Local Buzz Re: Shadows Over Somerset

OK, this falls under the category of "Any Press is Good Press"... Full of misquotes, misrepresentations, and a couple other missives I won't go into... All that being said, here for your reading pleasure is the article ran today in my local paper.

Do you think they ran it on 06/06/06 on purpose? lol

Tale of witchcraft unfolds on Mississinewa
Man publishes book, works on Halloween sequel
BY TIM TURNER

CONVERSE - A pack of wolves howling in the night, the crazy old lady who lives at the end of the street, and the long trail leading to a secluded house are nothing more than a passing thought to the average person, but in the mind of Bob Freeman they are stories waiting to be explored.

Freeman has done just that with his novel Cairnwood Manor: Shadows Over Somerset.

Horror was as much a part of Freeman's childhood as the banks of the Mississinewa River. Despite working second shift, Freeman's father wanted to spend time with his son when he got home from work.

"He would come home from work and get me out of bed," Freeman said. "He would sit there and watch this show called Sammy Terry, and I would hide behind his chair watching all these classic horror films."

Soon after his exposure to horror films, Freeman began exploring a local graveyard at night for ghost.

Writing was also a passion of Freeman's.

"I would take comic books and rewrite the pictures I was seeing in the book."

Freeman continued writing in college, but focused mainly on academic papers, earning a degree in anthropology from Ball State University.

After college, Freeman took a hiatus from writing that lasted until 2000. Two days before Freeman was going to marry his wife, he lost his job. It was during his search for employment that Freeman was reintroduced to his love of writing.

"I would go out and look for a job, and I would come at night and go 'I need to do something,'"
Freeman's wife suggested he start writing, and while he continued looking for a job he began writing his novel Cairnwood Manor: Shadows Over Somerset.

"Every night she would get off of her job, and read what I wrote. It was this nice little bonding experience between us."

After a few quick rejections, Freeman got his novel in the hands of the director of development at Dimension Studios. Freeman spent two years working with Dimension trying to turn his manuscript into a feature film. In the end Dimension turned the film down. After spending two years rewriting the novel based on the suggestions of Dimension, the manuscript was back in Freeman's hands.

Freeman sent his novel to a publisher and it was picked up. The novel explores a world of witchcraft, werewolves and vampires set in the Mississinewa Reservoir area.

Freeman is already finishing up the sequel and hopes to see it published by Halloween of next year.