For the first snippet of the new year I’m doing something I’ve never done: sharing something brand new in its raw form. Literally I have only about six paragraphs of this one but its one of the projects I want to finish this year, something close to contemporary. Okay there are ghost hunters in it but done in a realistic way (okay, one of the leads (not in this snippet) is based very loosely on a friend here who is in fact a ghost hunter). It’s called at the moment These Haunted Hills and is set where I live in Appalachian Ohio, the Hocking Hills (technically I live a bit south west of here but I can be here within the hour). Brendan is a man whose been through a lot and is an author of a popular middle grade/YA series whose come to the hills to investigate ghosts for his next, more adult novel but more important, he’s running from his problems.
This is what I had in mind for the cabin in the snippet. This is from Crooked Creek Cabin rentals which is in the area.
Brendan second guessed his decision the moment he walked through the cabin’s front door even though it was exactly what he wanted: a cabin in the woods. The cold spring deluge that lashed him from car to porch hadn’t helped matters much. To Brendan the shower embodied perfectly the condition of his mind and soul.
Leaving his bag on the doorstep, Brendan took in his home for the next month. It could almost be called cute in a rustic sort of way. The loft bedroom perched above the open concept living area and kitchen.
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Jana Denardo 
It sounds like heaven to me.
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The Hocking Hills are very beautiful.
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Nice scene-setting! 🙂
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Thank you.
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Not sure how I’d fare in a rustic cabin in the woods myself. Good luck, Brendan!
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My apartment is about one step up from this cabin, the downside is the SLOW unreliable internet.
Thanks.
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Ooh, I like the sound of this! I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for news on it 🙂
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Thanks. Knowing me it’ll be slow in coming. You’d love to hike around here though.
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Oh man would i love to have that be my home for a month and I’m curious now as to what led to that moment.
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Thanks. I would love it too. It’ll take a while before it’s completel y clear why Brendan is there.
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Sounds lovely. I’d stay there, rain and all! 🙂
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Me too. Granted I don’t live far from here and I’m having that rain right now.
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I’m sure I would love it, especially if there were no people close by. But why is he second-guessing his decision to stay there? Next snip please…
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Thanks. That shall be revealed soon enough.
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I’m pretty sure he’d love the company of a fellow writer…
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He might enjoy some company later.
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Love how you set the scene here.
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Thank you.
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Unloading a car in the rain — especially a cold rain — is no fun. No doubt he’s wishing for a nice warm fire about now.
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Yes he is. Hmmm I should have worked that in! Thanks.
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