Tag Archive: paranormal romance author

Character Interviews Getting To Know The Real You

Character interviews are valuable for focusing the writer's attention on certain details or quirks about the stars of our stories. But what do the questions asked reveal about the writer? At this particular moment, I'm likely to ask my characters if they've had back trouble and if so, what they did to solve it. Working with ...

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World Building For Paranormal Romance From Scratch

Kresley Cole, Lori Handeland, and Sherrilyn Kenyon write wildly different stories using settings within the 'real' world we know and recognize. All three of these talented paranormal romance authors have done the research that makes readers feel as if they've traveled along with the characters. Still other authors use an entirely different world for their paranormal ...

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Sherrilyn Kenyon & World Building for Paranormal Romance Novels

Sherrilyn Kenyon is one example among many talented authors using the real world as the framework for building a paranormal romance novel. Her acclaimed Dark Hunter series is primarily set in real world, modern cities familiar to readers (i.e. New Orleans, Seattle, etc.). She's infused locations we can relate to (the French Quarter, Pike Place Market) ...

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