Here are some photos from various things we have been up to lately.
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| A scurvy panel of cutthroats discuss pirate literature at the Hog's Breath Saloon on Key West as part of Pirates in Paradise. Left to right are Jamaica Rose (a.k.a. Christine Lampe) of No Quarter Given, author Sandra Riley, and Black Jim Spudcake, (a.k.a. James L. Nelson). Who knew Nelson had such cute knees? |
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Taking a prisoner at the Pirates in Paradise Festival in Key West, Florida. |
| The top of my computer is well protected
by a cadre of historical maritime warriors. I can find my work station with help
of a lighthouse painted by my five-year-old son.
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Accepting the William Young Boyd Award
for Excellence in Military Fiction at the American Library Association
Conference in Orlando, Florida, June 29, 2004. Presenting the award is past
ALA president Carla Hayden. To the author's left is Bob Schnare, librarian
at the Naval War College in Newport, RI and the chair of the Boyd committee.
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| A happy guy coming back to his seat with
the William Boyd Award in hand. Note the author's tie, the first he has
owned in seventeen years. He is, however, also wearing topsiders with no
socks.
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Signing copies of Boyd-award winning
novel Glory in the Name. Nice to see such a big line at a book
signing. Of course, they were giving the books away for free...
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Signing books at the HarperCollins Booth at the ALA
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Lisa and Jim Nelson with their rented convertible in Orlando, FL, pretending they are young and sans kids. If there was audio you would hear Jimmy Buffett blasting from the stereo.
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| My dog and pony show at a book signing at a Civil War reenactment at Fort Adams in Newport, RI. I'm holding my replica 1851 Navy Colt for crowd control.
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Rigging repair on the tall ship Bounty,
sailing on the Great Lakes. For more on the Bounty, click here.
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Lobstering on Casco Bay with my friend Brian Tarbox. Always good to have a trade in case of long-term writer's block.
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I still remember how to do this stuff. Steering Tom Woodruff's beautiful Olin Stephen's designed charter yacht Palawan. For more information on Palawan, click here.
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| James L. Nelson and maritime historian and author Joan
Druett, author of Rough Medicine, She Captains and Hen Frigates.
We were honored to have Joan and her husband Ron as lunch guests in our
home.
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