Shelley Martin Fiction

Recently there have been a series of freaky, scary, pee-your-pants kind of horror flick called “Paranormal.” I want to make it clear I have not seen it.  I saw enough of it in the preview to know it would make my heart race until it exploded.  But Paranormal is just a title.  So what does it mean in the writing world?

The Paranormal genre is similar to fantasy.  It has been explained to me that the only difference between paranormal and fantasy is the world.  In paranormal the fantastic happens our world.  In fantasy there is another, separate world, like Narnia or Hogwarts where amazing things happen.

While paranormal’s tend to be darker in nature, it isn’t always true.  You will find that Wingless is a “light” paranormal.  So when you see a Paranormal Romance you know it will have a fantastic element to it, in the current world you know, and it will usually have a Happily Ever After 🙂

Hi all!  Sorry about the hiccup on the Facebook page.  Please continue to comment there and here on the blog and I will track both scores.  I was going to do two contests, but now I’ll just roll them all into one, with four prizes, and two winning dates.  One on the day of Wingless’s release, August 2nd, and another a couple days later.  Thanks for understanding everyone 🙂 Contest winners will be announced here.

In Wingless April dreams of Luke when she’s a teenager.  She knows it was a series of dreams, but she also cannot deny that Luke really exists somewhere in the universe.  Her faith is just that unshakable.

I’ve had dreams that have been so realistic that I thought they really happened.  Mostly just conversation, though.  Like I’ll think someone’s mom has passed because I dreamed they called and told me that.  But, like an idiot, I was way wrong o.O

However, I’m not counting deja vu.  That stuff seems to happen to everyone in my family 🙂  I never seem to remember those dreams until the event in real life occurs 😛 Life would be so much easier if I could see ten years into the future.

The contest begins on facebook today!  At one point in Wingless Luke and April fight over proper terminology- is it a lollipop or a sucker?  Luke loves suckers.  Cherry to be exact.

But April’s favorite treat is rocky road and croissants. Oh, but not together. Yuck 🙂 And Nathan’s favorite comfort food is chicken noodle soup.

I LOVE food, so of course I had to work in some tasty treats when my characters need comforting.  I think of all my characters I would stick with April on this and go for the Rocky Road. Mmmm.

I’ve decided to do two contests to announce the release of my first novella, Wingless.  One will be here, on my blog (in a few days) and the other is a week-long event on my facebook page.  On release day a person who has “Liked” the page will be picked at random to win an Amazon gift card.  The other will be chosen from the posts.  Who ever comments or “likes” the posts throughout the week will be entered for a free ebook of Wingless.

If you are interested in entering the facebook contest, click on the facebook link to the right to visit and “Like” to get started!

The contest here, on this site, will overlap.  It will start a few days before release and end a few days later.  You can win by leaving comments or leaving a “stand-out” remark. Then I will announce the winners.  There will be three winners for each.  Third place will win a swag bag from Bookworm Bags, featuring goodies from a mixture of romance authors (such as bookmarks and candy).

Good luck, everyone!