Erik Buchanan asked Chris A. Jackson:

How have your sailing experiences enriched and informed your writing?

Chris A. Jackson I think 35 years on the ocean has added a certain authenticity to my nautical fantasy that most authors don't have. No amount of online research can give you the feeling of a thirty foot wave slamming into your ship and knocking it flat. The sea is powerful beyond imagining, and she cares not for these insignificant toys we build to traverse her... I've also spent a lot of time underwater, and started out my post-graduate education in Marine Biology, so there's some authenticity below the waves as well. It helps that my wife is a PhD marine biologist, too...

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