It’s been another long week of not getting nearly enough writing done but at least I made a wee bit of progress but not much on These Haunted Hills. I’ll be picking up right where I left off last week but I think next week I’ll jump a little ahead to Joshua.
But first another picture of Brendan’s first destination in the Hocking Hills, Ash Cave.
We’re picking up with Brendan going to the titular website to check out local haunted locales and the man who runs the ghost hunting site. I went a couple lines over this time because it helped firm up who Brendan is and why he’s in a lonely cabin in the woods.
Brendan brought up the These Haunted Hills website to see what he should look at first. Dr. Joshua Zimmerman’s picture was in the upper corner. One sign that Brendan wasn’t completely dead inside was how cute he thought Joshua was. Almost too boyish to be believable as an accomplished PhD. teaching ecology at a local university, his picture looked more like he was an undergrad. It could be an old one or that bright smile belied the amount of years behind it.
What Brendan wanted to see most was Crooked Pines, a former lodge that was now abandoned and theoretically too haunted to be reclaimed. There was a story in that, Brendan needed to dig it out. His agent still wasn’t sold on him writing a more adult ghost story but it had been three years since the end of his young adult series. He’d written nothing, though the adventures of Selena and Will had generated more than enough money to live his life out a couple times over.
If you’d like to play along, Rainbow Snippets is a Facebook community where we post up 6 sentences of one of our LGBT stories every Saturday. It’s been fun and you can find it here. Be sure to check out all the offers! It’s been a great supportive group!
Jana Denardo 
Hmm, wonder why Joshua looks so young?
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Mostly because Josh is 30 and looks about ten years younger than he is.
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That place looks gorgeous! 🙂
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It really is!
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I like his progression of thought. He thinks Joshua is cute but too young for his credentials, and the next moment he’s entirely moved on.
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Thanks. Brendan is trying hard not to even pay attention to those feelings.
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Great snippet. I love that he was momentarily — but only momentarily — distracted from what he was focused on. (I need to learn that trick.)
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Thanks. The trick is to have a mind in utter chaos.
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Interesting…:)
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Thanks
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I can’t wait to hear more about Crooked Pines. The picture is beautiful.
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Thanks. I better decide what Crooked Pines looks like soon.
I agree, it’s a beautiful place.
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“Too haunted to be reclaimed.” Yikes! I’m looking forward to discovering what happens to him when he goes there. 🙂
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Yeah I’m looking forward to discovering that myself. Brendan isn’t expecting much.
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Oh my, it’s beautiful
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I agree!
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I love this story already. Part of me wants to stop reading the snippets and wait for it in its entirety. The rest of me isn’t that patient. 😀
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Thanks so much! I’m glad you’re enjoying it. Part of you needs to be patient because I’m still on chapter two (I’m using this to keep me actually writing!)
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Great snippet and what a gorgeous picture!
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Thanks!
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