So I started thinking about what it might feel like to be dropped into that little pocket of Greek life and be expected to function. And I knew that I had to write something in this interesting little place. I passed little old men with white beards and Greek fisherman’s caps and elderly women who spoke the language as if they’d just arrived in the United States from Greece. I was walking through the Sponge Docks, surrounded by Greek restaurants, gift shops, and attractions highlighting the sponge diving trade that’s been a mainstay of the area for more than a century. It’s a small town on the gulf coast of Florida that boasts a significant Greek-American population and a really fun little tourist district called the Sponge Docks. Callie’s character started taking shape after a visit to Tarpon Springs, which is the setting for Where the Stars Still Shine.
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