Greetings

[Carrie Dalby]

Hi, Carrie,

Thank you, no problem.

Because I teach fiction writing and edit manuscripts, I've also got my hands in Gothic manuscripts from time to time. That's what got me looking more closely into the genre conventions originally, though I've always loved books like Rebecca and Wuthering Heights.

I'm curious how the authors here feel about the Amazon category of Gothic Romance, since much of the new material I see there seems more like Paranormal Romance to me.

I personally think many of the books are being categorized wrong. Not all Gothic is paranormal and not all paranormal is Gothic. And just because there is "dark" subject matter, doesn't mean it's Gothic in nature.  It's a pet peeve of mine, so that's all I'll say about that to avoid going "off" about it.