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Written by Anna Chapel If you've already read Part 1, then you know why I chose to start this blog. I'm an older woman, and no good with social media, so I figure the eyes that are meant to read this, will. The woman that lurks outside of Lane Road is Margaret Daley. Long before most of us were thought of, she gave birth to a baby boy. No-one is quite sure what lead up to this, but her husband chose to leave her after she gave birth. According to my great-grandmother, Marga

Written by Anna Chapel Like many of you, I have read "Ancestry," and I have followed Mara Bell and her family as they unravel the roots of their family's story. However, unlike most of you, I am connected to the story, far more than I'm comfortable with. In case you haven't figured it out, I am the descendant of the "evil spirit" mentioned in the story. But through my research, there is always more than one side of a story. The story gives the Bell family a monster, and eve

People sometimes ask me which one I am first: author, screenwriter or producer. The truth is, I didn't even know. Until this week, I...

Every time I finish a short story, chapter or screenplay, I see the scenes unfolding like a movie. The dialogue sharpens, the camera...

When I was younger, I thought storytelling was something you consumed, whether it were books, movies or late-night whispers between...