Inside the Mind of Sarah Boon: Unveiling the Untold Struggles Behind a Field Scientist’s Groundbreaking Journey
SB: Yeah, I think so. I think I’m old-school.
HMM: I’m with you. One of the things that I appreciated about your descriptions of your work time on the John Evans Glacier was that you write that you were certain about one thing: you liked to get outside, then come home and write about it. This practice seems to ebb and flow over the course of the time that you write about in this book. We talked about this a little bit already but I’m curious what your writing practice looks like now.
SB: It’s kind of haphazard right now. I’m starting my second book but I’m still thinking about it, so I’m not sitting down for an hour and purposefully working on it. And I have all these small things that take my attention – writing something for the National Association of Science Writers about my book or other promo things are taking up my time right now. Sometimes I’ll have half an hour here and there, and I’ll type something out that I can use later. I write a weekly blog as well, and so I carve out time to write that blog but that’s at different times throughout the day. So my writing practice is all over the place right now. I’m hoping to reset it – I think I need some time off after my first book, and I should just be thinking about my second book but not actually working on it very hard, making notes now and then.
