Author Archives: William the Bloody

About William the Bloody

Cat lover. 18C scholar on the dialogue and novel. Co-convenor OGOM Project

CFP: Representations of Romantic Relationships and the Romance Genre in Contemporary Women’s Writing, Saturday 11th June 2016, Sheffield Hallam University

Posted on 25th March 2016 by William the Bloody

For any postgraduates interested in the hybrid genre that is Paranormal Romance, this symposium by the Postgraduate Contemporary Women’s Writing Network looks an excellent opportunity to enter the much-contested debate about the Romance element. I’ve mentioned briefly before here how … Continue reading →

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My kind of fairies!

Posted on 16th March 2016 by William the Bloody

I love these down-to-earth urban fairies!

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Intertextuality and YA Fairytale Adaptations

Posted on 15th March 2016 by William the Bloody

As you probably know, I am fascinated by intertextuality and the transformation of genres, particularly the way that recent YA fiction has taken classic narratives and reimagined them as contemporary paranormal romance or other YA genres. The chart here is … Continue reading →

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YA Fiction 2016

Posted on 15th March 2016 by William the Bloody

This may be of interest to those researching YA fiction. It’s a list of recommendations by the US Young Adult Library Services Association. It includes both retellings and transformations of fairytales, and dystopian novels–genres that are very much in the … Continue reading →

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Night of the Gorgeous Goth Girls: A Paranormal Romance

Posted on 13th March 2016 by William the Bloody

I’ve done a little retouching and extending to my poem, which envisages a comic Walpurgisnacht scene, with witches wildly celebrating their creativity. It’s a homage to lecturers and students of the Gothic and fantastic. Not sure if it quite works; … Continue reading →

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7 YAs Based on Myths and Tales From Around the World

Posted on 13th March 2016 by William the Bloody

YA transformations of fairy tale again; this is a type of writing which fascinates me at the moment. A review here by Melissa Albert on seven such novels, metamorphosing myths and folktales from the Thousand and One Nights; Norse myth; … Continue reading →

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Fairy Tale Review

Posted on 13th March 2016 by William the Bloody

I’ve recently been following this journal, Fairy Tale Review, on Twitter; it looks a valuable source for all those interested in fairy tale and in fiction or poetry derived from that genre. I’ve added a permanent link on the Blogroll … Continue reading →

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Grimms’ Tales and Women

Posted on 13th March 2016 by William the Bloody

This is a very interesting article by Maddie Crum, ‘Unhappily Ever After: How Women Became Seen not Heard in Our Favourite Fairy Tales‘, on how the fairy tales of the Grimm brothers silence women’s voices and experience. I think it … Continue reading →

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YA Fiction–March 2016

Posted on 11th March 2016 by William the Bloody

There are some exciting new YA novels appearing this month; this site lists 10 of the best. They’re not all Paranormal Romance (though they all look pretty good), but there are a few which fall into the OGOM sphere. Lady … Continue reading →

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Trends in YA paranormal fiction

Posted on 2nd March 2016 by William the Bloody

While procrastinating the other day, I found myself browsing the recommendations that Amazon makes, following a chain of YA paranormal fiction. Three hours later, I recovered from my obsessive frenzy to find £260 worth of books in my basket. The … Continue reading →

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