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Apr.26.2013
Why, people ask, do I wander the world? Why do my wife and I spend time in other countries, seeking out places that are different from those we’re used to and are comfortable in?
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Apr.22.2013
Like most Americans, I’m terrible at learning languages. I’ve studied several, but only varying amounts of each language stuck. Of course, I should’ve started when I was a small child, but elementary schools didn’t teach languages then...
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Apr.13.2013
When I began writing DUBROVNIK, my historical fiction novel with modern urban twists, a simply plot evolved. I didn’t outline the story or characters when I started writing, but having worked and lived in Dubrovnik, Croatia, I understood many of the complications involved. Gathering geographical...
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Aug.19.2012
Why, people ask, do I wander the world? Why do my wife and I spend time in other countries, seek out places that are different from those we’re used to and are comfortable in?
To start with, traveling gives us perspective. As we engage with the world, we come to realize that our...
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Nov.18.2010
There was a time when life wasn’t worth living; when I was in Serbia and sniper bullets sizzled past my ears, when Turk soldiers pointed their riffles at me and unsnapped their trigger safety’s, when an untrustworthy acquaintance reported I’d trafficked drugs and Croatian police confiscated my...
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Nov.05.2010
DUBROVNIK excerpt pages 150 - 152. Enjoy.
Celestine stood next to me behind the others. An HK MP5K reduced size submachine pistol seemed appropriate, it settled in her grasp like another appendage. I wondered if she knew her weapon could take off heads at 900 rounds per minute. A small bulge under...
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Oct.28.2010
A n excerpt from DUBROVNIK. A novel detailed with conflict, romance, castles and dreams. Chapter 15, pages 160-161. The sequel to DUBROVNIK is VITRUVIAN MAN, a powerful look at a mercenary turned philanthropist.
Chapter 15...
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Aug.13.2010
An excerpt deleted from my novel DUBROVNIK:
The icy-cold water kept my eyes open. The steep river bank drifted fifty-feet to my right. Ibiza, the seventy-foot yawl ten-feet above me, was unreachable safety.
When your mind goes blank, your eyes sheen over, and your body becomes unresponsive while...
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Aug.13.2010
Dubrovnik: Pearl of the Adriatic Posted on August 13, 2010
“Those who seek paradise on Earth should come to Dubrovnik and see Dubrovnik." – George Bernard Shaw, Nobel Prize winning writer and playwright
A bright star perched along the Croatian coast of the sparkling Adriatic Sea, Dubrovnik...
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Aug.07.2010
In her strong, throaty Russian accent, Celestine said, “Pull your pants down around your ankles, and don’t try anything stupid.”
I wasn’t wearing a shirt or shoes and didn’t want to drop my pants. I stood by the bed the Broz family let me use in their house for the night.
“Or what,” I asked, “you...
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