Poltergeists Need Not Apply

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So read and comment here. And I hope you'll hop over and visit me, too. I'm talking about Controversy and Harmony.

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A young girl who suffers at the hand of someone meant to love her – though this is something I can’t speak to personally, I’m aware of what it is like to devalue self, keep quiet and fake a daily smile because, well, who’d believe the truth?

Being different.

Unique.

The outsider.

These are the kinds of topics that people tend to relate to. So why the paranormal angle? Well, neither Gwen nor myself – Angela – have sat down with a ghost to have a conversation about their daily lives stuck on Earth in the hereafter. I did not seek out a Harvestor to better understand what it is like to be in the service of the Devourer. As writers, we’re often told to “write what we know.”

However, as Partners in ParanormYA, we have not put out any advertisements to have one-on-ones with zombies, vampires, werewolves or any of their ilk.

Writing paranormal stretches “writing what you know” to “writing what you can imagine”. That is often the best part: making up the rules of the new world, society, environment or sub-hierarchical system just beneath the known. Oftentimes, rules are piggybacked upon, like the way Gwen uses ghost whispering in Givin’ Up The Ghost. Neverlove takes the idea of angels and demons and gives them a humanistic bend by going with Cleansers and Harvestors.

Though neither of us have died – thankfully, or we would so be functioning zombies right now – we were able to mold and form our worlds, set our characters up and have them play out scene after scene in this place we only “know” in our imaginations.

When it all comes down to it, writing what you know can help with the believability, but when your imagination is involved – and working with fiction here – the only real limits are the ones self-bound upon your mind. Otherwise, let it soar, free your words and write more than what you know, write what readers can thoroughly enjoy :)

Are you writing from your imagination today?

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For Abigail and Basil, there is a choice they both fear making. Duty or love?

Purchase Angela Brown’s NEVERLOVE at Amazon US, Amazon UK, Barnes and Noble, Amazon FR, and Amazon DE.






Born and raised in Little Rock, AR, Angela now calls Central Texas home. She's a lover of Wild Cherry Pepsi and chocolate/chocolate covered delicious-ness. Steampunk, fantasy and paranormal to contemporary - mostly young adult - fill her growing library of books. Mother to a rambunctious darling girl aptly nicknamed Chipmunk, life stays busy. Her favorite quote keeps her moving: "You may never know what results come of your action, but if you do nothing there will be no result." ~ Mahatma Gandhi

Indigo Eady's life erupts into mischief and mayhem when a ghost enters her teen abnormal life demanding answers for his death.

Purchase Gwen Gardner’s GIVIN' UP THE GHOST at Amazon US and Amazon UK.

Running, writing and reading are my favorite things.

I am also a dreamer.

Have you ever told yourself that "someday" I'm going to travel or write or whatever it is that you are passionate about but can't do right now for whatever reason? You can go for years and years and keep telling yourself that "someday" you'll do it. Too often "someday" never comes. But mine did. I am a former Administrative Manager and Vice President of a successful swimming pool plastering company - until I woke up one day and realized that my "someday" had arrived. I quit my job, moved to the mountains and began to write. Crazy, I know. But even crazier? Is when you get to the end of your life and realize that your "someday" is too late. Life is much too short for that! So the adventure has begun.

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