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Emily Charlotte Powell's avatar

There is such freedom and joy shining through in this letter and I think so many of us are experiencing the same here, making genuine friendships and enjoying genuine connections. Long may it continue!

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Larry Bone's avatar

Emma, thank you for this excellent interview. I think you are probably the best sort of writer there could ever possibly be, so in tune with your own existence and experience and therefore very empathetic with everyone else's (especially all mammals and other life forms). Your book bridges the gap between the general population and those who are out on the sea for a living, for pleasure. for competition or just to survival the usual landlubber's travails. If not already you should consider possibly arranging to have promotional copies of your book sent to Boris Hermann, a top international professional racing and environmentalist sailor. And to Craig Leweck, who publishes the Scuttlebutt Sailing News which is a prominent international ejournal publication of sailing and yacht/sailboat racing and cruising and living. The Scuttlebutt family is international and is intently concerned about the preservation of the sea and preservation of the ability to be able to go out on open water at any time. And they are also concerned how future generations will be able to benefit by going out on open water. Most people are just not aware of how healing going out on open water can be. And how certain sorts of writing can be healing as a landlubber substitute. The imagination is a vast sea containg so much just like like our physical oceans. I will be buying and reading your book when it is published. Apologies if I appear too overly enthusiastic but this seems like the special book that the worldwide sailing and cruising community will definitely appreciate because it gives everyone a voice, a proof if you will, of why being able to go out on open water and preserving open water is so incredibly important. Eleanor, you are a Saint (for a lot of other stuff too) once again for introducing us to Emma in the 8 Questions. Emma, I think your book will be awesome awesome awesome!!!!!!!!

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