Don’t you wish you could
have a fairy godmother to grant your wishes?
I did and would’ve told her: Forget—fame and
fortune!
Everyone has dreams. Since I was a young girl, I’ve wanted to see my
work in print, and read by the general public. See my book on library or on a
bookstore shelf. I wanted to wake every morning and get to do what I love—writing.
So I decided to write a novel that I would
enjoy reading. Not for Fame. Not for fortune. Nope. I wrote for readers.
I knew that the paranormal
romance genre in both adult and YA novels was one of the fastest growing genres
in fiction, but it may not be what you think it is. In standard publishing
terminology, “paranormal romance” is a subgenre of romance. But paranormal
novels don’t mainly focus on romance, and they include elements beyond the
range of scientific explanation by blending together themes from the genres of
traditional fantasy, science fiction, and even horror.
As a writer, using aspects
of the paranormal in my storyline adds so many more exciting possibilities to
my stories. I love that extra element of danger and suspense. And I’ve always had a morbid fascination with ghosts and haunted
houses.
Since
I love all things supernatural, and I knew the young adult fiction market was
flooded with vampires, fairies, angels, and werewolves, I decided to make the
heroine of my debut novel a sassy witch, who has kickbutt magical abilities. So
I wrote a story that entwined all the things I
loved: romance, epic family drama, mystery, and suspense. And thus, my YA
paranormal romance novel, WITCHY WICKEDNESS was birthed.
Basically, the
premise of the Charmed Chronicles that
I created involves a teenage girl named Shiloh Trudell, who uses supernatural
powers to defeat paranormals in the cursed town of Fallen Oaks. She
accomplishes this with the assistance of her friends and family. During the
series, Shiloh discovers that she comes from a long line of heritage witches.
The first in the line, Rowena Brossard, prophesied that one day the “Thirteenth
Daughter” would be produced from her lineage. A force of good, she would be
gifted with magick to battle the forces of evil.
In closing, I
believe that novels with paranormal aspects still hold a lot of appeal for
teens and tweens (even adults too!). Urban Fantasy and paranormal romance novels
continue to be a favorite among readers of fiction.
I sincerely hope you guys enjoyed this post. Now go feed your mind
and read a book. Preferably one of mine. :-D
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