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The Sailor as Writer

Journalism has been my profession, and writing a way of experiencing the world, very much has been photography. Both activities require a degree of passion, an understanding of the language and of course craft. Both are like preparing a meal, pulling ingrediates together and assembling them in interesting, often innovative ways that surprise the reader /  viewer, as well as the creator.


This winter I was gathering material for a book on family cruising, and managed to pen off a few articles to the boating magazines in the Caribbean. I also wrote  drafts and sample chapters for the book. I have provided links here to the published stories as well as the drafts, solicing comments from my readers.


Maine and Sailing Writing


Recently Published Marine Related Articles:

  1. •Laundry Day on Searcher

  2. •Aschanti IV Wins Classic’s in Antigua

  3. •The Last of the Atlantic Rowers

  4. •Boat Schooling in the Caribbean

  5. •Sailing The Winter Islands


Un-Published Marine Articles


  1. •Honey. .  I Dunked the Dinghy Engine

  2. •The Model Boat Builders of Bequia

  3. •Off-Shore: Sailing Down the Islands to Bequia

  4. •Off-shore: Bermuda to the BVI

  5. •Off-shore: Newport to Bermuda

  6. •David’s Deck Log - Newport to Bermuda

  7. •Report: The 2009 NARC Rally

  8. •Martha’s Vineyard Island

  9. • The Voyage Begins- Chapter I

  10. •A Head Full of Problems


  12. Articles I’m Working on . . .

  13. •Bequia to Grenada

  14. •The Island of Grenada

  15. •Grenada North to Antigua

  16. •St. Lucia

  17. •Martinique

  18. •Dominica

  19. •Antigua

  20. •Report: The 2010 Classic Yacht Regatta Not available . . yet.

  21. •Oops Department: Getting my car registered






 

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When is the writer not a writer? David, Sailing Searcher, the family’s Bowman 57 foot ketch through the Gulf Stream this last fall on an adventure that took teh Lyman’s ovefr 5,000 miles visiting 12 of the Caribbean Islands over 7 months. Photo by Julie Lyman.

Writing About The Creative Process

I sent off a pitch to a West Coast Publisher on my book on Creativity a year ago. He called me back with the following advise. “What you have proposed is a series of 5 books, or a class room text book to accompany a semester-long course. What I want to publish is a single book. Select your most compelling chapter and turn that into a book. Then we’ll talk . . .”

    ”I’m working on it . .  I’m working on it . . .,” well, I’m thinking about it. Before I could spend any time of the new book proposal, the opportunity to spend a year living on the boat, cruising to and through the Caribbean  came upon us and I could not resist. But, I have already written a great about the artist’s creative process, expanding on the one hour lecture I give every Monday at The Workshops for 30 years. Links to those chapters are here as well.


The Book on Creativity

  1. •Introduction

  2. •Who Are The Artists

  3. •Being Creative

  4. •Fear. What Are You Afraid Of?

  5. •8 Keys to unlock Your Creativity

  6. •Creativity Test: How Creative Are You?

  7. •Problem Solving . . . one step at a time

  8. •Essay: The Joy Of Learning

  9. •The Peer Group: Creating in Community

  10. •The Joy of Teaching


Writing . . . journal entries . . .  articles . . .  essays