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#HistFicThursdays - The Paranormal and Supernatural - Writing Beyond the Senses

As a writer, you're increasingly told to show don't tell . It's one of those phrases which has infiltrated all lessons from the highest ranked authors to the little primary school child taking their first steps into writing. Ironically, there are now so many clichés in this particular idea that it is now becoming something of a cliché itself! But one particularly significant area of inspiration and writing when this works at its best is when we are dealing with the supernatural. By its very meaning, the supernatural transcends the laws of nature. It's our job as writers of historical fiction not only to convey that but - and this is a real biggie! - to acknowledge and accept that these beliefs were true. Belief in these ideas (which, at best, now get you labelled as quirky) was commonplace in history, and you need not look too far back to find them. According to surveys run ten years ago, 34% of people in the UK said they believed in ghosts, and 42% of people in the USA
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New Review Policy

It's been a long time since we wrote our Review Policy, so we've decided to rewrite it in order to give you, the writer, the best possible chance of catching our eye with your fabulous writing.

Your Reviewers: Judith, Clemency, and Virginia.

The aim of Crowvus has always been to bring good quality literature to the public's attention. This blog will concentrate mainly on self published works, or books from Indie publishers because, let's be honest, they deserve as much attention as the big-wigs!

Due to the sheer number of book review requests we have received across all genres, we've made the decision to focus on certain ages and genres. This just means that you're not going to waste your time.

As well as posting our review on here, we will post our reviews on your book's product pages, and Goodreads. All our reviews are also shared on our social media platforms.

Clemency is currently closed to review requests, but please keep checking back to find out when she will be accepting them once more.

Judith is accepting review requests for the following ages and genres: Picture Books; Middle Grade (all genres); Young Adult (historical fiction; paranormal fiction NOT horror; paranormal nonfiction); Adult (gothic horror; paranormal nonfiction).

Virginia is accepting review requests for the following genres: historical fiction (including historical fantasy); historical nonfiction; high fantasy (romantic subplots fine but no sex, please).

Please carefully read the guidelines below, any review requests which do not match these will end up in our spam folder and that's not where your books belong!

Submission Guidelines for Review Requests

Choose which of our reviewers is the best-fit for your book, and make sure that you put their name in the subject line, followed by the genre and then title of your book. So, your subject should read like this:

Virginia; Review Request; Historical Fiction; The Adventures of Brave Adventurer Bold

Submit all review requests to the_team@crowvus.com

Virginia only accepts physical copies of books - these can be ARCs, proofs, or the finished book.
Judith accepts eBooks and physical copies for most books - however, she only accepts physical copies for books which rely on illustrations.

There are no upper or lower limits regarding wordcount, although anything more than 120,000 is unlikely to hit the top of the TBR pile any time soon.

Tell us about your book, but don't tell us about the writers who write the same way. We might expect certain things of your book based on this, and that's not fair on you or us.

Please be aware, there will be some books which - through taste alone - we do not gel with as a reader. Reading is subjective, we know and have experienced this as writers as well as readers. Please let us know if you want us not to post your review if it turns out to be a DNF for us.

Happy Writing!

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  1. Sharon Wagoner7 December 2018 at 05:05

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  2. ShadowverseJC23 December 2018 at 17:56

    I have emailed you with a request!

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  3. Sein Ares7 April 2019 at 19:23

    Hi, I can't seem to email you. This is the address right? Sorry, if I am mistaken
    team@crowvus.com

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    1. Clemency Crow8 April 2019 at 09:35

      Hello! Thanks for getting in touch! The email is the_team@crowvus.com (just put in the_ at the beginning and you'll be fine.) Let me know if it still doesn't work. :)

      Clemency

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  4. Unknown22 June 2019 at 04:11

    Hello Clemency,
    I'm trying to email you with my book review request at email _team@crowvus.com. However, email comes back "address not found"

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    1. Clemency Crow17 July 2019 at 11:24

      Hello! Thanks for your interest! There is 'THE' at the beginning of the email address so it's THE_TEAM@CROWVUS.COM

      Hope this helps! :)

      Clemency

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  5. Unknown16 September 2019 at 03:25

    Hi, I just emailed you in reference to a possible book review. I look forward to hearing from you.

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