Might as well face it: the striking pattern is that I have the most fun and get the most excited about a place when it resembles the movies, television series, and video games I was raised on as a child; the closer, the better. To … Continue readingHome is the Silver Screen?
Yes, I know I posted about “what becomes of the Children of the Storm?” once already today, but whatever. I’ve been brainstorming on the beach, and it (rather oddly) struck me that such an idyllic setting would be the perfect place for my characters Fintan … Continue readingWill You Still Love Me When I’m No Longer Beautiful…
Now that I’ve finished my novel “Children of the Storm”, what next for these characters? Gunston Roadhouse, the child of Georgia Roadhouse and her spectral protector Ephraim Gunston, will be growing up on his mother’s liveaboard sailboat in Japan, which honestly sounds kinda awesome; I … Continue readingWhat Becomes of the Children of the Storm?
I’ve only made it to northern Italy…after over two weeks of traveling abroad, starting in Amsterdam, so I’m one to talk, but I’m wondering if after my grand tour of Europe I might just keep going, on to another continent, rather than back to the … Continue readingDare I Round the World?
When you think about it, it’s rather odd that this blog is written in English rather than Portuguese. And I’m not saying that because I have Portuguese heritage, but rather because the first truly global sea routes were pioneered by Portugal, whose princes, explorers, and … Continue readingLinguae Francae: Some What-Ifs