I’ll bet you’re wondering, “Who the heck is Cheryel Hutton?”

Well, I’m writer who lives in Chattanooga, Tennessee with my husband and two dachshunds. I have two adult daughters, both of whom have dabbled with writing. I have been selling short fiction and nonfiction for a while, and I sold my first novel just about a year ago.

Both my novel and the novella I sold soon thereafter are paranormal romances. Which leads to an obvious question: Why do I write paranormal romance?

It’s all Vincent Price’s fault. Or my mom’s. Or maybe both.
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Good Morning! I know I’m a little late, and I want to thank Heather for her invitation and patience. In my other life, I work as a legal assistant and briefs were due. Which is probably why I write in the paranormal sub-genre. After all, I can’t send anyone to an alternate dimension filled with demons in real life. ;)

However, the one aspect I truly enjoy is the world building. In my opinion, to have a great story world the reader will remember, the author must be part artist, part engineer, part mad scientist. Elements need to be built and structured with the greatest attention to detail, and then painted with the visionary’s palette.

My stories generally involve an alternate dimension. I love playing in alternate dimension worlds, because they give me the freedom to let my twisted mind journey down roads it would otherwise never travel. (BTW, my son tagged me with twisted. I don’t necessarily agree with him, but it does seem to match my writing.)
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