I am pleased to announce that How to Hunt for Ghosts? Is now up and running! New pages are added everyday Monday through Friday, and sometimes on the weekends should something be happening that weekend! So please visit http://www.huntforghosts.com/
There are also a few interviews and projects that I’m working on this summer, but in the meantime articles about urban legends will start being posted up here shortly!
Cheers,
Kat
Hello world!
It has been a little over two months since my last post and naturally a lot of things have happened during that time. First there was a death in the family followed by news on Haunted Hoosier Halls plus some traveling around the Midwestern countryside seeking high adventure and even taller tales of the supernatural.
First off, in book news Haunted Hoosier Halls: Indiana University (the book’s official name) is currently at the printers. When will the bundle of paranormal joy be ready? Not quite sure yet. I am assuming that Haunted Hoosiers will be available this September or October. What I do know is that my graphic novel How to Hunt for Ghosts will available this fall. The graphic novel will be independently published, and therefore I have complete control of the release date (que maniacal laughter). The aim is to have it done for this happy Halloween season, but if I get my buns in gear it will be available sooner! Both books will be avaiable for pre-orders through me, Haunted Hoosier Halls will also be available on Amazon.com or in Southern Indiana; your local Borders store.
Although I’m all over urban legends, I do love me some haunted locations. Earlier this month I had this opportunity to visit Mansfield Reformatory for an all night ghost hunt with Indiana Ghost Trackers. Oh my, was that fun! The sheer grandeur of this historic landmark had me hugging the ornately carved staircases and pillars. I gasped at the height of the tallest freestanding cell block, and I was awestruck with the unexplainable things I saw within its walls.
So without further ado, some photos!~
Good news, the loose ends on my part for Haunted Hoosier Halls has been taken care of, now to sit and wait for the graphics department to do their magic on the rest of the book! With luck, there will be no more hiccups in this book’s publishing process!
Speaking of books, I’ve been working on pages for How to Hunt for Ghosts?
Cover splash page for How to Hunt for Ghosts?
More stuff to come, happy Wednesday!
-Kat
Being on Dead Speak Paranormal Radio was awesome last week, I highly urge people to tune into Renee’s show every Sunday, she knows what questions to ask the guest. She’s been the first to ask me questions about Japanese supernatural urban legends and ghost tales, which is actually my specialty since I studied these tales for my duel majors (Anthropology and Japanese Language and Culture studies.) It was a great show, and next time I’ll have even MORE tales from old Japan to discuss!
Two weekends ago I attended the Queen City ParaCon as a VIP (happy birthday to me) and met Terri Garofalo the cartoonist for Entities-R-Us. Now my other big passion in life besides the paranormal is writing and illustrating comics, mostly long form ones. Since 2003 I’ve worked on a number of projects but had taken a break from doing comics in order to do Haunted Hoosier Halls and take care of family matters. After a lively discussion with her about graphic novels and comics I was convinced that creating a graphic novel about ghost hunting seemed like a pretty good idea.
It still is, there are few graphic novels (one that I can think of that is Japanese in origin) that handle the idea of paranormal investigation, although there are a few webcomics out there that to do. So look for How to Hunt for Ghosts or H2H4G on this website on its own page in the near future.
So, that’s what I’m working on. Haunted Hoosier Halls is still planned to come out this fall (no date specified). Pre-orders from me will go up soon, they will be personally signed by me with a little message in the cover.
Cheers & Happy Hauntings,
Kat
I’m happy to announce that this Sunday April 11th, 2010 I’ll be joining my friend and fellow IGT member Renee Graham on her paranormal talk show Dead Speak Paranormal Radio. It starts at 7pm (EST). We’re planning on discussing some of the locations visited for the book, Indiana ghostlore, and of course, Indiana’s urban legends. Please join us and visit the All Souls Paranormal Radio Network!
Cheers!
Kat
Urban Legends Tour