In preparation for writing, I travel the state like a movie location scout, taking notes and photographing possible sites to run the plot through - then refering to the material later for detail. Below are the real-life places and events that inspired and are described in my books.


(click on thumbnail photos to view larger image)

sunset/Little-Cockroach-Bay lifeguard-stand/Miami-Beach Colony-Hotel/Miami-Beach Marlins-Win! Miami-street-celebration
Boca-Grande-lighthouse tiki-bar/Cocoa-Beach-Pier Space-Shuttle-morning-launch Mercury-7-Monument/Cocoa-Beach Moonhut-restaurant/Cocoa-Beach
Columbia-Restaurant/Ybor-City-(Tampa) The-Hub-bar/Tampa sunset/US-1-Florida-Keys Newfound-Harbor/Ramrod-Key rainbow/Little-Torch-Key
mangrove-sunset/Tampa-Bay Mangrove-Mama's/Sugarloaf-Key miniature-key-deer/No-Name-Key No-Name-Pub/Big-Pine-Key No-Name-Pub/Big-Pine-Key
bat-tower/Sugarloaf-Key bungalow/Key-West La-Cubanita/Key-West Southern-Cross-Hotel/Key-West sunrise/Key-West-Cemetery
Cuban-refugees/Florida-Straits cat-jumping-though-hoop-of-fire/Key-West 7-Mile-Grill/Marathon Maine-Monument/Key-West-Cemetery Hemingway's-writing-studio/Key-West
Fort-Jefferson/Dry-Tortugas moat-wall/Fort-Jefferson seaplane+Bush-Key/from-roof-of-Fort-Jefferson masonry/Fort-Jefferson Sloppy-Joe's/Key-West

And finally, here are a few family photos from the '60s when I was growing up on the east coast in the town of Riviera Beach.

fishing/Loxahatchee-River-1969 with-mom/Riviera-Beach-1962 Singer-Island-Beach/Riviera-Beach-1962 jai-alai-fronton/West-Palm-Beach-1964 backyard-family-gathering/Riviera-Beach-1963

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