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Phil, You can reach me at ozgur.k.sahin@gmail.com. I'll be down in Colombia until January 7th, so should we shoot for after that time? Ozgur K. Sahin

Welcome aboard, Phil! My pirate thing really got underway with Sid Meier's "Pirates!" game. Let me know if you need a new guy to interview--I've got me own pirate novel (The Wrath of Brotherhood) out there. Just finishing up the first draft of the second one.

It's actually the same book, but in hardcover. I'm mostly done with the next one though (book 2 in the series, so same characters)!

Ahoy maties, as part o' Talk Like A Pirate Day, me pirate novel be on sale fer the next week! Hardcovers be about $8 off, an' me eBooks be but $1. I figured yeh'd want to know 'bout such bounty, an' at smugglers' rates too. Happy Talk Like A Pirate Day! Sorry fer the promotin', but if it ain't rel'vant to this crew, I'll eat me pantaloons! Link: http://www.ozgurksahin.com/#!books/cnec

FYI, as International Talk Like A Pirate Day is tomorrow, I'm marking my book (The Wrath of Brotherhood, eBook only) at half price for the holiday: $1.99. Watch for the deal to take effect, if you're interested. Lots of good reading suggestions here, keep 'em coming! I just finished Gentleman of Fortune. It was a good easy read, but the invented love interest (and Bart Roberts' invented heterosexuality) was kind of disappointing.

I have a quick question as well... I'm looking all over this site for a library of sorts where pirate-themed books are listed for those who are interested, but I can't seem to find the right spot, and i see a lot of stuff that discourages self-promotion. Mostly I just was hoping to get my book in whatever spot that is for when people go looking (and to have that spot and its contents clearly marked out), but I don't want to put it there myself if it's viewed as self-promoting. It just stands to reason that people here might, you know, be interested.

Also the taste for finery is higher with pirates, and straw hats don't really qualify. The less physical labor they have to do, the more likely they are to want fancy clothes and hats. Some pirate ships (notably Bartholomew Roberts' ship, as we have a good deal of evidence about that) were run mainly by black crews, while the white pirates did very little actual work and basically lived like officers. This might have been more the case in the early 18th century than the mid 17th, but I'm not sure. Many would wear them even if they were cumbersome in battle because it was part of the image they wanted (who they felt they were, or who they wanted to be), but it is less likely with extended physical labor. Small cloth caps are more likely.

My take was that seamen would usually wear something less cumbersome and less likely to be blown away while on deck (hence the handkerchief/do-rag), but it is by no means a rule, and they would be about as likely as anyone else to wear them on land (though it is easier to store kerchiefs in your belongings than to store hats while aboard, so that would be a slight disincentive).

Thanks! Ozgur

Glad you're enjoying it. I assume you mean it's at 96%, not 96% left? Otherwise you've got your evening's work cut out for you. Ozgur

Hah. Don't need help there! I'll be at Origins Game Fair for several days, but with my full time job and all, I've been lucky to do 5 pages a week when I can get anything done. That should be changing soon.

Woohoo! Glad to be helping you be backed up. I'm working on 3 eBooks right now as well, on top of going to Origins Game Fair this week.

Nice, you live in MN too? I hope they come back through here with the Madagascar artifacts. It was such an excellent exhibit last time. Maybe there will be more detail for me to research too, for my next books. I should check out the National Geo and Blackbeard documentaries. I think it's cool there are TWO new "tv" series coming out (if you count Netflix and indie production as "tv"). Hopefully demand will rise again... For myself, I just like watching and reading this stuff.

Ah, Queda Merchant, got it.

Is it the Mocha Frigate? That was one of two ships sunk in the harbor of Isle Saint Marie, along with the Great Mahomet. Those were the last two ships mentioned on the Pirate Island special I saw last night, with Barry Clifford (discoverer of the Whydah) conducting the operation.

I just finished watching a documentary on History 2 channel called Pirate Island. It was about Madagascar shipwrecks. Good viewing...made me wonder what other pirate documentaries people have seen. I saw the Whydah exhibit at the Science Museum of Minnesota when it was in town, and the same guy who discovered that shipwreck is the person this Pirate Island documentary follows.

As this is the first post in over 3 years, I don't feel bad about a little self-promotion here... Published first book in my Brethren of the Spanish Main series, The Wrath of Brotherhood. Check it out if you like pirate stories. On Amazon and other eBook retailers. Kind of trying to find more time to read lately myself, but it's finally getting warm out again too, so who knows?

I'm reading a few books, but the only piratey one is <a href="http://www.amazon.com/GENTLEMAN-FORTUNE-Adventures-Bartholomew-Roberts-ebook/dp/B00996K3P8/ref=sr_1_3?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1400008090&sr=1-3&keywords=gentleman+of+fortune">Gentleman of Fortune</a> by Evelyn Tidman. I'm about on part five, and it's an enjoyable read, but it looks like the author has perhaps tampered a bit with the sexual orientation of Bartholomew Roberts. Not sure why yet. Ozgur K. Sahin Also, I apparently don't know how to create a link as text on here. Bad Livejournal habits, I guess...

Awesome! Hope you enjoy it.

Oz - I just got an opportunity to start the book last night. So far so good! Jas. Hook

Jas, Totally missed your reply several weeks ago. Thanks for the download. I know what you mean though--I live in Minnesota, and we had snow in May. It makes me want to go fetal and play Port Royale 2 for the music and scenery, just to pretend it is lovely outside. Oz

Ahoy mateys, I'm a newly published author of a historical pirate novel, The Wrath of Brotherhood (Book 1 in the Brethren of the Spanish Main series). I thought this would be a good place to participate in the community--an awful lot of pirate sites are defunct! I suppose they were all hanged. If you want to check out my book, it is in eBook format only, and can be found on Amazon, Kobo, Nook, and iTunes (here is the Amazon link if you want to check it out: http://www.amazon.com/Wrath-Brotherhood-Brethren-Spanish-Main-ebook/dp/B00HMRF5J0/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1395936189&sr=8-1&keywords=The+Wrath+of+Brotherhood). I swear I'm not here to shamelessly self-promote though, so I'll stop now. :) I look forward to participating in discussions here and helping to keep piracy alive. Cheers Ozgur K. Sahin