Moses Lake woman writes about werewolves

MOSES LAKE — A Moses Lake author published her first book last month titled, “Rougarou.”

Rougarou is a French word for werewolf. A werewolf is the star of her book.

The cover reads, “Townsfolk call it werewolf, Cajuns call it Rougarou, everyone calls it evil.” It features a photo of a white mansion which serves as an important location in the book, because it is where the werewolf lives.

Moses Lake author Judith Ann McDowell said the book centers around Jonathan Hindel. Hindel lives in the “Hindel Mansion” featured on the cover.

“The Hindel mansion is very prominent in this book,” she said.

McDowell tells the story about how Hindel is in love with a woman, Angelia. The woman has been dead for centuries and died at the hand of Hindel. He tries to change the course of their destiny by seeking the help of a voodoo priestess to bring back the spirit of Angelia in the bodies of other women in the Louisiana bayou.

An underlying secret about Jonathan is that he is a werewolf.

The story of Rougarou began a couple years ago when McDowell sat down and wrote a poem about Rougarou during Halloween. Her son wrote music to go with the poem and she read it before several family members. Her family encouraged her to make the poem into a book.

“So I did and the rest is history,” she said. “I just sat down and started writing.”

McDowell has been writing for the past 12 years. Her inspiration came when she asked her son what he was going to do with his life. She explained she picked up a book as an example and asked, “How hard can it be?”

She took her own advice and learned, writing came easy to her.

One of the first books she began writing stars a reincarnated Indian girl. She explained most topics she writes about have a paranormal element. McDowell has yet to release the other books she is working on.

“I’m putting everything into it right now,” she said about writing.

So far, more than 30 digital copies of the book have sold.

“The book is selling quite well,” she added.

The book is available for $2.99, downloadable to Kindles and from the Internet to your personal computer. There is no paper version of the book available.

McDowell explained she set the price low so most people can afford to read her book.

To purchase the book, visit www.amazon.com. Positive reviews about the book are also at the Web site.

For more information, McDowell can be contacted at judithmcdowell@msn.com.