Guest Author Beth Trissel

I'm thrilled to have historical romance and paranormal romance author Beth Trissel here today and she's blogging about world building as well as giving away an ebook of her paranormal romance novel, Somewhere My Love! Take it away, Beth...

Thanks for having me on your lovely blog, Regan. In thinking about world building, I pondered sources of inspiration. Sometimes the most unlikely things evoke new ideas. The concept for my light paranormal romance 'Somewhere' series took form in the

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In Praise of The Alpha Female Character

After a mostly relaxing and yet weird weekend trying to balance the writing and household details, Monday put me in the mood for an alpha female. A woman who can get things done without a lot of angst or fuss. One who can lead, and inspire others to follow.

This is great news considering the story I'm currently working on, but more about that later...

You know the type. Maybe, like me, you often long to be that alpha female type. The kick butt, take no excuses, take no prisoners sort of

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Follow Your Rules For World Building

Last night, during my interview with ParaYourNormal on Blog Talk Radio, Kelli McCracken, Jess and I were chatting about what we love best about reading and writing paranormal romance novels. All three of us seemed to agree that it's the wide range of possibilities available within the story. The conversation got me thinking about what I love best within the worlds building for paranormal romance novels and why.

The stand out settings of paranormal romance novels is much of the draw. Whether

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Read An Ebook Week News

Read an Ebook week started on March 4 and runs through March 10th! This is one of my favorite weeks of the year because I have an ongoing love affair with ebooks as a reader and an author.

Smashwords.com is celebrating by giving authors a chance to offer books at deep discounts or even free!

What a deal for readers and fans of ebooks!

To join the fun - for this week only and only at Smashwords - you'll find Invasion of Justice and Veil of Justice at half price! Book one in the

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World Building for the Reading Public

Two days ago, for the first time in over a year, I walked into a bookstore because my son wanted to shop. Reading that, knowing I'm a self-described "voracious" reader, you might be appalled. Or think I've been living under a rock with my fictional characters. Neither is true.

Well not entirely.

The world building for my paranormal romance novels and urban fantasy adventures has kept me quite busy. And I like spending time with my characters on a daily basis. (my family would call it

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