Category: Pirate of Panther Bay

3, 2, 1, launch! Calusa Spirits official book release set

Calusa Spirits, the action-packed third book in the Pirate of Panther Bay series, is set…

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The story behind the cover of Calusa Spirits

The cover for Calusa Spirits is great, and I think thing it’s the best one…

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Five ways the Pirates of the Caribbean films misrepresent real pirates

I recently watched Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Men Tell No Tales and had to…

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Family Pyrate Day in New Orleans!

I’ve been late getting this up, but Confetti Kids and Old Point Bar in Algiers…

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Isabella sails into gold at the FAPA President’s Awards

Tortuga Bay continues to generate enthusiasm and accolades as 2016 moves into its final months….

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Totuga Bay makes final round of FAPA President’s Awards!

Fresh off her success in the Eric Hoffer Book Awards, where Tortuga Bay was a category…

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A pirate, a ninja, and a gens de couleur walk into a bar in 1784 New Orleans….

A pirate, a ninja, and a gens de couleur wak into a bar in 1784 New…

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Where do good female characters come from?

While recently researching blog posts about the Divergent film series, I ran across a 2011 blog post…

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Is Katniss Everdeen a strong female character?

I have now seen all four Hunger Games movies and read all three books, and…

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Seven cool and fun things I experienced at this year’s Decatur Book Festival

I attended the 2015 Decatur Book Festival with my publisher, Southern Yellow Pine Publishing on September…

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