I only wish my new job was in a hotel this creepy – looking.
Posted: May 30, 2012 | Author: Renae Rude - The Paranormalist | Filed under: *Macabre Media, *Writing & Editing, Books & Authors, The #ParanormalHotel | Tags: bits 'o creepiness, Horror Writing, night auditor, Renae Rude, sleep deprivation, The Haunted Hotel, The Paranormalist, The Woman in White, Wilke Collins, writing horror, writing routine | 7 CommentsI think I found a job ridiculously well suited to me … I’m going to be a night auditor at a hotel. The shift runs from 11p – 7a. The work load sounds extrememly manageable, especially once I’ve been trained and have settled into the routine. The charming owner/operator who hired me is perfectly comfortable with the idea of me bringing my laptop along to use however I see fit, after my regular assigned tasks are done. Pretty sweet deal for a writer, huh?
Tonight I’m thinking about books I can load onto my e-reader, because that seems like a good way to pass the dead hours as well. Obviously, it’s time to re-read The Shining. I also found this:
The entire text of The Haunted Hotel is available, free to download, at Project Gutenberg.
I think I already love this Wilke guy:
“The dull people decided years and years ago, as everyone knows, that novel-writing was the lowest species of literary exertion, and that novel reading was a dangerous luxury and an utter waste of time.”
— Wilkie Collins, My Miscellanies