I’ve some entries for Arlo’s Journal from “Mermaid Rising” that set up “The Mermaid’s Apprentice.” Here’s the 3rd entry following those from Section 2 of “Mermaid Rising.” July 14th - Day 3 at the Hospital A broken limb, especially a leg is a pain in the rump. All of which has given me time to review the camera footage on the laptop, the cameras themselves still aboard the boat. It’s with a heavy heart that I now know how I know the girl, though I cannot remember her name. I owe her my life and yet, research is research! I love the sea and everything in it, and until now I’d have taken anything of interest to a lab and dissected it....
I’ve some entries for Arlo’s Journal from “Mermaid Rising” that set up “The Mermaid’s Apprentice.” Here’s the 2nd entry following those from Section 2 of “Mermaid Rising.” July 13th - Day 2 at the Hospital I know the date - hooray! I felt so lost without that basic of life. The hospital arranged on my request to bring me my laptop and a change of clothes. It was with some trepidation that I received the key to my rig, all locked up like someone was caring and kind enough. It’s hard to tell if anyone went through my stuff, but as far as I can tell my research is unhindered. I also know where I am the Isle of Syreni as I...
I've some entries for Arlo's Journal from "Mermaid Rising" that set up "The Mermaid's Apprentice." Here's the first entry following those from Section 2 of "Mermaid Rising." Date unknown (July 12th) - Day 1 at the Hospital I'm not sure of the date, I'm at the hospital. I've had a fever that has raged for a while. When I first woke, I thought this might be the afterlife, all was white. Then came color and pain, the shock of still being alive. Journaling was an ingrained habit, and seeing a pad of paper when I awoke, reached for it and saw that I had tried writing my thoughts before, but they were indecipherable. So I begin again. I'm in an island hospital...
Since it is a long time between books, how about some deleted or alternate scenes to already published books? Enrico is a side character we meet in The Mermaid's Apprentice while our team is in Papua New Guinea. There was a time when I thought he might be the intro for a bad guy, thug type. In the end he became the writer, with a fabulous yacht wishing he had company. Remember our team is walking the piers of Papua New Guinea. "Dad," Melanie's father Jeb is enamored with yachts, and takes a walk down a long pier of fabulous boats. Jeb voices his opinion of one yacht, Enrico overhears him and invites them aboard. The following is cut from the...
I'm excited to share that the work of the "first draft" of Mermaid Adventures book 3 (M3) is nearing completion. For so long I didn't know where the book was headed. Though, I knew what needed to happen from the start. If you've read "The Mermaid's Apprentice," then you know The Lazy Cloud has a "weeds" problem, and it needs to be taken care of. Hopefully that isn't too much of a spoiler to those that haven't read the book. Okay, I've known that since day one, but how to go about it? And what does the story look like that involves all of that, and not be boring?! The early stages of the novel had been. Well it's not...