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Key West: Memories of a Newbie

Posted onJanuary 20, 2022January 19, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

This year’s revitalized regatta in Key West takes me back to my own humble beginnings in the world of sailboat racing. Read More …

CategoriesSailboat Racing, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Key West Race Week, sailboat racing, Sailing, Ted Hood

SUP winter solstice

Trusting Myself—and My Writing Process

Posted onJanuary 13, 2022January 4, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin2 Comments

A timely reminder will help me trust my own writing process in 2022. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Island Heron Yoga, Liz Oliver, yoga

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Augie Diaz: 50 Years of Lucky AND Good

Posted onJanuary 6, 2022March 1, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

What can fifty years of winning at sailboat racing teach us? Read More …

CategoriesProfile, Sailing, Snipe, WritingTagsAugie Diaz, Carol Newman Cronin, competition, Sailing, Seahorse Magazine, Snipe

O Little Town of Brenton

O Little Town of Brenton: My Gift to You

Posted onDecember 23, 2021December 13, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

This year’s story brings us back to a particularly stormy Christmas Eve on Brenton Island. Read More …

CategoriesFiction, Seasons, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, caroling, Christmas 2021, Ferry to Cooperation Island, holiday, short story

isle of skye hills and valleys

Creativity’s Inevitable Hills and Valleys

Posted onDecember 16, 2021November 30, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin4 Comments

Whether writing fiction or fact, the creative process is remarkably similar. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, creativity, hills and valleys, writing process

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Blue Robinson: The Master of Sailor Interviews

Posted onNovember 18, 2021November 8, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Writerly advice from a fellow yachting scribe Read More …

CategoriesSailing, WritingTagsBlue Robinson, Carol Newman Cronin, Seahorse Magazine

Eight Bells: Laurie Ann Cronin

Posted onNovember 4, 2021October 26, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin9 Comments

Remembering one of the kindest people I ever met Read More …

CategoriesBooks, WritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Laurie Ann Cronin

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Dawn Riley: Setting the Standard

Posted onOctober 14, 2021March 1, 2022AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Another profile for Seahorse taught me what makes this impressive woman tick. Read More …

CategoriesProfile, Sailboat RacingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Dawn Riley, Seahorse Magazine

What’s in a Novel Synopsis?

Posted onOctober 7, 2021October 5, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Psst, I’ve got a secret—I wrote a synopsis, long before I had to! Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, novel writing, outline, pantser, synopsis

narrative voice strong consistent

Voice: I Know It When I See It

Posted onSeptember 23, 2021September 7, 2021AuthorCarol Newman Cronin

Who is telling the story? It matters. Read More …

CategoriesWritingTagsCarol Newman Cronin, Ferry to Cooperation Island, narrative voice, writing

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