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Lycanthropy – Disease or Genetics?

by Keira 07.28.2011

When it comes to paranormal world building there are two major philosophies on how a character can have lycanthropy. Both, depending on the author, have some connection with the moon. The first theory is that it can be caught. This makes it a disease. Catching lycanthropy is usually caused from a bite of a were-creature. [...]

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What is Urban Fantasy Romance?

by Keira 02.27.2011

I had to educate myself on this. For instance, until I read Katiebabs’ WTF post on Laurell K. Hamilton (among other things) I would have cleanly classified Anita Blake as contemporary paranormal romance. If Anita Blake is urban fantasy then so to by deduction must be Keri Arthur’s Riley Jenson Series and Buffy the Vampire [...]

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Coiling Lust

by Guest Blogger 02.04.2011

by Fiona Jayde, guest blogger and author of Cold Victory. I’ve been hooked on romance novels ever since my best friend in eighth grade let me borrow The Pirate and the Pagan by Virginia Henley. I never really understood what it was about romance that I liked, but I would rarely pick up a non-romance [...]

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The Song Stuck in My Head

by Guest Blogger 01.13.2010

by Annemarie Hartnett, guest blogger and author of The Company of Fools I have zero musical talent. I never played piano. I only ever mastered Madonna’s “True Blue” on the keyboard. When I was a kid I took ukulele lessons at school and dropped out before the big Christmas concert. I was in the choir [...]

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Buffy Summers vs Edward Cullen

by Keira 06.28.2009

As a fan of both Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Twilight, this was just darn near hysterical. Thanks SBTB for posting it first! I’m reposting it because well, nobody should miss it! What would happen if Edward Cullen met Buffy Summers instead of Bella Swan? I was surprised by how good the editing of this [...]