THE EDISTO NEWS

THE EDISTO NEWS ran a story on my novel set on Edisto Island, South Carolina. It’s a Carolina sea island story about a guy who divorces, loses his job, and returns to the generations-old estate where he was raised. He hopes to sail away to escape his troubles but the house needs extensive repairs and his mother is going blind. Starting to get some reviews (see them on Amazon) but more are needed. (Hint)

Bad things happened, an entire run of them that shut me down, caused me to withdraw from everything except my inner self.

One afternoon, in a hammock, I took a photo of myself. Just my legs. But there was no one to send it to. No one to understand.

I needed a sidekick so I sketched an armadillo because they’re crusty on the outside but not within. I made him my butler. Crusoe’s manservant Friday.

We began interacting—my hammock photo speaking to that critter, that critter speaking back.There’s a folder of cartoons somewhere. For now there’s just this one. (LINK)

Eventually after that I began writing novels.

I’m still a hermit, marooned you might say, but leaving my shell more and more—my inner self seeking its freedom through writing.