Barnacle Bill Bedlam

I remember it well. It was on an Island some years ago when I came to meet the shining star. She told me she was an author and that she wrote pirate books. Her smile equaled her charm as she said her name was Marti. I knew of her name and talent for quite some time but I just kept it to myself, I have a tendency to act impish when starstruck, so not to make a fool out of myself I just smiled and shook her hand. Within minutes my wife, daughter and I took to her right away wi