B.C. Brooks: A Writer's Hiding Place

Baylus C. Brooks is a professional research and maritime historian, genealogist, and writer living in North Florida. Writes for Poseidon Historical Research & Publishing. Author of Quest for Blackbeard, Sailing East, and Dictionary of Pyrate Biography, all now from online stores! All posts are the opinions of the author unless otherwise noted.

Friday, September 08, 2006

Another Excerpt from the new book...

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Far below, at the main hatch, the older man paused before entering safety in the drier warmth below. He watched the Lieutenant swinging pre...

Friday, June 16, 2006

The New Cover

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Here's what the new cover will look like. It's called "Heirloom Returns"... as though you couldn't tell or didn't ...

Friday, June 09, 2006

Excerpt from: HEIRLOOM'S RETURN

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This excerpt comes from my newest book, Heirloom's Return . It's a sci-fi novel that centers on a bomb attack from the future that ...

Tuesday, June 06, 2006

Detail is the key

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Detail is so important. The more detail a writer includes, the more believable their story will be. That's not to say that detail is a...

Sunday, June 04, 2006

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Well, here it is Sunday and lots of free time to create new worlds of fancy in my writing. And, I can't think of one damn thing! lol. Ha...

Saturday, June 03, 2006

Welcome to my first ever blog entry!

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Writing, to me, is this ability to express yourself without being locked up for it. lol. I mean really. Writers have to be of a certain g...

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Baylus C. Brooks: Brooks is a maritime historian, writer, author, and genealogist living in North Florida. Brooks studies maritime & colonial history, also archaeological and paper conservation, drawing upon a love of both science and history. His focus is North Carolina history and, of course, pirates! Brooks published a variety of books, including the historical fiction novel, Heirloom: Fountain of Hope, a time-travel adventure based in St. Augustine, Florida. He also published non-fiction such as Pirates & Slaves, Captain James Wimble, Brunswick Town & Wilmington. He has published twice in the North Carolina Historical Review, one of the articles being republished as a pamphlet by North Carolina Historical Publications as "Blackbeard Reconsidered: Mist's Piracy, Thache's Genealogy." He is currently working on a 600+ paged book re-evaluating the life of Edward Thache, titled "Quest for Blackbeard," to be announced this summer!

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