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I’m so excited to share the story behind the creation of Hacienda Moon’s official book trailer with you today. Please take a look at it and then we’ll spend a moment talking about the five elements of Gothic Paranormal Romance that we had to cover in this video.
I’m so excited to share the story behind the creation of Hacienda Moon’s official book trailer with you today. Please take a look at it and then we’ll spend a moment talking about the five elements of Gothic Paranormal Romance that we had to cover in this video.
Five
Elements of Gothic Paranormal Romance Found in the Book Trailer
The Fear element – I’ll go ahead and get this one out of the way. Gothic Romance is about fear. But most of it is mildly psychological. Translation: you won’t be reading about any Texas Chainsaw Massacres in these pages. It’s important to remember that Gothic Romance is just what the genre’s name implies – dark, odd, and unusual romantic situations complete with screaming females, and ridiculously handsome heroes and tyrant oil tycoons (with sexy pouty lower lips). **eyebrow wag**
The
Mystery – Well, you know how this one goes: old houses, secret rooms, diaries
hidden in odd places. And usually someone who met an early death of some type.
The
Terror – Notice I didn’t call this horror. We’ll talk more about that in the
next section. This takes up where #2 left off. Someone usually experiences an
early death. The heroine is generally the one who indirectly falls into the
role of the detective. The situations she encounters while tackling her new
duty is usually caused by her own mind. But in my novel the paranormal aspect
takes this to another level. And that’s what made this story so very much fun
to write.
Is it
borderline horror? You might be surprised by the answer. There’s always a
curse. Without a curse then it probably isn’t a Gothic novel. It might be a straight
up romance or historical, but the Gothic rule says that there has to be a
curse. The paranormal tied to it allows some room for handling the curse
differently. Think Anne Rice here. :D
The
Love Factor – Believe it or not, Gothic Romance was the original romance novel
back in the 1700’s. Ann Radcliffe, Horace Walpole, Arthur Lewis, Mary Shelley,
the Bronte sisters, and even Bram Stoker were considered the original gangsters
of the genre. This is where I leave the rest of the gang behind. I don’t stick
to the blueprint. I believe in HEAs. Sometimes it’s not always the person my
readers thought it would be; but it usually ends up all good.
There
you have it. Those are the five elements that I had to consider when making
this video. I’m so very glad to have been able to come here today and share it
with you. We just released it this past weekend. Good luck in the giveaway!
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1 comment:
Bring on the trailers!! Wooohoooo!!!! Day 2 of goodness!
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