Who wouldn’t sell a petticoat and go to sea?
A sailor takes her easeartwork by Eye Be Oderlesseye.mimifoxmorton.blogspot.com Women in breeches -- I got caught up in the masquerade back in 1999, while serving as a voyage crewmember [...]
In the wake of a man I admire
I have visited the town he was born in and I have stood on the black lava rock shore where he was killed, half a world away. I have [...]
My Life as an 18th-Century British Seaman
My Life as an 18th-Century British Seaman: How my ocean crossing aboard His Majesty's Bark Endeavour Replica became a historical fiction series Society of Southwest Author's Forum November 20, [...]
Anniversary of my crossing on His Majesty’s Bark Endeavour
HM Bark Endeavour is a working replica of the ship British explorer and navigator Capt. James Cook commanded on his first voyage around the world (1768-1771) . Twelve [...]
A video worth a thousand words
Gun drill aboard the U.S.S. Constitution on YouTube! Thanks to British author Alaric Bond for bringing to my attention this YouTube video of the firing of one of the cannons aboard the [...]
How Star-Crossed came about
Star-Crossed was conceived at the helm of the Endeavour Replica in the middle of the Pacific Ocean on the middle watch. Bob and I had signed on as voyage crewmembers [...]
Collison signs with new agent
Facebook is my new literary agent. Facebook replaces Laura Rennert who represented Star-Crossed, my first novel (book I of the Patricia MacPherson Nautical Adventure Series). I was inspired to write [...]