09-23-2011, 04:08 AM
(09-22-2011, 10:15 PM)Jace Wrote: That's great! Good luck with it. It will be nice to soak up the ambience.I worked for the temp services for a short while and one of my assignments was an old Victorian house that had been converted to office space. The first day there, I realized it was haunted and it was a weird feeling. It had this old wide staircase and every time I would have to go upstairs, the original owner (I believe) would stand on the landing and glare at me. I actually got so nervous, I tripped and fell on the staircase. No one else noticed it, but when you are psychic, you get into those situations sometimes. I actually left the assignment early as it was too nerve wracking to be feeling these waves of anger.
Tammie, do you know if any of the old gothic writers ever wrote a book on writing one? I couldn't find anything. Any tips on plotting would be greatly appreciated. I'm not sure how to proceed to make it not so formulaic. If you ever have a psychic in any of your stories and need some inside insight...please feel free to give me a shout.
That's interesting. I'll definitely file you in my resource file (well not literally, LOL) I really don't recall ever running across a book on writing Gothics. I have just reconnected with a friend who published Gothics back in the 80s. She had the rights back to her back list and her son is helping her convert them for Kindle/Nook etc. She told me yesterday that she was going to need some help with promotion / online stuff. Maybe, I can get her to do a guest blog or article on writing gothic. She may even be interested in doing a book like that. I think you're on the right track, if you're studying the old ones. Sometimes just reading extensively in the genre helps more.
