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name: Kerry Lynne
about: "Kerry Lynne was a history major in college and went into teaching for a few years. Then she wound up in the decorative painting world, where she traveled, taught and published for over 37 years and as luck would have it her hand stopped working. So she went back to what she knew: writing, history and sailing." Lynne's fictional writings include The Pirate Captain, Chronicles of a Legend, “Nor Silver” (2014 Next Generation Indie Book Finalist Award for Historical Fiction), The Pirate Captain, Nor Gold”, The Pirate Captain, "Treasured Treasures" and a published short story, LocoThology #3-The Price of Victory (The Pirate Captain) along with the 4th book TBR, The Pirate Captain, Cursed Blessings. The Pirate Captain, Chronicles of a Legend ser "Kerry Lynne was a history major in college and went into teaching for a few years. Then she wound up in the decorative painting world, where she traveled, taught and published for over 37 years and as luck would have it her hand stopped working. So she went back to what she knew: writing, history and sailing." Lynne's fictional writings include The Pirate Captain, Chronicles of a Legend, “Nor Silver” (2014 Next Generation Indie Book Finalist Award for Historical Fiction), The Pirate Captain, Nor Gold”, The Pirate Captain, "Treasured Treasures" and a published short story, LocoThology #3-The Price of Victory (The Pirate Captain) along with the 4th book TBR, The Pirate Captain, Cursed Blessings. The Pirate Captain, Chronicles of a Legend series is a unique literary genre, “historical pirate fiction”, a blend of historical fiction, romance, action/adventure, nautical and paranormal. The Pirate Captain series is not a romance but an "intense" life long love story between the Pirate Captain and a Jacobite widow. It is not a story that ends in smiles and happily ever afters but there are deep emotions shared and sacrifices witnessed. It is not a Treasure Island “wannabe” nor will Blackbeard, Mary Reed or Jack Rackam make an appearance but there are Captain Blackthorne, Cate MacKenzie, Thomas, Hattie, and Breston Creswicke. Comparing Captain Nathanael Blackthorne to Jack Sparrow is inevitable. What other pirate has there been in pop culture for the last 60 years? They are similar, both are pirates and captains in the West Indies from there ends the sameness. Nathan is more dangerous and lethal, because his life has been far more unforgiven.  For those of you who are landlubbers Cate the female main character, who is a lousy sailor helps explain the sailing of a 1700’s pirate ship. If you don’t understand a sailing term there is a Pinterest glossary provided at www.piratecaptain.net (for not only the nauticalese, but some of the 18th century turns of the tongue).Kerry Lynne, Author, of "The Pirate Captain, Chronicles of a Legend," Nor Silver," (2013), 2014 Next Generation Indie Book Historical Fiction Finalist Award; "Nor Gold", The Pirate Captain (2015), and "Treasured Treasures", The Pirate Captain (2018). Lynne is a native of Michigan, a prior teacher with a lifelong interest in history, writing, and sailing, which were the passions that led to the creation of The Pirate Captain series. A word on literary perfection. Every writer knows what an elusive goal it is. A historical "fact' is always up for argument and four people can produce six different opinions on the use of a comma or sentence structure. Between the mariner's slang, 18th Century turn-of-the-tongue, writing style, and 21st Century publishing, not all errors might be as they seem. Kerry Lynne ...more