Into The Planet - My Life as a Cave Diver, my new memoir, launched in New York this week. I had a whirlwind of interviews and articles with NPR, Oprah...
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My parents are going to cringe when they read my book. They will have to put it down and take a deep breath. When my Mother first learned about the risks that were involved in my career of exploring and filming underwater caves, the color drained from her face. It terrifies her to imagine me squeezing through tiny spaces in submerged caves deep with the planet. One day she asked me, “are you afraid of dying?” I get that question all the time. Why would anyone want to lead a life with so many perceived risks? But, I genuinely believe…
Recently I began the process of recording my audiobook that is due for release on August 27, 2019. Few people would know that it takes a village to record a...
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Many people imagine that my husband Robert McClellan must have read every word of my book Into The Planet. The truth is that it was only a few weeks ago that he finally read the book. Writing and editing a manuscript take years. While I worked with editors Bhavna Chauhan at Doubleday Books and Denise Oswald at ECCO, I often felt like I was getting psychotherapy, rather than editing. I had imagined that the process would be akin to a teacher grading a term paper, counseling me on grammar and tense. But it was so much more. Detailed notes asked…
It's no secret that I have been working on a popular memoir for years. It seems nearly impossible to encapsulate my life and all the lessons I have learned through...
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