Writing paranormal romance

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month—write a 50K word novel during November) starts today, and while I plan to continue blogging throughout NaNo, I wanted to make sure I gave you something good to keep you happy during my crazy month. *smile* Of course, whether or not you’d define today’s post as anything good might depend […]

NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month—write a 50K word novel during November) starts today, and while I plan to continue blogging throughout NaNo, I wanted to make sure I gave you something good to keep you happy during my crazy month. *smile* Of course, whether or not you’d define today’s post as anything good might depend […]

When writing a novel that flips between two (or more) character's POVs one of the biggest mistakes writers make is having the characters sound too much alike. In Unearthed After Sunset, the story alternates between two POV's, Greg and Caroline. When I was writing the book it was really important to me to make sure that Greg's chapters sounded different from Caroline's. Below are five tips for giving your characters distinctive voices. 1. Think about your character's interests and passions…

Get inspired to write your next story with these dark, mysterious writing prompts. #darkwriting #darkwritingprompts #writingprompts #writers

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Do you want to write love stories featuring witches, ghosts, and vampires? Check out these tips for how to write a paranormal romance series.

This is from a guest blog I posted at Ella Gray’s, The Speculative Salon in late 2011. 1) Remember even if your hero is a six foot genius vampire with huge pecs and perfectly rugged feat…

Paranormal romance and urban fantasy are my favorite genres to write in. The two genres are similar in many ways. The difference between the two being that paranormal romance focuses on romantic stakes, and urban fantasy focuses on external stakes (like preventing the end of the world).Both incorporate magic into the real world, and in this blog post I’m going to talk about 6 things I like to think about when I’m writing either of these genres.1. Who are your supernatural beings?If you’re…

There are three types of outliners, and I have experience being all three! I've now honed the outlining process for my romance novels in order to write faster and with more purpose. I share some of my favorite books for helping me outline as well!