When I'm on Guam, I enjoy spending time visiting old friends, signing books, and being interviewed by the Pacific Island Times. Here I am at the Guam Museum gift shop with Liz Murphy, my sales rep. The museum is brand new and beautiful--a stunning tribute to the history and culture of the people of Guam.
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Author: Douglas Arvidson
Douglas Arvidson’s Award-Winning Novels Available at The Book Bin at Four Corners Plaza in Onley, VA
Signed Copies of These Award-Winning Novels now available at The Book Bin
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Douglas Arvidson Short Story Accepted for Publication in Pacific Arts Anthology
"How a Girl was the First Navigator"
Douglas Arvidson's short story, based on an ancient Pacific legend, has been published by the Festival of the Pacific Arts Publications
When I was living on a sailboat on Guam studying traditional star-path navigation under the late Manny Sikau, a master navigator from Polowat Atoll, we discussed the fact that only men were allowed to become navigators. Manny then made brief mention of a Polowatese legend regarding women and navigation, saying only that acc...
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A Drop of Wizard’s Blood is 1st Place Winner in Science Fiction/Fantasy at the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards
A Drop of Wizard's Blood
This book took top honors in Fantasy and Finalist awards in Young Adult Fiction and Cover Design at the New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. I wrote it while living aboard our sailboat on Guam. It is one of three stand-alone books in The Eye of the Stallion fantasy series and is part of the saga of the Time drifters and star-crossed lovers, Dag-gar and Sonoria.
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Douglas Arvidson is Guam Public Schools Visiting Author
Douglas Arvidson is Visiting Author to the Guam Public Schools sponsored by The Guam Chapter of the International Reading (Literacy) Association
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The Summer Writer
Summer beckons the writer with memories of long, hot days and short, sultry nights, of youthful romance, travel, and adventure. Over the generations, a lot of great literature resulted from young men and women being released from their daily routines of work or school and left to their own devices, devices usually centered around coming of age by engaging in forbidden sex, alcohol, and short, hot relationships. A lot of lousy literature too. Bookshelves in second-hand book stores are g...
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The Eye of the Stallion: Award-Winning Fantasy Series
Sonoria and Dag-gar are Time Drifters whose eternal love holds together the very fabric of the Universe. When Sonoria rebels against her ancient lover, it rips apart Space-Time and releases the Time Vagabond and his dark passions.
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Photos from My Life and Travels
Disney’s New Movie “Moana” and a Real Legend from Polowat Atoll
Stories of the Pacific Islands
In the canoe house on Guam in about 2010, I meet with my teacher and mentor, the late Manny Sikau, a master navigator from Polowat Atoll. We are discussing the manuscript of my novel, Brothers of the Fire Star.
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Moana, Disney’s just-released animated movie, tells the story of a Polynesian princess who, with a huge, tattooed ...
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