An Interview on The Ghost Man
In honor of Halloween this week, I have included an excerpt from my interview on The Ghost Man with YA novelist Ruth Silver for the Paranormal Palooza:
What type of novels do you write?
I write both the Donaghue and Stainer Crime Fiction series and supernatural thrillers. My first supernatural thriller is The Ghost Man,which was originally published by Saga Books in 2008. I reacquired the rights to it, revised and updated it, and published it under The Plaid Raccoon Press imprint on January 13, 2013.
What inspired you to write The Ghost Man?
I wrote it for my son Tim, who loves horror stories. As I was writing it, I ran my story ideas by him. If he said, “That sounds cool,” it meant that the idea would survive the cut. Also, I had done a lot of research on my father's family, who originally came from Westport, Ontario, and I was able to use this as background for The Ghost Man. The fictitious town of Coburn Falls in the novel is based on Westport.
What do you enjoy about writing in the paranormal genre?
I read voraciously as a youngster—juvenile sports novels, science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction— just about anything I could get my hands on. I love a good story, and the paranormal/supernatural genre is a natural medium (no pun intended) for telling stories. I can draw from a wealth of sources, including myths and legends, oral story-telling traditions, and modern paranormal investigations. I will be setting all of my supernatural thrillers in Canada (my crime fiction novels are set in the United States), because Canada has its own abundance of lore concerning hauntings and the supernatural. As I always say, ghosts can appear anywhere, so why not right around here? I have a lot of story ideas I'd like to develop into novels.
What are you working on right now?
I'm writing a supernatural thriller set in Ottawa, which is the story of a police negotiator who must negotiate with a ghost who has taken a paranormal investigation team hostage. If you thought hostage negotiation was a difficult occupation, just imagine the stress of negotiating with “the other side”. I think it makes for a fascinating story.
For the full text of the post, please visit Ruth Silver's blog, Write Away Bliss, at http://writeawaybliss.com/the-ghost-m....
What type of novels do you write?
I write both the Donaghue and Stainer Crime Fiction series and supernatural thrillers. My first supernatural thriller is The Ghost Man,which was originally published by Saga Books in 2008. I reacquired the rights to it, revised and updated it, and published it under The Plaid Raccoon Press imprint on January 13, 2013.
What inspired you to write The Ghost Man?
I wrote it for my son Tim, who loves horror stories. As I was writing it, I ran my story ideas by him. If he said, “That sounds cool,” it meant that the idea would survive the cut. Also, I had done a lot of research on my father's family, who originally came from Westport, Ontario, and I was able to use this as background for The Ghost Man. The fictitious town of Coburn Falls in the novel is based on Westport.
What do you enjoy about writing in the paranormal genre?
I read voraciously as a youngster—juvenile sports novels, science fiction, fantasy, historical fiction— just about anything I could get my hands on. I love a good story, and the paranormal/supernatural genre is a natural medium (no pun intended) for telling stories. I can draw from a wealth of sources, including myths and legends, oral story-telling traditions, and modern paranormal investigations. I will be setting all of my supernatural thrillers in Canada (my crime fiction novels are set in the United States), because Canada has its own abundance of lore concerning hauntings and the supernatural. As I always say, ghosts can appear anywhere, so why not right around here? I have a lot of story ideas I'd like to develop into novels.
What are you working on right now?
I'm writing a supernatural thriller set in Ottawa, which is the story of a police negotiator who must negotiate with a ghost who has taken a paranormal investigation team hostage. If you thought hostage negotiation was a difficult occupation, just imagine the stress of negotiating with “the other side”. I think it makes for a fascinating story.
For the full text of the post, please visit Ruth Silver's blog, Write Away Bliss, at http://writeawaybliss.com/the-ghost-m....
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