Author Archives: hawwriter

If you peruse the list of survivors published in the Pennsylvania Gazette, you find two names – one Gustavus and the other Thomas. Turns out they were both brothers, and they survived the treacherous swim to shore. If they were injured it wasn’t recorded through a family record. I swim in the Atlantic every summerContinue reading “Who Was Gustavus Colhoun?”

The DiscoverSea Shipwreck Museum located at Fenwick, Delaware is close to Coin Beach, site of the wreck of Faithful Steward. Once I got hooked on research, I had to make the 2 1/2 hour journey to the museum to view artifacts and take some pictures.

Yup, you heard me, stumbling can be a good thing. Naturally, it all depends upon what you stumble over. In 2016 I was knee deep shall we say, in furthering my search for more information about the passengers on board Faithful Steward. And one evening I stumbled upon Ellsworth Boyd, and the website – NUMA.netContinue reading “Sometimes Stumbling is a Really Good Thing!”

In Pennsylvania and the entirety of America it’s the eve before a national holiday, and tomorrow millions will hopefully take time to reflect on everything we have to be thankful for, in spite of a difficult year. I’d like to offer a perspective, one obtained from my research of historical material for another historical novel.Continue reading “Thanksgiving Eve”

According to one of my sources, all of the passengers on board Faithful Steward likely migrated from one of three counties, they being Londonderry, Donegal or Tyrone. In 1785 this was part of the Kingdom of Ireland. Today, Counties Tyrone and Londonderry are located in Northern Ireland, part of the United Kingdom. County Donegal remainsContinue reading “Records in Ireland – What You Need to Know”

November 2017 – Research has to start somewhere, so you dig, and then you dig some more. You keep on digging until you stop. Thank goodness for the computer and search engines. I can’t imagine what it was like in the old days – using mail, going to the library, making phone calls. Talk aboutContinue reading “Connecting Dots”

It was October 2017 and I decided to defer writing for six months. It took me two and three-quarter years to research and write the story of Sindia. During this time I searched for and evaluated my next topic – the theme of shipwrecks, based upon true events, was still in my blood. While pickingContinue reading “Searching for a Writing Topic”

Welcome to my website. You’re going to find this one very interesting – I hope. What’s in a name? A lot – I’m a believer in picking the right name, and that is why I chose Yellowtail Snapper Publishing for the name of my business. I love the sea, guess that’s why I am closeContinue reading “Welcome to my Home Page”