"Looking today like the ghost of a ship that once was, mostly crumbling and serving as a perch for seabirds, this vessel has a long history. It was constructed during World War I as the SS Palo Alto but launched too late to serve in that conflict and was mothballed for a decade until it found a new home off Seacliff, remaining a source of fascination for decades and even outliving the pier that provided access to it."
"Marinovich parlayed that love of writing into a journalism career - where he served as an arts correspondent for the Sentinel in the '80s - but also has written novels, screenplays and "fell into an accidental marketing career," which included an eight-year stint as a senior copywriter for eBay. After taking a sabbatical for a year where he got to do things he had been putting off, Marinovich broke his arm in a fall in January."
The SS Palo Alto is a World War I–era cement ship now largely submerged off Seacliff State Beach, launched too late for wartime service and later mothballed before becoming permanently grounded. The vessel is crumbling, serves as a perch for seabirds, and has outlived the pier that once provided access. A new noir novel titled "Seacliff Park" uses the year the ship found its permanent home and explores themes of corruption, criminal activity, and pursuit of the American dream. The book is available on Amazon in paperback and Kindle. The novelist has published two prior novels, worked as an arts correspondent in the 1980s, and spent eight years as a senior copywriter at eBay; a recent sabbatical ended after a January fall that led to months confined to a chair.
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