The Complete Guide to Writing Paranormal Novels: Volume 1 - Softcover

Richards, Kim; Lori, Rae; Ackley-McPhail, Danielle; Baldwin, Barbara; Biondine, Shannah; Buron, Elizabeth; Fabian, Karina L.; Garretson, Jerri; Harmon, Kelly A.; Killough, Lee

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1897492413 ISBN 13: 9781897492413

Publisher: Dragon Moon Press, 2011

Synopsis

Friendly. Useful. Current. Written by a collection of well-known authors for new authors, The Complete Guide to Writing Paranormal Novels: Volume 1 covers a wide range of topics necessary for building your first paranormal novel. Paranormal novels are found in all sections of the fiction bookstore. One of the most prevalent forms of fantasy masquerading as romances, mysteries, general fiction and urban fantasy, this guide has tips and topics specific to writing a variety of paranormal novels. With chapters on: Angels & Benevolent Spirits Yes, Virginia, There are GhostsFae, Fey, Faery, Fairy—A Quick Glance into the Abyss A Map to the Charted “Unknown” Love, Romance, Sex and... ’Tis A Mystery World-building Self-Editing: Have fun with ItHow to Win Agents and Influence Editors Dropped Eyes and Unattached TentaclesWere, Oh Were Vampires Lesser Creatures of the ParanormalWriting for Children and Young Adults It’s Time to Travel Marketing for WritersA Hard, Honest Look at Critiquing Critique Groups: Another Experience A League of Extraordinary CharactersThis guide will provide a solid path to completing that first novel by offering detailed help and reference material to get you writing.

About this title

From the Author:

When I was still with Damnation Books/Eternal Press (which is now defunct and all my old novels from them and my new books are now self-published since 2012) my publisher, Kim Richards, was editing a book about writing paranormal fiction for another publisher and since most of my 23 novels and short stories are paranormal/horror/suspense/murder mysteries she asked me to write the INTRODUCTION for it. Which I did. The rest of the book is excellent, as well. A lot of respected and experienced writers contributed to it. It'll really help a new paranormal writer.

About the Author:

I did the INTRODUCTION for this book...
About Kathryn Meyer Griffith...
Since childhood I've been an artist and worked as a graphic designer inthe corporate world and for newspapers for twenty-three years before I quit to writefull time. But I'd already begun writing novels at 21, over forty-four yearsago now, and have had twenty-two (ten romantic horror, two horror novels, tworomantic SF horror, one romantic suspense, one romantic time travel, onehistorical romance, two thrillers, and four murder mysteries) previous novels,two novellas and twelve short stories published from Zebra Books, LeisureBooks, Avalon Books, The Wild Rose Press, Damnation Books/Eternal Press. ButI've gone into self-publishing in a big way since 2012; and upon getting all my22 books' full rights back for the first time in 33 years, have self-publishedall of them. My Dinosaur Lake novels and Spookie Town Mysteries (Scraps ofPaper, All Things Slip Away and Ghosts Beneath Us) are my best-sellers.
Writing has always been my greatest passion, my butterflystage, and I'll probably write stories until the day I die...or until my memorygoes.
Novels & short stories:
Evil Stalks the Night, The Heart of the Rose, Blood Forged, VampireBlood, The Last Vampire (2012 EPIC EBOOKAWARDS*Finalist* in their Horror category), Witches, The Nameless One erotic horror shortstory, The Calling, Scraps of Paper (The First Spookie Town Murder Mystery),All Things Slip Away (The Second Spookie Town Murder Mystery), Ghosts BeneathUs (The Third Spookie Town Murder Mystery), Egyptian Heart, Winter's Journey,The Ice Bridge, Don't Look Back, Agnes, A Time of Demons andAngels, The Woman in Crimson, Human No Longer, Four Spooky Short StoriesCollection, Forever and Always Romantic Novella, Night Carnival Short Story,Dinosaur Lake (2014 EPIC EBOOK AWARDS*Finalist* in theirThriller/Adventure category), Dinosaur LakeII: Dinosaurs Arising and Dinosaur Lake III: Infestation.

About this edition

• Publisher: Dragon Moon Press
• Publication date: 2011
• ISBN 10: 1897492413
• ISBN 13: 9781897492413
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 405