Travel Inspirations – Past, Present, Future As an author, I’m a sponge for places and people and experiences, soaking them in, to be wrung out later onto the dry page. Specifically, several memorable travel experiences have filled the well of imagination for a published novel, a current work on submission, and a future project. My first published novel, Out of Xibalba, was literally inspired, that is, gasped into being, during a family vacation in Belize. First of all, I can’t recommend Belize highly enough as a place to experience the exotic past in an exceedingly American-friendly way. They speak English. […]