I usually have a professional conference to go to over Memorial Day but I didn’t go this year. I couldn’t stay at home for the family party as I had doctor’s appointments and work stuff to do here in Ohio. So I went to the Feast of the Flowering Moon pow wow yesterday and I’ll probably go hiking in the Hocking Hills where These Haunted Hills is set. I should be cleaning house and writing but we’ll see how it goes (I’m having a bad sugar day and moving seems like too much effort).
Picking up with the next chapter, in Josh’s pov. They’ve just arrived back at Brendan’s cabin after the ghost hunting in the hotel
Josh followed Brendan to his cabin. He’d never been out to this group of resort cabins before but the area was sweet. He wouldn’t mind shacking up here for a while even if it was practically his back yard. Behaving himself was going to be a problem. Seeing Brendan excited and a little scared had stoked something inside Josh. He’d been afraid meeting his hero would go just like the saying warned. He’d have hated it if Brendan had turned out to be an entitled asshole but instead it broke Josh’s heart seeing Brendan so sad. Something changed today and he had a frightening, probably angry ghost to blame. Of course he’d nearly lost Brendan when things got exciting. He’d been sure the man would have bolted had he been able to get out the door. Truth be told, Josh might have joined him but he’d never let Brendan know that. He needed to play it cool, be the wise ghost hunter and not flee like Egon and company in the library scene.
This is what I’m imagining the hotel looks like if you add another wing to it.
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Jana Denardo 
Love the Ghostbusters reference. It seems as if things are going well between them, ghosts notwithstanding.
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Thanks. It’s certainly going better than Josh was expecting.
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Meeting someone you idolize sure can go wrong. ~nods~ Thank you for sharing. And Happy Writing!
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So very wrong. Thanks
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Love that creepy house photo, and Ghost Busters call out . Great snip.
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Thanks. That house is in the area.
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Ha! I like how Josh thinks he needs to hide his own concerns from Brenden. 💕
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Thanks. In reality they’ve known each other less than 36 hours so Josh is still very wary and and I love that double heart. I don’t know how you did that.
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Ah…I’ve forgotten that. Good point! 💕 😉
I don’t know what symbols to use to make the double heart. I just click control-command-spacebar on my mac keyboard and the emoji options appear.
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Yeah it’s hard to remember since it’s taken the better part of a year to go three chapters. Ah that explains it. I don’t have any cool emoijs
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Heh, I love how you lightened this bittersweet moment with a reference to Egon and company. 🙂
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Thank you very much.
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Yep, that hotel definitely looks haunted! Great snippet. 🙂
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It sure does. Thanks.
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Spooky place!
And I love the little pep talk he’s giving himself.
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Quite spooky and thanks.
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I’m glad Brendan is different from what Josh thought he might have been. Love the spooky looking hotel!
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Thanks. Josh is happily surprised
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Love the Ghostbusters reference!
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THank you
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