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!
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!!!!!!!!
Thank you Larry - the connection with the water is powerful indeed and I share your thoughts on the healing nature of the open sea. I'm very grateful for your comments and I'm delighted you enjoyed the interview.
I really enjoyed this and it's great to find out about Emma's writing. This series of interviews is an constant and enlightening source of insight into how writers show up on this platform.
Your book has me curious but I'll just have to wait to see when I read it. Do you compare dolphin births with human births? We are born out of our mother's water and dolphins are born out their mother into open water tail first. Human fetuses have tails the first 3 months before the nubs for legs appear. We do have a tail bone but supposedly the genetic evolution of cetaceans is closer to zebras than humans. And a baby that seemingly tries to be born "tail" first is attempting a "breach" birth. This may have nothing to do with your book so should be ignored and my apologies. But thinking about it makes me curious to see exactly what is in your book. And so I will wait. Hope many others will waiting to see as well.
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!
Aah thanks so much - and yes!! Long may it continue. Very lovely to have met you x
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!!!!!!!!
Thank you Larry - the connection with the water is powerful indeed and I share your thoughts on the healing nature of the open sea. I'm very grateful for your comments and I'm delighted you enjoyed the interview.
I really enjoyed this and it's great to find out about Emma's writing. This series of interviews is an constant and enlightening source of insight into how writers show up on this platform.
Thanks so much Jeffrey - I loved answering the questions and agree - it's so interesting to see the different ways in which people show up!
Great interview! Love hearing your thoughts, Emma!
Aah thanks so much! xx
Your book has me curious but I'll just have to wait to see when I read it. Do you compare dolphin births with human births? We are born out of our mother's water and dolphins are born out their mother into open water tail first. Human fetuses have tails the first 3 months before the nubs for legs appear. We do have a tail bone but supposedly the genetic evolution of cetaceans is closer to zebras than humans. And a baby that seemingly tries to be born "tail" first is attempting a "breach" birth. This may have nothing to do with your book so should be ignored and my apologies. But thinking about it makes me curious to see exactly what is in your book. And so I will wait. Hope many others will waiting to see as well.