Novel Magic: Keri's Christmas Wish
Win a copy of Keri’s Christmas Wish along with 5 more books in Novel Magic’s December Giveaway. Enter at the end of the post. Categorizing a Novel by Pamela Thibodeaux In my last visit to Sorchia’s Universe, I discussed the difference in Paranormal and Supernatural. Today I’d like to share the importance of categorizing your novel. Reviewers have termed a couple of my books romance, paranormal, fantasy, sci-fi and Christian — all of which are OK but not exactly 100% accurate. This led me to thinking How DOES one categorize a novel? One of the major parts of a proposal is category and the advice of many is to go into a book store and find out where your book would fit on the shelves. Among the thousands of titles out there, this can be quite a challenge. Since publishers feel it’s a bit arrogant to say “My book belongs on the shelf with the other Best Sellers,” let’s look at the different categories and see how I came about determining Keri’s Christmas Wish as Women’...