The Rambling Writer Flashback: Inspiration for ISLANDS
- Sara Stamey
- April 2, 2022
While we’re confined by the pandemic, how about another virtual trip with me? Let me take you back in time and place to inspiration for my novel ISLANDS.
A lot of “life” happened this week, so today I’ll take you on a quickie trip to the Caribbean, where my days as a scuba divemaster inspired my suspense novel ISLANDS, available here at Book View Cafe. Islands do seem to play a big part in my real and imaginative life.
I suppose I could be called a “method writer,” since many of my novels spring from extended sojourns in places that excited my imagination. Today, I’ll take you back to the Caribbean, to some of the landscape and culture that inspired my ISLANDS novel. You may recognize my 80s hair in one of the few photos from that time, when I was living in a treehouse in the Virgin Islands, with no running water or electricity.
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3 thoughts on “The Rambling Writer Flashback: Inspiration for ISLANDS”
That’s the time to have adventures like that, when one is young and fit!
Yes, I’d give a lot to have my body working at even close to peak fitness again! I’m very glad I ignored all the sensible advice about what to do with my life, and collected experiences I can now write about.
That was fun. I’d like to hear more of your stories from those days.