Differences / Similarities between Paranormal and Urban Fantasy
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What is the difference between URBAN FANTASY and PARANORMAL as genres in fiction.
I ask, because I am curious. I've seen elsewhere, on a submission guideline for a book packaging company that they handle both urban fantasy and paranormal.
I also asked esssjayearlier on this morning as we are meeting up this evening what she thought it to be and she brought up the following definition:
Urban fantasy - where the imaginary world is part of the real world(no doors/mirrors that lead to another world) and the action happens all around you like Cassandra Clare's City of Bones.
Paranormal - is where vampires, ghosts, werewolves aren't part of "real" society and your hero/heroine has to fight / discover / become / fall in love with/ kill (etc) any / all of these beings.
But, is this right? What do you think? Any imput would be very welcome.
Oh, as an aside, this is how much I wrote yesterday on Vassilly's Daughter, the new YA in progres.
3450 / 30000 words. 12% done!
The full total stands in excess of 10,000 words but the rest doesn't count as it is prior to Indywrimo!
What is the difference between URBAN FANTASY and PARANORMAL as genres in fiction.
I ask, because I am curious. I've seen elsewhere, on a submission guideline for a book packaging company that they handle both urban fantasy and paranormal.
I also asked esssjayearlier on this morning as we are meeting up this evening what she thought it to be and she brought up the following definition:
Urban fantasy - where the imaginary world is part of the real world(no doors/mirrors that lead to another world) and the action happens all around you like Cassandra Clare's City of Bones.
Paranormal - is where vampires, ghosts, werewolves aren't part of "real" society and your hero/heroine has to fight / discover / become / fall in love with/ kill (etc) any / all of these beings.
But, is this right? What do you think? Any imput would be very welcome.
Oh, as an aside, this is how much I wrote yesterday on Vassilly's Daughter, the new YA in progres.
3450 / 30000 words. 12% done!
The full total stands in excess of 10,000 words but the rest doesn't count as it is prior to Indywrimo!