Sheltering Angel Outtake ~ The Tattoo Parlor

When I draft a book manuscript, inevitably I omit sections that don’t serve the plot. But I never completely delete them. Below is a short omitted section of Sheltering Angel telling of stewards Sid Siebert and Andrew Cunningham in New York around 1907.    By autumn Emily was in the final weeks before the new…

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Sheltering Angel Out-take ~ Andrew and the Northfleet

When I draft a book manuscript, inevitably I omit sections that don’t serve the plot. But I never completely delete them. Below is a short omitted section of Sheltering Angel that gives insight into Andrew Cunningham’s character.   Fog reminded me of rainy afternoons in Scotland when I was a lad. Da built a fire…

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The irony of one Titan and two Titanic passengers

Wendy Weil Rush, wife of late OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush who perished in the recent implosion of the Titan submersible, has been noted for being the great-great-granddaughter of Titanic first-class passengers Isidor and Ida Straus. I can’t help but wonder at the irony of Rush’s fervor for taking people deep into the North Atlantic to see…

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