Desolation Ghosts is a 65,000-word adult literary fiction novel in the vein of The Human Stain. It is set in North Cascades National Park and is about a missing traumatized female veteran with alcohol and relationship addictions who changes her mind about killing herself, but then falls off a mountain and must survive in the wilderness while park rangers battle over how much effort should be spent to locate her. The story takes place during the Covid-19 pandemic and the beginning of law enforcement reforms following the 2020 Black Lives Matter protests. This book will appeal to readers who are interested in national parks, outdoor recreation, the Pacific Northwest, and the controversial issue of how emergency services treat people with mental health challenges. It includes exciting stories, based on real-life events, about using rock climbing and short-haul helicopter techniques to rescue a pack string mule who fell off a trail and a mountain climber who fell off a crag, a shoot-out and its impact on park rangers, a couple drownings, an aquatic body recovery and other sad outdoor tragedies, and funny and scary encounters with bears and other wildlife. If you like Jack Kerouac, Nevada Barr, Bree Loewen, Jon Krakauer, Michael Connelly, James Dickey's Deliverance, Matthew Quick's The Silver Linings Playbook or Scott Heim's Mysterious Skin, you may enjoy Desolation Ghosts.

Tuesday, March 2, 2021

The Second Time I Thought I Was Done

Now that I've finished writing the book, I will try to take a break this evening, then do a good proofread and edit tomorrow, then probably send it straight out to the agent I think I would like to represent me, because I'm impulsive like that, and I have other stuff I need to do. The query letter has already been written. However, I would still love suggestions from anyone who is willing or has asked to read it. Help is appreciated, and I'm sure I'll be tinkering with it for a long time trying to get it just right. If anyone who's already read some of it has any suggestions that are especially important or critiques of anything egregious, please let me know as soon as you can, otherwise, I will look forward to your feedback whenever it's convenient for you. Please don't feel rushed. Thank you all very much.

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