"The Green Season" is the first title released by The Tico Times Publications Group. The paperback is available from The Tico Times Store (for customers in Costa Rica); the paperback and…
[caption id="attachment_62821" align="alignright" width="400"] Courtesy of Ernesto Adduci[/caption] Writers often have “aha” moments, when a great idea springs from seemingly nowhere. Marcel Proust once smelled a sponge…
[caption id="attachment_62840" align="aligncenter" width="400"] The Tico Times[/caption] I was perusing the shelves of the Lucha Libro bookstore in Granada, Nicaragua for an interesting title about Central America…
[caption id="attachment_55908" align="alignright" width="300"] (Courtesy Ad Astra Rocket Company)[/caption] A young man flies down the road on his motorcycle. He’s weeping so hard that he can barely…
[caption id="attachment_53463" align="alignright" width="400"] Courtesy Marissa Kennerson[/caption] Whether you favor Harry Potter or Katniss Everdeen, Mary Lennox or The Three Investigators, “young adult” fiction tends to follow…
[caption id="attachment_53297" align="alignright" width="393"] Courtesy Michael Miller[/caption] In the guidebook world, you have to be gutsy to title your book “The Real San José.” Gritty travelers are…
[caption id="attachment_48337" align="alignright" width="384"] Courtesy Alonso Muñez Solís[/caption] In war, people take drastic measures. Some adopt a cause and fight. Others cling to their peaceful lives and…
Take a break this evening. After you've gone to Mass, or eaten your matzo, or taken a dip in the ocean or whatever other activity you might…
[caption id="attachment_33479" align="aligncenter" width="397"] Courtesy Margot Page[/caption] After awhile, every expat gets the same suggestion: You should write a book! Friends exclaim this revelation over wine. Mothers…
In 2004, J. Maarten Troost burst onto the travel-writing scene with his first book, “The Sex Lives of Cannibals.” Troost was lovable for many reasons: He was…
