I sit to write this post with trepidation in my heart. The angst that I feel welling up within my veins is only eclipsed by the unrepetant anger, in fact outrage, that I feel towards the forces in this world that have historically and contemporarily conspired to deny...
This week’s post is a little bit different from some of my past blogs. Today I want to share more about the historically important sites on the island of St. Vincent, which are significant to the Second Carib War. As you may know this conflict the subject of my...
Today’s blog post is about the most pivotal military engagement during the Second Carib War – the battle that took place on Dorsetshire Hill on March 14th, 1795. This single event was the emotional climax of the war (and of Children of the Ocean God) since...
In a recent blogpost about authenticity in writing historical fiction I mentioned that I would elaborate more about how the Garifuna language has evolved since the 1790s. It has indeed been quite a dramatic transformation which has its roots in the tragic deportation...
Recently I had a very insightful, spontaneus interaction with a history professor from the Caribbean (who I will keep anonymous out of respect for his privacy) about my upcoming historical fiction novel, Children of the Ocean God. He gave me some very constructive...
