It’s October, as if you hadn’t noticed, and what better time to get the infra-red cameras out, place a few sound recorders about, switch off the lights and listen to the noises of a creaky old house? As a Friday […]
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Countdown to Hallowe’en
When should a ghost story be released? I’ve never really thought about that question before. With every release of Paranormology, it was a matter of ‘Welp, I finished it, it’s ready to go… hit the big red button!’ That was […]
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Next in Paranormology – Devon Cove Ghost
I understand the confusion – Iris of the Shadows only just got released, I said I was working on the third Tedrick (and I am), but now I’m banging on about the seventh book in Paranormology? Come on, Jez, that’s […]
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Irons in the Fire
What’s next, Jez, what’s next? That’s the question I keep asking. It’s a very good question that must be asked. There’s the old joke about the guy who starts to clean his room, only to stop and start making lunch, […]
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Jolimont Street Ghost – Audiobook
I’ve always liked the name ‘Jolimont’, ever since I would walk down that street toward the Melbourne Cricket Ground to go sell pies and chips. And on the way home again, exhausted and covered in post-mix and fryer fat, I’d […]
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Cooper Alley Ghost – Preorder
Can’t wait for the next in Paranormology? Me neither! That’s why I’ve been working into the night, propped up alternately by coffee and gin, to work the red pen and exercise my typing muscles to get the second draft down […]
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The Red Pen’s Revenge
The excitement builds. The whisky is poured. Draft two is complete. It is a relief. The first run, you see, doesn’t feel real, it doesn’t feel like the end product. It’s almost as if the first copy is a grainy […]
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Cooper Alley Ghost Cover – Pt 4
I’ve used the same general layout for the Paranormology series – Two thirds picture at the top, one third writing at the bottom. The top is of the haunted building. The bottom contains the title and author upon a close […]
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Cooper Alley Cover – Pt 2
I really needed a picture of this house for the front cover. But taking the photo is only the first part of the job. Next was turning this rather old looking piece into something one might consider haunted. The house, […]
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Cooper Alley Ghost Cover – Pt 3
In the story, it is winter. It is cold. It is snowing. The problem I faced is that this photograph is in Melbourne, in Summer, when it’s hot and definitely does not snow. I could think about, say, grabbing a […]
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