03/05/10 - 03/31/10 - Online Workshop: Beyond Fangs Creating New and Interesting Paranormal Characters with Deborah Blake

March 2010 — Beyond Fangs Creating New and Interesting Paranormal Characters
Presented by Deborah Blake
Dates: March 5-31
Deadline: March 2

Course Description:
Want to write a paranormal romance or urban fantasy, but don't want to be just another Vamp in the crowd?

Yearning to create a completely original paranormal character, but don't know where to start?

Author Deborah Blake moves beyond Vampires to delve into a wide range of paranormal folk who don't need to hide from the sun.

From Witches to Weres, Fae to Phantasms, this class will explore the alternatives to over-used supernatural stereotypes and help you to create your own unique paranormal character.

The class will include
• A discussion of current trends,
• Suggested reading,
• Hints for character building, and
• An overview of authors who have successfully gone beyond the traditional.

Instructor Bio:
Deborah Blake is a Wiccan High Priestess who has led her own group, Blue Moon Circle, since 2004. She is the author of Circle, Coven & Grove: A Year of Magickal Practice (Llewellyn 2007), Everyday Witch A to Z: An Amusing, Inspiring & Inspirational Guide to the Wonderful World of Witchcraft (Llewellyn 2008), The Goddess is in the Details: Wisdom for the Everyday Witch (Llewellyn 2009) and Everyday Witch A to Z Spellbook (Llewellyn 2010). Her short story "Dead and (Mostly) Gone" was published in the Anthology of Pagan Fiction: 13 Prize Winning Tales (2008) and she was named the EMILY contest "Best of the Best" in 2009. She is currently working on a novel featuring a Witch as a protagonist. Deborah lives in upstate New York in a 100 year old farmhouse, where her activities both magickal and mundane are supervised by her five cats.

Read more about Deborah at her website: www.deborahblakehps.com

Register for Online Workshop at: http://lowcountryrwa.com/online-workshops/#MAR