Summer is actually over. To be entered in the Back to School Writing Contest, about the first day of school, or misery, depending in who you are.

Helpful hints on writing, with a focus on best utilizing and subverting common paranormal tropes.

On Christmas Eve, around 1812, Pip, an orphan who is about six years old, encounters an escaped convict in the village churchyard while visiting the graves of his mother, father, and siblings. The convict scares Pip into stealing food and a file to grind away his shackles, from the home he shares with his abusive older sister and her kind, passive husband Joe Gargery, a blacksmith. The next day, soldiers recapture the convict while he is engaged in a fight with another convict; the two are returned to the prison ships from which they escaped...

Lori, Miranda, and Tess were best friends since first grade. Thick as thieves. Then one tragic night, Miranda goes missing. The sleepy little town of Maplewood is beside themselves as months pass with no word of the missing girl. Life goes on though and Lora and Tess are determined to move on as well. But can they?

Trynity Colleen, just your average senior girl. Well, besides the fact that she's a werewolf and her mate is the Alpha of The Blue Moon pack. Which is the most powerful pack in the world. Find out what shocking things Tryn has to go through in; One By One 2016 copy right by Trynity Munoz Editor Elly Hendrixon

For months Summer is trapped in a cellar with the man who took her - and three other girls: Rose, Poppy, and Violet. His perfect, pure flowers. His family. But flowers can't survive long cut off from the sun, and time is running out...

Don't you have that one time when you did something really stupid at school, and your parents were going to cook you over a fire? This book is all about what NOT to do/say to school! Copyright 2015 A l e y a h (Steal my stuff, I will cut off your eyelids so you can't blink!) All rights reserved. AWESOME COVER by the one and only @JakePatt Highest ranking: 1 6/18/16 EFWNJHWIU H YAS

[COMPLETED] When down on her luck, Abby Redding lands a position as the personal assistant for wealthy businessman Alex Carter, her first assignment is to fix up his new cabin in a remote town. Things don't go as planned when an unsolved murder and a haunted cabin leave Abby Redding fighting for her life. Is her handsome boss hiding secrets? Or is there something more sinister afoot?

The advice you will find here follows the Chicago Manual of Style which is widely used by American publishers. There are some variances in style from country to country (and even from American publisher to American publisher.) **It may be easier to search the Table of Contents, as there is no rhyme or reason right now to chapter order.**