. For my next CampNaNoWriMo project this summer, I am writing a Thriller. Not my typical genre, right? Well, it's a dare and tonight I'm doing a bit of research in between writing sessions. Some of the research is quite frightening. Reading about murder and murderers isn't fun. I still find it disturbing reading about people who can do such things to other people.
Tonight is Ted Bundy, Anthony Sowell, Gary Ridgeway, Mike DeBardeleben, Ed Gein, and Jerry Brudos.
I watch true crime stories on television and sometimes read true crime novels (M. William Phelps is my favorite true crime author). I don’t do this often because of the subject matter of the stories.
But then again, novels by Clive Barker do not bother me at all. Why? Because I know they’re fictional. It’s the true stories that bug me.
I hear someone saying, “Then maybe you shouldn’t write that kind of story if the research disturbs you.”
True.
But.
This story is a means to get me out of my comfort zone (fantasy/paranormal and contemporary romance) and give me a challenge. I know the story isn’t going to ever be seen by any eyes but mine and the person who issued the challenge. Sorry folks.
And with that, I have to get back to work.
Have a good night and sleep well...
