St. Mark, as you may well remember if you’ve read “New Girl on the Island,” is the fictional off-the-grid island north of St. Thomas, where most of the story is set. I thought you’d like to see a map of the place, and whether it looks like what you’ve set in your mind’s eye while […]
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Off the Grid on St. Mark with a Touch of Civilization As you’ve learned by now, the folks on St. Mark do quite fine living off the grid. They have no electricity, no cell reception, and only a few rich folks have cars. Oh yeah, there’s a Jeep fitted out to be the island’s fire
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I thought that readers of the Island series and my short story, ‘Not My Usual Entrance’ would enjoy seeing home of the original Danish family that settled the estate at Frenchman’s Bay and established a dairy farm on the property, which spanned hundreds of acres, covered several mountains, and fronted Frenchman’s Bay and other smaller
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“What is your genre?” is the second-most asked question of authors. The first is, “How do you get your ideas?” which I’ve already told you about. Many authors know their genre, and the answer is easy: “Oh, I write romance.” Or science fiction, or whatever. Some authors invent their own genre – Tom Clancy invented
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In 1970, I learned what it was like to live aboard a Word War II submarine. About 80 officers and enlisted men served on USS Sabalo (SS 302), which was commissioned in 1945, just at the end of World War II. When I joined her in 1970, she was the oldest sub in the US Navy.
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A Jumbee is a spirit in the folklore of St. Thomas and other Caribbean islands. Jumbees are described differently from island to island, and may also be called by different names, such a Zombie or Mendo. With regard to St. Thomas, the setting for “The Jumbee’s Daughter,” beliefs about Jumbees seem to come by way
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Aphrodisiacs are part of my Romantic Suspense novel, “Scent of Death” The word “aphrodisiac” comes from Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love and sexuality. An aphrodisiac is a substance that stimulates or increases someone’s sexual desire (also called “libido.” A high libido means a high sexual desire). The truth is, no one has developed a successful