I am very happy to announce the publication of my new book:
A group of friends trek deep into a haunted forest for what they expect will be a fun adventure. Instead, they end up in a terrifying game of cat and mouse with something otherworldly.
If you enjoy scary stories based on real hauntings this book is for you.
The Wee-Jees is very different from anything else I’ve written.
It’s a ghost story based on true events from my childhood when I lived near a haunted forest. I’ve written a dozen books and yet this is the book I’ve always wanted to write but eluded me for so long.
Now, with it finished, I am relieved, but also nervous with anticipation. I never wanted to scare anyone, but I have no choice. The story needed to be told.
I trust that you know the feeling because you have a story that needs to be told, too! I hope my story in today’s post inspires you to not only read mine but to write and share yours.
How I finally wrote the story that refused to be written (and you can, too!)
I wanted to write this story for many years, but something always came between me and the writing of it. In fact, about a half-dozen years ago I wrote a few chapters and sent them to my then editor, but she refused to finish reading them and instead insisted I talk about the events with a priest.
After my editor’s refusal, I gave up writing the story for several more years. I thought her suggestion to go see a priest was made in jest and she was merely saving me from rejection. It turned out that she was very serious, and her refusal to critique the chapters had nothing to do with whether my writing was any good or not.
Many other weird things happened whenever I tried to chronicle the story. Once, I somehow accidentally threw away a notebook filled with several chapters. By the time I realized what happened, the garbage collector had already picked up the trash and it was gone forever.
It’s as though the writing of this story was intentionally being stopped, and frankly, I believe that to be true.
I know how that sounds, but either subconsciously or in some other way, whenever I wrote about certain aspects of the story in detailed ways, I would stall and then stop writing about it, often for years.
For the longest while, I thought it was writer’s block, trauma, or my own fears of reliving those events, and although all those things are likely true to some degree, I believe something else was keeping me from telling the story.
In the moments when I doubted myself, doubted my writing, and even doubted my story, I told myself I can do this, I can write this story, I must write it, if not for anyone else but myself.
I wrote it. And if I could write this story, you can write your story, too. I promise you.
Although I’ve fictionalized parts of the story to respect the anonymity of my friends and fill in blanks, the experiences involving the paranormal are written with raw and unfettered honesty, I don’t hide what we experienced in any way.
I don’t want to reveal too much more in this post, as to not spoil it.
I hope that you take a moment to purchase it on Amazon, read it, and connect with me after reading it if you’ve experienced anything similar. I’d love to hear your story. I will soon set up another website for those who have experienced the unexplainable.
As a writer, you have to write your story, whatever it might be. My story happens to be a ghost story. What’s yours?
This is my story. I hope you enjoy it.
