Shivery thoughts of Ghosts and Haunted Houses

Here is a thread I started on LuLu.com, copying it to my blog:

I’m thinking of maybe writing a ghost story, with a haunted house. Well, I’m not just thinking about it, I’m actually doing it.

Anyways, I thought we should have a thread where all of us planning to write ghost stories and haunted house tales and such, can gather and swap ideas, and I couldn’t find one already made, so I am making one, and so here it is.

Here’s a few questions to get your creative brainwaves flowing. Why not jump and and share your ghost stoy helpers here?

So, what’s everyone planning to write about?

Why did you choose to write a ghost story?

How do you plan to use ghosts in your story?

Will your story be set in a haunted house or no? If yes, what do you think when you think haunted house?

What cliches about ghosts do you think every ghost story should have in it?

What cliches do you feel every ghost story should avoid?

Have you ever considered turning a ghost story into a play?

How do you add suspence to your story?

What scary details do you add to scare the pants off your readers?

and to get everyone started I guess I’ll go first and answer my own questions. Here it goes:

[b]So, what’s everyone planning to write about? [/b]

I started out writing a novel, but than it wanted to be more of a set of short stories instead of a straight novel, so I changed it to a novel in which the main character comes in a started reading various short stories, and now it’s a set of short stories that take place within a novel. Is that weird? Has anyone ever done this or heard of any books written like this before?

[b]Why did you choose to write a ghost story?[/b]

Don’t know really. The idea just popped into my head and begged me to start writting it. It just happens to be about a haunted house and a bunch of strange ghosts are living there and each one has their own story to tell.

[b]How do you plan to use ghosts in your story?[/b]

My ghosts are “the good guys” and the humans that come into their homes are the “invaders or bad guys”. So on the surface the ghosts seem like villains, when in fact they are not and they think that the living who are invading their space are the villains, instead…. when I word it like that it sound kind of like Beetlejuice, but it’s not like Beetlejuice, so that’s weird.

[b]Will your story be set in a haunted house or no? If yes, what do you think when you think haunted house?[/b]

yes, or yes… more than one haunted house actually, because it is a set of short stories, and each one takes place in a differant haunted area, not always a house. One has a haunted cave and another has a haunted tree.

I think of a big old Victorian mansion when I think haunted house. High on a hill, outside of town. On the seaside so that it can be weathered a nice old dingy grey.

[b]What cliches about ghosts do you think every ghost story should have in it?[/b]

cold air when the ghost walks in

creaks and other sounds of an old settleing house

ghosts that do not realize they are ghosts… I love those

Twilight Zone endings that don’t really end

[b]What cliches do you feel every ghost story should avoid?[/b]

ghosts that walking around in chains… it works for Dickens but not today

ghosts made of green glowing ectoplasma… I don’t now, I ust hate icky greem glowing goopy ghosts… way too cheesy

[b]Have you ever considered turning a ghost story into a play?[/b]

Half way through writing this book, I thought to myself, hey, this would make a great set of plays for a grade school to put on for Halloween, so now I’m writing 2 differant versions of it, one as a novel and one as a stage play. I’m just being twice as hard on myself now

[b]How do you add suspence to your story?[/b]

hmmm… I’m puzzleing over that one and wondering if I have any suspence in my book at all. I think my characters need more “at risk” situations.

[b]What scary details do you add to scare the pants off your readers?[/b]

questioning this one as well, I don’t think my book is scary enough yet, needs a lot of work to get it to reach my scarymeter standards, but it’s still got a ways to go before I’m done with it, so, it’s okay for now.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
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Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
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Shivery thoughts of Ghosts and Haunted Houses

Here is a thread I started on LuLu.com, copying it to my blog:

I’m thinking of maybe writing a ghost story, with a haunted house. Well, I’m not just thinking about it, I’m actually doing it.

Anyways, I thought we should have a thread where all of us planning to write ghost stories and haunted house tales and such, can gather and swap ideas, and I couldn’t find one already made, so I am making one, and so here it is.

Here’s a few questions to get your creative brainwaves flowing. Why not jump and and share your ghost stoy helpers here?

So, what’s everyone planning to write about?

Why did you choose to write a ghost story?

How do you plan to use ghosts in your story?

Will your story be set in a haunted house or no? If yes, what do you think when you think haunted house?

What cliches about ghosts do you think every ghost story should have in it?

What cliches do you feel every ghost story should avoid?

Have you ever considered turning a ghost story into a play?

How do you add suspence to your story?

What scary details do you add to scare the pants off your readers?

and to get everyone started I guess I’ll go first and answer my own questions. Here it goes:

[b]So, what’s everyone planning to write about? [/b]

I started out writing a novel, but than it wanted to be more of a set of short stories instead of a straight novel, so I changed it to a novel in which the main character comes in a started reading various short stories, and now it’s a set of short stories that take place within a novel. Is that weird? Has anyone ever done this or heard of any books written like this before?

[b]Why did you choose to write a ghost story?[/b]

Don’t know really. The idea just popped into my head and begged me to start writting it. It just happens to be about a haunted house and a bunch of strange ghosts are living there and each one has their own story to tell.

[b]How do you plan to use ghosts in your story?[/b]

My ghosts are “the good guys” and the humans that come into their homes are the “invaders or bad guys”. So on the surface the ghosts seem like villains, when in fact they are not and they think that the living who are invading their space are the villains, instead…. when I word it like that it sound kind of like Beetlejuice, but it’s not like Beetlejuice, so that’s weird.

[b]Will your story be set in a haunted house or no? If yes, what do you think when you think haunted house?[/b]

yes, or yes… more than one haunted house actually, because it is a set of short stories, and each one takes place in a differant haunted area, not always a house. One has a haunted cave and another has a haunted tree.

I think of a big old Victorian mansion when I think haunted house. High on a hill, outside of town. On the seaside so that it can be weathered a nice old dingy grey.

[b]What cliches about ghosts do you think every ghost story should have in it?[/b]

cold air when the ghost walks in

creaks and other sounds of an old settleing house

ghosts that do not realize they are ghosts… I love those

Twilight Zone endings that don’t really end

[b]What cliches do you feel every ghost story should avoid?[/b]

ghosts that walking around in chains… it works for Dickens but not today

ghosts made of green glowing ectoplasma… I don’t now, I ust hate icky greem glowing goopy ghosts… way too cheesy

[b]Have you ever considered turning a ghost story into a play?[/b]

Half way through writing this book, I thought to myself, hey, this would make a great set of plays for a grade school to put on for Halloween, so now I’m writing 2 differant versions of it, one as a novel and one as a stage play. I’m just being twice as hard on myself now

[b]How do you add suspence to your story?[/b]

hmmm… I’m puzzleing over that one and wondering if I have any suspence in my book at all. I think my characters need more “at risk” situations.

[b]What scary details do you add to scare the pants off your readers?[/b]

questioning this one as well, I don’t think my book is scary enough yet, needs a lot of work to get it to reach my scarymeter standards, but it’s still got a ways to go before I’m done with it, so, it’s okay for now.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

Shivery thoughts of Ghosts and Haunted Houses

Here is a thread I started on LuLu.com, copying it to my blog:

I’m thinking of maybe writing a ghost story, with a haunted house. Well, I’m not just thinking about it, I’m actually doing it.

Anyways, I thought we should have a thread where all of us planning to write ghost stories and haunted house tales and such, can gather and swap ideas, and I couldn’t find one already made, so I am making one, and so here it is.

Here’s a few questions to get your creative brainwaves flowing. Why not jump and and share your ghost stoy helpers here?

So, what’s everyone planning to write about?

Why did you choose to write a ghost story?

How do you plan to use ghosts in your story?

Will your story be set in a haunted house or no? If yes, what do you think when you think haunted house?

What cliches about ghosts do you think every ghost story should have in it?

What cliches do you feel every ghost story should avoid?

Have you ever considered turning a ghost story into a play?

How do you add suspence to your story?

What scary details do you add to scare the pants off your readers?

and to get everyone started I guess I’ll go first and answer my own questions. Here it goes:

[b]So, what’s everyone planning to write about? [/b]

I started out writing a novel, but than it wanted to be more of a set of short stories instead of a straight novel, so I changed it to a novel in which the main character comes in a started reading various short stories, and now it’s a set of short stories that take place within a novel. Is that weird? Has anyone ever done this or heard of any books written like this before?

[b]Why did you choose to write a ghost story?[/b]

Don’t know really. The idea just popped into my head and begged me to start writting it. It just happens to be about a haunted house and a bunch of strange ghosts are living there and each one has their own story to tell.

[b]How do you plan to use ghosts in your story?[/b]

My ghosts are “the good guys” and the humans that come into their homes are the “invaders or bad guys”. So on the surface the ghosts seem like villains, when in fact they are not and they think that the living who are invading their space are the villains, instead…. when I word it like that it sound kind of like Beetlejuice, but it’s not like Beetlejuice, so that’s weird.

[b]Will your story be set in a haunted house or no? If yes, what do you think when you think haunted house?[/b]

yes, or yes… more than one haunted house actually, because it is a set of short stories, and each one takes place in a differant haunted area, not always a house. One has a haunted cave and another has a haunted tree.

I think of a big old Victorian mansion when I think haunted house. High on a hill, outside of town. On the seaside so that it can be weathered a nice old dingy grey.

[b]What cliches about ghosts do you think every ghost story should have in it?[/b]

cold air when the ghost walks in

creaks and other sounds of an old settleing house

ghosts that do not realize they are ghosts… I love those

Twilight Zone endings that don’t really end

[b]What cliches do you feel every ghost story should avoid?[/b]

ghosts that walking around in chains… it works for Dickens but not today

ghosts made of green glowing ectoplasma… I don’t now, I ust hate icky greem glowing goopy ghosts… way too cheesy

[b]Have you ever considered turning a ghost story into a play?[/b]

Half way through writing this book, I thought to myself, hey, this would make a great set of plays for a grade school to put on for Halloween, so now I’m writing 2 differant versions of it, one as a novel and one as a stage play. I’m just being twice as hard on myself now

[b]How do you add suspence to your story?[/b]

hmmm… I’m puzzleing over that one and wondering if I have any suspence in my book at all. I think my characters need more “at risk” situations.

[b]What scary details do you add to scare the pants off your readers?[/b]

questioning this one as well, I don’t think my book is scary enough yet, needs a lot of work to get it to reach my scarymeter standards, but it’s still got a ways to go before I’m done with it, so, it’s okay for now.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

>Shivery thoughts of Ghosts and Haunted Houses

>

Here is a thread I started on LuLu.com, copying it to my blog:

I’m thinking of maybe writing a ghost story, with a haunted house. Well, I’m not just thinking about it, I’m actually doing it.

Anyways, I thought we should have a thread where all of us planning to write ghost stories and haunted house tales and such, can gather and swap ideas, and I couldn’t find one already made, so I am making one, and so here it is.

Here’s a few questions to get your creative brainwaves flowing. Why not jump and and share your ghost stoy helpers here?

So, what’s everyone planning to write about?

Why did you choose to write a ghost story?

How do you plan to use ghosts in your story?

Will your story be set in a haunted house or no? If yes, what do you think when you think haunted house?

What cliches about ghosts do you think every ghost story should have in it?

What cliches do you feel every ghost story should avoid?

Have you ever considered turning a ghost story into a play?

How do you add suspence to your story?

What scary details do you add to scare the pants off your readers?

and to get everyone started I guess I’ll go first and answer my own questions. Here it goes:

[b]So, what’s everyone planning to write about? [/b]

I started out writing a novel, but than it wanted to be more of a set of short stories instead of a straight novel, so I changed it to a novel in which the main character comes in a started reading various short stories, and now it’s a set of short stories that take place within a novel. Is that weird? Has anyone ever done this or heard of any books written like this before?

[b]Why did you choose to write a ghost story?[/b]

Don’t know really. The idea just popped into my head and begged me to start writting it. It just happens to be about a haunted house and a bunch of strange ghosts are living there and each one has their own story to tell.

[b]How do you plan to use ghosts in your story?[/b]

My ghosts are “the good guys” and the humans that come into their homes are the “invaders or bad guys”. So on the surface the ghosts seem like villains, when in fact they are not and they think that the living who are invading their space are the villains, instead…. when I word it like that it sound kind of like Beetlejuice, but it’s not like Beetlejuice, so that’s weird.

[b]Will your story be set in a haunted house or no? If yes, what do you think when you think haunted house?[/b]

yes, or yes… more than one haunted house actually, because it is a set of short stories, and each one takes place in a differant haunted area, not always a house. One has a haunted cave and another has a haunted tree.

I think of a big old Victorian mansion when I think haunted house. High on a hill, outside of town. On the seaside so that it can be weathered a nice old dingy grey.

[b]What cliches about ghosts do you think every ghost story should have in it?[/b]

cold air when the ghost walks in

creaks and other sounds of an old settleing house

ghosts that do not realize they are ghosts… I love those

Twilight Zone endings that don’t really end

[b]What cliches do you feel every ghost story should avoid?[/b]

ghosts that walking around in chains… it works for Dickens but not today

ghosts made of green glowing ectoplasma… I don’t now, I ust hate icky greem glowing goopy ghosts… way too cheesy

[b]Have you ever considered turning a ghost story into a play?[/b]

Half way through writing this book, I thought to myself, hey, this would make a great set of plays for a grade school to put on for Halloween, so now I’m writing 2 differant versions of it, one as a novel and one as a stage play. I’m just being twice as hard on myself now

[b]How do you add suspence to your story?[/b]

hmmm… I’m puzzleing over that one and wondering if I have any suspence in my book at all. I think my characters need more “at risk” situations.

[b]What scary details do you add to scare the pants off your readers?[/b]

questioning this one as well, I don’t think my book is scary enough yet, needs a lot of work to get it to reach my scarymeter standards, but it’s still got a ways to go before I’m done with it, so, it’s okay for now.

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

‘End of the World’ Might Not be the End of ‘Pirates’

**** [QUOTE] Avast me hearties, I have good news for all you Pirates of the Caribbean fans. LA Times confirms rumors that Johnny Depp is willing to reprise his role as Captain Jack Sparrow and that a fourth Pirates of Caribbean film might not be such a far fetch dream….[/QUOTE]

I’m hoping that the rumors are true…. and now (just home from the theater and seeing that POTC 3 didn’t end,) looks likely that a 4 may be coming!

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Anyone got any ghostly advice?

well, I came on here today, because I am working on my novel… the one for this chalenge this time! it’s a ghost story, about a haunted house with several assorted ghosts living in it.

the “prime ghost” is the ghost of a black cat

the secondary ghost is a spirit possessed tree in the front yard

other ghosts include a hell hound, a bride, and a group of “little people” (not yet sure what to call these guys, they are somewhat like drawves or gnomes or leprechuans)

basicly I’m looking for any ideas, anyone might have, that they think would be useful in writing a ghost story; I’m looking for ghost cliches, urban ghost stories, how ghosts came to be, why do they haunt the places they haunt, how did they become ghosts, how can they escape from being a ghost, why might they haunt one person and not another, why are some ghosts goos while others are bad, how do ghosts kill people and why, and just about any ghostly idea you can come up with.

thanks for your help.

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What is The Twighlight Manor Library?

The Twighlight Manor is a vast mansion, in it’s glory it had over 500 rooms, all funished with artifacts from Sir Roderic’s travels around the world. Al~Keem later added his own extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts. Etiole and finally EelKat would continue to add to the Manor. The Library, sits at the heart of the Manor on the second floor, and is a vast round room 3 stories tall, lined with twisting stairwys and thousands upon thousands of books. The original collection belonged to Roderic’s first wife Melneeva. Al~Keem’s collection of anceint scrolls, papyre, and old documents, was later added, along with Dr. Vangonees’ large collection. As large as The Manor’s collection had become, it was to nearly double in size when Micha moved into the house. Micha was the youngest son of the planet’s current Emporor Swanzen, and an avid book collector. The Manor’s collection was passed on to him. Micha now resides in the room along side the Library, and continues to add to the collection.

Topics: books, The Twighlight Manor, The Twighlight Manor Library

What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?

What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?

Where is The Twighlight Manor?

Can I visit The Twighlight Manor?

The Twighlight Manor is a house that I designed but never built, so no you can’t visit it. The Manor is a stone castle-like fortress, 4 stories tall, with a triple level basement, and dungeon below them. The dungeon itself, is built into a series of catacombs and caves, which exit in the side of Crystal Gorge.However, since it is in a series of books, therefor it must be somewhere, so, where is it? According to the story, it was built in the late 1300’s in a dense forest off the coast of North America. One of the characters after not seeing the Manor in nearly 200 years, set out to find it in the 20th century, armed only with the knowlege that it was hidden in a forest along the coast. Finding the Manor proved less than easy, as in the 200 years that had past, cities had built up and the forest was no more.

So where had the forest in the book, once been? Once upon a time there was a vast forest, thousands of acres of ancient White Pine trees in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA. In the late 1800’s it was named The Ross Forest, after the man who set out a petition to make this unique wonder a national park. What was so unique about The Ross Forest? No where else in the world was there a forest of ancient pine trees growing along a pristine white sands beach. As a small child in the 1970’s I grew up exploring the last 500 or so acres of the Ross Forest. Today in 2005, I drive down the miles of houses, golf courses, and conduminiums that line the Ross Rd and cry, because The Ross Forest is no more. My children will never know the joys of living in the forest on the beach, and in tribute to that trajid lose of a natural wonder, I re-created The Ross Forest I remember from my childhood, in my books, renaming it the Twighlight Forest, and The Twighlight Manor is set in the middle of it.

Written Friday, November 4, 2005

Topics: The Twighlight Manor

What is The Twighlight Manor Library?

The Twighlight Manor is a vast mansion, in it’s glory it had over 500 rooms, all funished with artifacts from Sir Roderic’s travels around the world. Al~Keem later added his own extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts. Etiole and finally EelKat would continue to add to the Manor. The Library, sits at the heart of the Manor on the second floor, and is a vast round room 3 stories tall, lined with twisting stairwys and thousands upon thousands of books. The original collection belonged to Roderic’s first wife Melneeva. Al~Keem’s collection of anceint scrolls, papyre, and old documents, was later added, along with Dr. Vangonees’ large collection. As large as The Manor’s collection had become, it was to nearly double in size when Micha moved into the house. Micha was the youngest son of the planet’s current Emporor Swanzen, and an avid book collector. The Manor’s collection was passed on to him. Micha now resides in the room along side the Library, and continues to add to the collection.

Topics: books, The Twighlight Manor, The Twighlight Manor Library

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

What is The Twighlight Manor Library?

The Twighlight Manor is a vast mansion, in it’s glory it had over 500 rooms, all funished with artifacts from Sir Roderic’s travels around the world. Al~Keem later added his own extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts. Etiole and finally EelKat would continue to add to the Manor. The Library, sits at the heart of the Manor on the second floor, and is a vast round room 3 stories tall, lined with twisting stairwys and thousands upon thousands of books. The original collection belonged to Roderic’s first wife Melneeva. Al~Keem’s collection of anceint scrolls, papyre, and old documents, was later added, along with Dr. Vangonees’ large collection. As large as The Manor’s collection had become, it was to nearly double in size when Micha moved into the house. Micha was the youngest son of the planet’s current Emporor Swanzen, and an avid book collector. The Manor’s collection was passed on to him. Micha now resides in the room along side the Library, and continues to add to the collection.

Topics: books, The Twighlight Manor, The Twighlight Manor Library

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

>What is The Twighlight Manor Library?

>

The Twighlight Manor is a vast mansion, in it’s glory it had over 500 rooms, all funished with artifacts from Sir Roderic’s travels around the world. Al~Keem later added his own extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts. Etiole and finally EelKat would continue to add to the Manor. The Library, sits at the heart of the Manor on the second floor, and is a vast round room 3 stories tall, lined with twisting stairwys and thousands upon thousands of books. The original collection belonged to Roderic’s first wife Melneeva. Al~Keem’s collection of anceint scrolls, papyre, and old documents, was later added, along with Dr. Vangonees’ large collection. As large as The Manor’s collection had become, it was to nearly double in size when Micha moved into the house. Micha was the youngest son of the planet’s current Emporor Swanzen, and an avid book collector. The Manor’s collection was passed on to him. Micha now resides in the room along side the Library, and continues to add to the collection.

Topics: books, The Twighlight Manor, The Twighlight Manor Library

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

What is The Twighlight Manor Library?

The Twighlight Manor is a vast mansion, in it’s glory it had over 500 rooms, all funished with artifacts from Sir Roderic’s travels around the world. Al~Keem later added his own extensive collection of Egyptian artifacts. Etiole and finally EelKat would continue to add to the Manor. The Library, sits at the heart of the Manor on the second floor, and is a vast round room 3 stories tall, lined with twisting stairwys and thousands upon thousands of books. The original collection belonged to Roderic’s first wife Melneeva. Al~Keem’s collection of anceint scrolls, papyre, and old documents, was later added, along with Dr. Vangonees’ large collection. As large as The Manor’s collection had become, it was to nearly double in size when Micha moved into the house. Micha was the youngest son of the planet’s current Emporor Swanzen, and an avid book collector. The Manor’s collection was passed on to him. Micha now resides in the room along side the Library, and continues to add to the collection.

Topics: books, The Twighlight Manor, The Twighlight Manor Library

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?

What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?Where is The Twighlight Manor?

Can I visit The Twighlight Manor?

The Twighlight Manor is a house that I designed but never built, so no you can’t visit it. The Manor is a stone castle-like fortress, 4 stories tall, with a triple level basement, and dungeon below them. The dungeon itself, is built into a series of catacombs and caves, which exit in the side of Crystal Gorge.However, since it is in a series of books, therefor it must be somewhere, so, where is it? According to the story, it was built in the late 1300’s in a dense forest off the coast of North America. One of the characters after not seeing the Manor in nearly 200 years, set out to find it in the 20th century, armed only with the knowlege that it was hidden in a forest along the coast. Finding the Manor proved less than easy, as in the 200 years that had past, cities had built up and the forest was no more.

So where had the forest in the book, once been? Once upon a time there was a vast forest, thousands of acres of ancient White Pine trees in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA. In the late 1800’s it was named The Ross Forest, after the man who set out a petition to make this unique wonder a national park. What was so unique about The Ross Forest? No where else in the world was there a forest of ancient pine trees growing along a pristine white sands beach. As a small child in the 1970’s I grew up exploring the last 500 or so acres of the Ross Forest. Today in 2005, I drive down the miles of houses, golf courses, and conduminiums that line the Ross Rd and cry, because The Ross Forest is no more. My children will never know the joys of living in the forest on the beach, and in tribute to that trajid lose of a natural wonder, I re-created The Ross Forest I remember from my childhood, in my books, renaming it the Twighlight Forest, and The Twighlight Manor is set in the middle of it.

Written Friday, November 4, 2005

Topics: The Twighlight Manor

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?

What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?Where is The Twighlight Manor?

Can I visit The Twighlight Manor?

The Twighlight Manor is a house that I designed but never built, so no you can’t visit it. The Manor is a stone castle-like fortress, 4 stories tall, with a triple level basement, and dungeon below them. The dungeon itself, is built into a series of catacombs and caves, which exit in the side of Crystal Gorge.However, since it is in a series of books, therefor it must be somewhere, so, where is it? According to the story, it was built in the late 1300’s in a dense forest off the coast of North America. One of the characters after not seeing the Manor in nearly 200 years, set out to find it in the 20th century, armed only with the knowlege that it was hidden in a forest along the coast. Finding the Manor proved less than easy, as in the 200 years that had past, cities had built up and the forest was no more.

So where had the forest in the book, once been? Once upon a time there was a vast forest, thousands of acres of ancient White Pine trees in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA. In the late 1800’s it was named The Ross Forest, after the man who set out a petition to make this unique wonder a national park. What was so unique about The Ross Forest? No where else in the world was there a forest of ancient pine trees growing along a pristine white sands beach. As a small child in the 1970’s I grew up exploring the last 500 or so acres of the Ross Forest. Today in 2005, I drive down the miles of houses, golf courses, and conduminiums that line the Ross Rd and cry, because The Ross Forest is no more. My children will never know the joys of living in the forest on the beach, and in tribute to that trajid lose of a natural wonder, I re-created The Ross Forest I remember from my childhood, in my books, renaming it the Twighlight Forest, and The Twighlight Manor is set in the middle of it.

Written Friday, November 4, 2005

Topics: The Twighlight Manor

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What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?Where is The Twighlight Manor?

Can I visit The Twighlight Manor?

The Twighlight Manor is a house that I designed but never built, so no you can’t visit it. The Manor is a stone castle-like fortress, 4 stories tall, with a triple level basement, and dungeon below them. The dungeon itself, is built into a series of catacombs and caves, which exit in the side of Crystal Gorge.However, since it is in a series of books, therefor it must be somewhere, so, where is it? According to the story, it was built in the late 1300’s in a dense forest off the coast of North America. One of the characters after not seeing the Manor in nearly 200 years, set out to find it in the 20th century, armed only with the knowlege that it was hidden in a forest along the coast. Finding the Manor proved less than easy, as in the 200 years that had past, cities had built up and the forest was no more.

So where had the forest in the book, once been? Once upon a time there was a vast forest, thousands of acres of ancient White Pine trees in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA. In the late 1800’s it was named The Ross Forest, after the man who set out a petition to make this unique wonder a national park. What was so unique about The Ross Forest? No where else in the world was there a forest of ancient pine trees growing along a pristine white sands beach. As a small child in the 1970’s I grew up exploring the last 500 or so acres of the Ross Forest. Today in 2005, I drive down the miles of houses, golf courses, and conduminiums that line the Ross Rd and cry, because The Ross Forest is no more. My children will never know the joys of living in the forest on the beach, and in tribute to that trajid lose of a natural wonder, I re-created The Ross Forest I remember from my childhood, in my books, renaming it the Twighlight Forest, and The Twighlight Manor is set in the middle of it.

Written Friday, November 4, 2005

Topics: The Twighlight Manor

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*

What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?

What Is The Twighlighlight Manor?Where is The Twighlight Manor?

Can I visit The Twighlight Manor?

The Twighlight Manor is a house that I designed but never built, so no you can’t visit it. The Manor is a stone castle-like fortress, 4 stories tall, with a triple level basement, and dungeon below them. The dungeon itself, is built into a series of catacombs and caves, which exit in the side of Crystal Gorge.However, since it is in a series of books, therefor it must be somewhere, so, where is it? According to the story, it was built in the late 1300’s in a dense forest off the coast of North America. One of the characters after not seeing the Manor in nearly 200 years, set out to find it in the 20th century, armed only with the knowlege that it was hidden in a forest along the coast. Finding the Manor proved less than easy, as in the 200 years that had past, cities had built up and the forest was no more.

So where had the forest in the book, once been? Once upon a time there was a vast forest, thousands of acres of ancient White Pine trees in Old Orchard Beach, Maine, USA. In the late 1800’s it was named The Ross Forest, after the man who set out a petition to make this unique wonder a national park. What was so unique about The Ross Forest? No where else in the world was there a forest of ancient pine trees growing along a pristine white sands beach. As a small child in the 1970’s I grew up exploring the last 500 or so acres of the Ross Forest. Today in 2005, I drive down the miles of houses, golf courses, and conduminiums that line the Ross Rd and cry, because The Ross Forest is no more. My children will never know the joys of living in the forest on the beach, and in tribute to that trajid lose of a natural wonder, I re-created The Ross Forest I remember from my childhood, in my books, renaming it the Twighlight Forest, and The Twighlight Manor is set in the middle of it.

Written Friday, November 4, 2005

Topics: The Twighlight Manor

What’s your take on this? I’d love to hear what you have to say about this post. Leave a comment and share your views!

————-
Copper Cockeral
Publishing Your NaNo Novel?
Do You and I Read the Same Books?
Want to Give Me a Reward for Reaching 50k?
*I Love Phookas!*