Writing ghost stories in the dark

I scared myself last night. I'm putting the finishing touches on a ghost story for Resplendence Publishing called Nuit Aux Trois. The story is set on a haunted plantation house in Louisiana.

My ghost, Alison, was making an appearance. It was right around midnight and I was lying on the floor in my living room, the laptop in front of me, when all of a sudden the blinds on the sliding glass door started to move.

I looked up to see my two cats, Amelia and Pippin, sitting side by side in a chair, staring at the blinds. They continued to move and my heart beat just a little faster.

What would Quinn do, I wondered? Quinn is the heroine in my book. Well, I decided she'd get up and investigate. So I did. And the blinds stopped moving. I checked the lock. All secure.

Laughing it off as a coincidence, I sat back down and started to write again. When the blinds started to move a second time, I decided that it was time to put the ghost story away for the night and concentrate on a different story.

The blinds stopped moving after I closed out the file. I'm telling myself it was wind from the fan. However, it hasn't done it before then, or since then ...

Hum, I guess we'll see what happens tonight.

Here's a copy of Nuit Aux Trois' cover for your approval. It's a scary menage that I know you'll just love!

Enjoy, and make sure to watch out for ghosts!
Mel