Paranormal Activity at a Writers Conference?

The 25th Annual Pennwriters Conference was held at The Eden Resorts in Lancaster, PA from May 17th through May 20th. As always, the event was educational and entertaining. Keynote speakers Hank Phillippi Ryan and Maria V. Snyder were excellent and provided fuel to drive on. Agents from The Irene Goodman Literary Agency, The Donald Maass Literary Agency, as well as editors from Tor/Forge and Vintage were present. Workshops ranged from marketing to perfecting your craft. Each and every course found an eager audience.

All that is well and good, but I am tasked with giving you the paranormal scoop. What could happen in the paranormal realm at a writers conference?

I was with a group after the conference workshops had ended. We were chatting about various things when the paranormal came up. Of course, I couldn't let that conversation die. And I'm glad I didn't. One of the more distinguished guests took out a crystal pendulum. She informed us that the crystal had the power of gathering energy and sensing the answer to most questions. If the crystal rocked front and back in a straight line, that meant yes. If it rocked side-to-side, that meant no. If it circled, that meant maybe. So with the guidelines in place, we went to town. The questions ranged from the morbidly serious to the comical. (My friend Will Kesling stepped away to use the restroom and I asked the crystal if Will was talking to himself in the restroom. It answered yes. haha. When I confronted him about it, he answered "If you can't talk to yourself, who can you talk to?")

I started asking questions about writing. Disclaimer: I do not let my future hinge on anything mystical--I base my decisions on strategy and fact. That said, the crystal did indicate that I would be a successful author. On second thought, let's remove that disclaimer. Success, here I come.

Pennwriters Conference interview with Tye Tyson

Pixel Thought Foundry did a quick interview with Tye Tyson at the 25th Annual Pennwriters Conference at the Iron Hill Brewery. Tye participated in several workshops given by the New York Times Bestselling Author Maria V. Snyder and commented on one of her pre-conference workshops.

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I am a writer of YA/Paranormal and Adult Suspense novels. I hope you can use this website to contact me about your reading or writing experiences. It is also a source for discussion of the paranormal outside of the literary world, because, after all, truth is stranger than fiction.

On this website, you can enter a writers forum by using a password. This allows us writers to convene behind the curtain, where readers cannot see our spoilers and struggles! If you want to join the writer's forum, you can obtain the password by contacting the email below and requesting it.

Please check out my blog, where I address various paranormal and writing topics.

My current project is a Young Adult novel. The working title is The Fading. If you are between the ages of 13 and 17, or a fan of YA at any age, I can send you a sample chapter if you agree to offer feedback! Contact me and I'll be glad to get that to you.

Here's a blurb about THE FADING: Alex Barr's father, Joseph, is lying on the couch, sweating under a pile of blankets. The doctors don't know what's causing it, but they do know that Joseph Barr is dying. Joseph asks Alex for a family tree for his last birthday, What Alex discovers leaves him obsessed over one question: why do all Barr men die so young? Town genealogist Maryanne Cloud seems hell-bent on hiding the truth, so Alex recruits the help of classmate Emily Cloud. Emily is forced to make a decision: help the boy she secretly loves, or protect her family's darkest secret. THE FADING. 

Contact me at ghostwriter@tyetyson.com for a sample reading or to request more information.