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Thalia Toha's avatar

Geoff- It certainly looks like Riordan drew upon his stint with the Alaskan fishing industry. Definitely something I wasn’t expecting to learn today. Thanks!

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Geoff Mantooth's avatar

Thalia, yes he drew deeply, and it shows in the novel. Glad you enjoyed and thanks for reading.

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John Butler's avatar

A friend told me about his summer job once, scraping barnacles off hulls in a boatyard. He had only started this thankless job when a speck of barnacle landed in his eye. He stopped to rub his eye, not leaving his post, when a passerby made a snide comment about not being tough enough for the job. That was it. He quit the job and never looked back, only to tell me the story. He'd been there, done that. Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe would say. The world does lack a lot of love, sometimes.

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Geoff Mantooth's avatar

John, jobs like that are good for motivating studying harder in school or looking for another way to make a living. You figure, “There’s gotta be another way.”

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John Butler's avatar

Motivators. Maybe go on to study for a career in engineering or law.

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Geoff Mantooth's avatar

Works for me. Ha ha.

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