Tag Archives: Caribbean

Pirates!

Posted on May 7, 2012 by

Rarely can my interest in a book be so perfectly expressed by its title as in the case of Pirates! by Celia Rees.  I mean, why was I interested?  Pirates!  It’s all rather self-evident. But this is also a Dusty … Continue reading →

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How Exactly It Was That We Robbed the Sultan of Arabia

Posted on March 18, 2011 by

One of my writing classes in college was an Experimental Fiction class.  It mostly meant finding strange ways to tell stories, or odd rules to impose on yourself (never using the word “and” or telling an entire story frequently repeating … Continue reading →

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Meeting Captain Red Ballantyne

Posted on December 17, 2010 by

This week, I’m sharing the opening chapter of a novel I wrote set in the Caribbean during the Golden Age of piracy.  This chapter introduces you to my two main characters, Red and Tam.  I will probably share a few … Continue reading →

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