Category: Writing

Augie Diaz: 50 Years of Lucky AND Good
What can fifty years of winning at sailboat racing teach us? Read More …

O Little Town of Brenton: My Gift to You
This year’s story brings us back to a particularly stormy Christmas Eve on Brenton Island. Read More …

Creativity’s Inevitable Hills and Valleys
Whether writing fiction or fact, the creative process is remarkably similar. Read More …

Blue Robinson: The Master of Sailor Interviews
Writerly advice from a fellow yachting scribe Read More …

Eight Bells: Laurie Ann Cronin
Remembering one of the kindest people I ever met Read More …

Dawn Riley: Setting the Standard
Another profile for Seahorse taught me what makes this impressive woman tick. Read More …

What’s in a Novel Synopsis?
Psst, I’ve got a secret—I wrote a synopsis, long before I had to! Read More …

Voice: I Know It When I See It
Who is telling the story? It matters. Read More …

Cuttyhunk Cruise, Meet Overactive Imagination
An overnight to a real island proved quite relaxing, to both sides of my brain. Read More …

Aloha Perspective
A different view definitely sparks my creativity. Read More …