The pirate behind the local
celebration is writer Joseph O'Steen whose daylight job
has him working with aircraft at Northrup-Grumman.
At night and on weekends, he retires
to his cabin to get in the mood to write his Nathan
Beauchamp sea adventures.
He's written two books in his series on a Napoleonic-era
British naval officer.
These days, he's also pursuing the idea of writing a pirate
story with St. Augustine locales.
"Everybody wants to be a bad boy or pretend to be a bad boy.
It's good, safe fun," O'Steen said of the pirate craze and
phase.
O'Steen organized the get-together in about two weeks,
putting out posters and contacting members of his Promoting
Outstanding Writers! group.
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