book dead wake

"following my between-books strategy of reading promiscuously and voraciously"
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But actually this is your process should be driven by a goal, and the goal here is writing good books, ultimately. It's generative, even if the short-term approach looks like haphazard promiscuous consumption ^reading-promiscuously-and-voraciously

Germans gave warning in morning paper before launch... only 2 people changed minds. Everyone thought they would outrun subs if encountered. Very fast ship.

Ship partially paid for by British military.