiel Knight to the Paranormal Unbound blog. Cassie writes paranormal romance with, as her Web site tagline puts it, “Kick-Assitude.” My new favorite word. 🙂 Cassie joins us today with a walk down Paranormal Romance Memory Lane. Take it away, … Continue reading
Here’s a bit of good news for lovers of science fiction romance and fantasy romance. USA Today’s Happily Ever After blog, which focuses on romance, has started a new, twice-monthly column devoted to the sub-genres. It’s called Sci-Fi Encounters, and it’s written by Veronica Scott, herself an author of SF&F and paranormal romance. I’ve been … Continue reading
Our very own Suzanne Johnson and Lexi George are both up for the RT Reviewer’s Choice Award for best paranormal romance! Lexi’s Demon Hunting in a Dive Bar and Suzanne’s Omega (written under her Susannah Sandlin pseudonym) are both nominees. Check out the full list here. Congratulations to all of the nominees! Continue reading
Today, I’m chatting with M.V. Freeman, who writes urban fantasy/paranormal romance, about the differences between those two genres. Since I have a foot in both worlds, as myself and as Susannah Sandlin, the two of us have had an ongoing conversation for the past couple of years about what differentiates them. Read on for a … Continue reading
What better way to celebrate Halloween than to create our very own hot n’ hunky n’ badass vampires? If you could pick and choose traits from all your favorite vampires to make the perfect mate, who would you pick? We’ve created our very own Franken-vamps, stitching together the bodies and souls of all our favorite … Continue reading
AJ & Suzanne talk Southern paranormal with RT Book Reviews Unbounders Suzanne Johnson and AJ Larrieu (plus fantastic UF author Faith Hunter) chatted with Romantic Times Book Reviews about what it means to write stories set in the South. Check it out! Continue reading
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