Category Archives: Alpha female

World Building for Alpha Female Characters

Hmm, is the world building for a paranormal romance novel really any different when the leading ladies are kick-butt, take charge kind of characters? The easy answer is no…and yet on some level it has to be. No, the the settings of a paranormal romance novel don’t have to be bigger than life, imaginary places. World…

Alpha Female Author Doing It Anyway

Yup, it’s time again for a another alpha female post on determination and inspiration.  Hope you’re not tired of those yet…because they’re part of my daily life as I continue to struggle with my new physical limitations. I suppose my can-do attitude battery is getting a major recharge because my first born, the brilliant daughter,…

Defining the Alpha Female Character

Recently an interviewer asked me to explain the difference between urban fantasy and paranormal romance novels and where my books fit in. I had to laugh because when I started the Shadows of Justice series, publishing was a whole different world and urban fantasy wasn’t yet defined as such. Anything with a romantic element that…