Going Ghost

 

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I write a lot of different kinds of stories, but one common type of story that I write is the ghost story.

 

When I was writing for the Shadowlands website, I wrote about all things paranormal. This included ghosts and hauntings. When I wrote a haunted houses book with the late Canadian author, Martha Jette, some of my real paranormal encounters were added to the manuscript.

 

I am also working on a nonfiction book about true paranormal encounters.

 

Why do I write about ghosts so much? Maybe because I have seen a lot of ghosts. Or it’s because I have lived in a couple of haunted houses. In fact, with the house I live in now, there has been quite a bit of paranormal activity. But the activity doesn’t happen every single day. Or even five minutes.

 

Let me repeat this: Paranormal activity in a house that has this kind of activity does not happen Every. Single. Day. Or every five minutes.

 

This is important to remember because I am currently writing a novel of a family that lives in a house where a malevolent spirit resides. I have written some scenes of paranormal activity taking place in the home, but I don’t put it into each consecutive chapter. Some of the activity is a little terrifying as well as extreme, so I understand that periods of calm need to happen in between them. (That is, of course, until I get to the climax!)

 

I think having witnessed paranormal activity myself has helped make me a better writer of fictional paranormal encounters. With the many things I have witnessed happen, plus the research I have done in other cases of paranormal activity, it ensures that I don’t overdo the “ghost stuff” in my stories or write it in an unrealistic way.

 

Then again, some paranormal activity can itself seem unrealistic, especially if it’s coming from a malevolent spirit that’s trying to scare away new residents in the home!

Ghost Stories for Mother’s Day and Father’s Day: The GHOST Group Three Provides Tales of Young Ghosthunters on the Case!

 

IT’S BACK!!!!

 

Guess what I went and did? I brought my middle-grade paranormal mystery series back to life!

 

That’s right. After being on hiatus for almost 10 years, this series of young paranormal investigator stories written just for kids is back in the game!

 

And the GHOST Group is better than ever!

 

The GHOST Group, Book Three: The Ghosts of Calliope the Cat and The Fiery Viking, contains the fifth and sixth stories in this 12-story series. Each story includes a holiday for each month of the year – although I am not entirely certain if Friendship Day (for August) counts as a holiday. Even so, you’ll find ghost stories related to the theme of a holiday in some form or another!

 

This time around, however, the story I wrote for Mother’s Day doesn’t have a ghostly mother-and-child relationship going on. More of a mother-and-furbaby!

 

When I was working on the book, BURNING THE MIDNIGHT OIL: How We Survive as Writing Parents, I got a lot of emails from pet parents asking if they could be included in the book. Sadly, I had to turn them down. However, that has always stuck with me. I used to be a pet parent myself (my dog was my WORLD!) so I know and can understand just how important that bond is with our furbabies. (And these days, I am a pet grandparent! LOL)

 

So, to honor this bond, I decided that, for the Mother’s Day ghost story, the ghosts included would be a pet parent and their furbaby! In this case, a woman who is the pet parent of an adorable and devoted kitty cat named Calliope!

For the Father’s Day ghost story, one thing I have noticed as a writer of haunted locations (for other books) is that a common paranormal event would occur when a house or restaurant is renovated or changed in a major way. Usually, the activity that flares up is not altogether pleasant! I thought I would spotlight this trend in the GHOST Group Book Three, in which you’ll find a story of how a son who inherits his deceased father’s restaurant begins experiencing negative activity after renovations begin.

 

I had fun writing, rewriting and editing to death these stories (ha!) and I am thrilled to be back to work on The GHOST Group!

 

Thank you to my publisher, Gypsy Shadow Publishing, for not only supporting this effort to get the remaining GHOST Group stories out there, and thank you also to Manon Daniels for creating amazing cover art for these books! Thank you, Denise Bartlett and Charlotte Holley – the muscle behind the magic at Gypsy Shadow – for all of your hard work and tireless efforts!

 

And thanks to those of you who have shared about the book and shown support!

 

Here is information about the book. I hope you enjoy reading it!

 

There's something different about Sarah Town. It's brimming with ghosts-and some of those ghosts need help! That's where the GHOST Group comes in-the Ghost Helpers of Sarah Town. The GHOST Group is made up of five 11-year-old team members: Jesse, Jenny, Ryan, Trent, and Cassie.

 

The Ghost of Calliope the Cat is one of Sarah Town's most famous ghosts, and everyone is used to seeing her at one location. But what happens when Calliope appears in two different places? What does it mean when the famous ghost cat all of a sudden makes unusual appearances to members of the GHOST Group?

 

The Ghost of the Fiery Viking has the young paranormal investigators checking out a haunted hotspot in Sarah Town. The Fiery Viking is a haunted restaurant with a ghost that suddenly starts acting violent, and it's up to the GHOST Group to find out what's causing the dangerous activity.

 

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