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Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
One never knows. . . You will be seeing more about Greenbriar College, Professor McCobb, Caledonia and who knows what else about the people and places of all the books on the upcoming HauntedLands.com. More news on that soon
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
I love forbidden knowledge. Like how to clean the cat hair out from under my laptop's keyboard without flicking key caps all over the place. Also I do like forbidden knowledge about religion, like what priests wear under their robes while on vacation. Readers who like my conspiracy-oriented tales, you might really like Dan Brown's Angels & Demons for an upclose and delightfully well-researched romp down the halls of the Vatican. A serious romp that doesn't play as loose with facts as I often do. You'll get lots of illlumination on Illuminati, monk junk and pope dope! Speaking of conspiracy, all hail Robert Anton Wilson. He predicted years ago that the Illuminati would cause Janet Jackson to reveal a sacred star on her booby at the Super Bowl. Expect to see Michael wearing a eye-tipped pyramid on his whoops-a-daisy at the Oops, I Did it Again Awards later this year. On a serious note, I don't mind you posting your url and your site looks quite interesting, but readers, please remember Tamara's Rule of Disorder: Lean to the left, lean to the right, don't get fanatical and you'll be all right. (That's a thinly disgused ad for Devil's Wine, coming to bookstores near you any time now. See www.allaboutghosts.com's February Ask Tamara for an inside look at the kinks of writing poetry in motion.)
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Ever notice how many doctors and veterinarians have names that fit their work? Dr. Wolf, Dr. Katz, Dr. Intestines. . . It's just astounding!
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Hey Dark, I'm writing my tail off, trying to get the newsletter back up and running and visiting Mars now and then. I'll be at Con-Dor in San Diego at the end of February. The 28th. Hope to see you there!
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
(Checking). Nope. I'm not Graham Masterton. But I play him on TV. :-) Thanks for such a grand compliment -- he's a wonderful writer. The Manitou is on my all-time favorites short list. So witty and clever.
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Thanks! The Forgotten is a personal fave. The Orange Boys are real and we really do have an occasional bout of Statue-Cat when some sort of electromagnetic anomaly occurs here. Scares the Boys silly. Or still. The only thing we notice is that the cats are staring at something we can't see and if you put your hand in the region, static raises your arm hairs -- and sometimes there are hot spots. (Like cold spots, but zapped!) One Orange Boy (the one who played "Freud" in the book) is also aware of another electromagnetic anomaly and will go stiff and stare at the ceiling. When I go outside and look, it's always one of those dreaded black helicopters.
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Glad I could amuse you!
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Glad you enjoyed. Currently Candle Bay and Bad Things can be tough to find -- the publisher ran out -- but if you hunt around, you'll find them, especially if you inquire at some of the big chains. They sometimes keep extras in their warehouses. The other books should be cake:-P
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Aw shucks...
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Often I literally dream up my ideas. July 04's Thunder Road started with a dream. So did Eternity and several others. The Sorority comes from stories my mother told me about a drowned town she'd lived in (pre-drowning) as a girl and how she'd gone back on her honeymoon and swam over the ruins. She could see the treetops and the church steeple. More ideas came from a life-long enjoyment of Arthurian lore and from a 20-year Jones for all things conspiratorial. Skull & Bones, the secret society at Yale that the Bushes and many other political and world business types were initiated into is sort of a wading pool for things some might call Illuminati-oriented. Add in the joy I took in writing dirty poems about cheerleaders in high school, repeated viewings of Animal House and Monty Python and the Holy Grail, and bam! You get The Sorority.
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Those eyes come from some reflections that looked like eyes when I was a kid. I loved telling other kids stories about the green-eyed ghost in the bush across the street from the school playground. I still do. Some people never grow up:-)
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
Jenn, Thanks! Greenbriar College was fictional, though when I was a tot, my sister was going to Whittier College in Whittier, CA and I remember being impressed by the huge old white structure surrounded by greenery. Very impressed, I suppose, since it shows up in dreams now and then, though the building itself is long gone. The Sorority is a riff on a secret society -- Skull & Bones -- out of Yale. The little club so many politcos belonged to, including both Bushes. So, the artist made the college campus on the cover art look very much like Yale. Tres cool! My number one piece of advice? Write daily, even if it's just a paragraph, and write to please yourself, no one else. Write what you want to read. I intended to put a workshop page on this site, but time is too constrictive. Happily, www.allaboutghosts.com is sponsoring writing contests, running articles on writing (so far, by me, but I'm sure other writers will drop in now and then) and my monthly Q&A column on writing. Send them along. Visit the AAG site or send questions to tamara@allaboutghosts.com
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
There are plenty of ghosts in NY and I'm sure you'll find tons in Buffalo. First, try searching www.allaboutghosts.com. They may have the link you want. Also, try a google search on "ghosts hauntings Buffalo New York" -- I'll bet you get a ton of 'em! Good luck!
 

Response posted:  1/1/2001  by Tamara
James, I get lots of mail, especially about Candle Bay, the vampire novel. Eventually, there will be a sequel -- it's all planned out. I try to answer reader mail, but it's becoming very difficult because there's getting to be lots of it. (Sweet torture:-) I may not have received your letter -- we're getting ready to switch servers and my website email address is a little funky at the moment. You can, for the time being, use tamarathorne@msn.com to be sure to get through. I try to answer everyone, but the answers have to be short -- otherwise, I don't have time to write my books. Thanks for your interest. The website will get some updating after the holidays and I'll get back to putting out news in the Drawn Quarterly Newsletter. That's the best way to hear from me. You can also find me at www.allaboutghosts.com. I do a writing column and a Q&A there.
 

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