Darkling Delights

Search This Blog

Links

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

A few places you can find me online:

Amazon Author Page

FaceBook

Manic Readers

Pinterest

Twitter

Get link
Facebook
Twitter
Pinterest
Email
Other Apps

Tuesday Guest Post: C. C. Marks

Who wants to read a story where society has broken down, things have changed for the worse, and civilization is a thing of the past? Well, a lot of people. One of the most popular genres right now is dystopian. What exactly is dystopian literature? When it comes to books, no two are exactly the same, but dystopians are stories that explore social and political structures, especially the breakdown of these structures. What happens if society as we know it becomes a living nightmare? You get a suspenseful story with strong conflict.
Thanks to releases like Suzanne Collins’s, The Hunger Games, everyone is clamoring for this type of fiction. Yet, what is so great about the dystopian genre? Why is the audience growing for this genre? Why does Hollywood love this kind of movie? Here are several reasons why dystopian stories are so popular: ·Dystopias automatically put characters in a “high-stakes” conflict, often concerning their ultimate survival or demise.
·It questions authority, …

Tuesday Guest Post: Rayne Hall

Tuesday Guest Post: Barbara Monajem

Title: Inspiration has a will of its own

A few days ago, I returned from a trip to Europe. I write both paranormal and historical romances, and needless to say I found plenty of opportunities for research. Some of it was standard stuff: there were swans on the Thames at Richmond (which is near London) just as there were when Henry I lived in a manor close by, and when the last of the Henrys (so far) went around beheading wives. Since I now know what the Thames and the swans look like in Richmond, I want to set a scene in a historical there, because having been there makes a place seem far more real when I’m writing about it. In Bordeaux, France, I learned to my delight that I was in Aquitaine, from which the redoubtable Eleanor hailed. Who wouldn’t want to put her in a book? In Germany, I didn’t get to see a fabulous Bavarian baroque church because (would you believe it?) they were doing woodworm repairs, but pictures of the interior made me long to write something that takes place in…

Powered by Blogger