I have loved boats all my life. I have sailed the Chesapeake Bay, fished the Atlantic, and kayaked the waters around Mount Desert Island, Maine. I am also an enthusiastic armchair sailor, admiring the beauty of a watercraft in a magazine or immersing myself in the excitement of a voyage in a book. These activities not only provide a pleasant escape but also offer fascinating metaphors for the writing craft and the publishing voyage.
For example, in an article in the July/August 2020 issue of WoodenBoat magazine, author Milo Stanley describes preparing his sail-boat Promise for a single-handed transatlantic crossing:
The first stage of the renovation involved removing every bit of equipment that didn’t have a place in my vision of the completed