Janet McCoy Howle

I wrote my first piece of fiction the summer I was ten, if my memory still serves me right. It was a story about a young, bored girl who, despite an otherwise happy childhood, runs away to join a circus. It wasn’t a very long story since I couldn’t decide if my heroine was going to be a bareback rider or aerialist, but I did know she would wear one of those sparkly, sequined leotards and tights-pink, or maybe purple. I also had no idea how to develop a plot or describe characters.

Now to Uncharted. This story was created by my husband and me, even though it is published under my name. The setting, characters, and plot draw on our many years sailing the Bahamas mixed in with a shady period in the history of these islands. I am working on a sequel but it will be a while until it is even a completed manuscript, but I am hopeful and enjoying this writing thing