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Published on: 8/11/2007
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Living Aboard A Sailboat-Interview With Travel Author & Writer Janet Groene
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Norm Goldman, Editor of the book reviewing and author interviewing site www.bookpleasures.com and the travel site, www.sketchandtravel.com interviews travel writer and author Janet Groene.
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Today Norm Goldman, Editor of sketchandtravel.com is excited to have as our guest, travel writer and author Janet Groene.Janet and her husband Gordon have authored several books including: Living Aboard and Creating Comfort Afloat.
Good day Janet and thanks for agreeing to participate in our interview.
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Janet: Since I was very young, words just bubbled out of me and begged to be written down.
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Please tell our readers why you embarked on such a venture and did you ever tire of living on the boat: Janet: On a business trip to the Bahamas we discovered a wrecked sailboat washed up on a lonely beach, and we began to dream the impossible dream.
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Janet:
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Janet: A boat, especially a sailboat, is a demanding mistress and her needs must
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Janet: There is an old saying, "Until she leaves the dock, a boat is nothing more than substandard housing."
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Janet: RV life is easier than sailing because you can always pull over and stop when you get tired.
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Janet: It's essential that travel writers develop a specialty or two.
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Janet: The Internet has been essential in my writing and now it's accessible from anywhere one drops anchor.
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Janet: My parents were great travelers, always taking my brother and me to places where we could learn something about history or culture.
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Janet: It's rewarding when I can bring the essence of travel to those who can get there only through my words and to those who go to a place because I made it sound so enticing.
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Janet: Thanks to e-mail and cell phones it is not much more difficult to earn a living on the go than it is to be a freelance writer working out of a house.