Oh the classics, some were so dry and difficult to get through. But the paranormal has a long history in literature, and today I’m going to explore just a few of those classics that stayed with me (bear in mind, some are modern classics). First on my list is the ultimate spooky book: Dracula. Bram Stoker upped the ante on spookiness with the dark, brooding grandfather of all vampires. This is the book that made vampires sexy, that turned Vlad the Impaler into a sexy nightmare monster. If you haven’t read the book that inspired the likes of Lestat, Spike, …
My BFF Bigfoot!
What is a best friend? To me, it’s someone with whom you share your deepest secrets. Someone who has your back no matter what. Like when you wore gauchos to a housewarming party and no one would make eye contact with you except for your BFF. Who, I might add, complimented your heinous fashion faux pas multiple times. Or the time you ate so many hot wings and drank soooo many Mike’s Hard Lemonades that you were able to belch half of the alphabet making everyone leave the table… except for your BFF. In fact, he ripped a belch in …
Your Witchy Chicks hosts: Meet Yasmine Galenorn and Louisa West!
It’s our immense pleasure to introduce to you the hosts of the Witchy Chicks blog, Yasmine Galenorn and Louisa West! Yasmine Galenorn Yasmine is a New York Times, USA TODAY, and Publisher’s Weekly bestselling author who won a Career Achievement Award in Urban Fantasy at the Romantic Times Convention in 2012. She has over 100 books on the shelves across the genres of paranormal women’s fiction, urban fantasy, paranormal mysteries, paranormal romance, and a mix of all of these. Her series include: the Moonshadow Bay series, the Wild Hunt series, the Chintz ‘n China series, the Bewitching Bedlam series, the …
Welcome to the Witchy Chicks
Long, long ago, in the year 2005, I (Yasmine) wanted to start a group blog. So with a dear friend, Linda Wisdom joining in, we founded the Witchy Chicks. We lasted five years, with anywhere from 5-9 members at any given time. We had a blast forming our community, and we built a little niche for us on the internet. Five years and hundreds of posts later, we realized it was time to let go. So the Witchy Chicks went silent, and we all moved on to other things. Not long ago, I decided I wanted to reform the Witchy …
Welcome to the Witching Season
Every year, on October first, I write my Welcome to the Witching Season post. October has always been my favorite month and autumn, my favorite season. This makes sense, of course, given I’m a shamanic witch and this season is made for witches and mystics. And this is one reason I love writing paranormal & fantasy series. Right on schedule, the rains are starting here as the season of ghosts rolls in. This is the perfect time for mysticism and magic, this is the time when those of us who are real witches claim our ground. I love the fog and …