Jul 26, 2015 | Mysterious Places, The Writing Life
At long last, the day we’d been waiting for arrived. We were finally going to visit the childhood home of Vlad Tepes, otherwise known as The Impaler, otherwise known as Dracula (which is Romanian for son of the devil). After an epic bus ride, we stumbled onto...
Jul 17, 2015 | Mysterious Places, The Writing Life
Transylvania Horror Writer’s Workshop, Day 3. Here’s something I don’t say very often. I’m scared. And I don’t scare easily. Finally got inside Bran Castle, and it has it all–a secret passageway, a connection to Bram...
Jul 15, 2015 | Mysterious Places, The Writing Life
Every house is haunted. It’s only to be expected in a place with so much history. Most of the buildings in these little Romanian villages are hundreds of years old. I’d spent a total of about fifteen hours in planes and airports, but I had a surprising...
Feb 24, 2015 | Mysterious Places, The Life Less Ordinary, The Writing Life
It may just be the most amazing writers’ retreat ever. I’m going to go out on a limb and say it is. This summer, I’ll be in Transylvania for the Horror Writers’ Workshop. What better place to craft a scary story than in the shadow of Bran...
