Brant asked H.M. Long:

I'm reading your book, DWD, and I absolutely love your writing style. Hard to put down! You have a brilliant knack for setting the scene vividly yet efficiently, and you choice of language is pleasing. I'm an historic naval fiction reader, and this novel captures the grit and characterization of the 17th and 18th Cs very well. Do you read nautical fiction?

H.M. Long Hey Brant! I'm so glad you're enjoying DWD. I don't read a whole lot of nautical fiction nowadays, sadly (I tend not to read too closely to the setting of books I am actively drafting.) But last year I read and adored Naomi Novik's Temeraire series! And in the past, particularly in my teens, I read whatever I could get my hands on, from Bloody Jack to Patrick O'Brian, as well as a random assortment of memoirs including Two Years Before the Mast. I also love TV series and film adaptions like Horatio Hornblower and Master and Commander: Far Side of the World, and tend to rewatch them to prepare for drafting my Winter Sea books!

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