Writers of the Future Podcast: Author Interview with Jeff Edwards

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Our guest is Jeff Edwards. Jeff served over two decades in the US Navy where he was an Anti-Submarine Warfare Specialist and Chief Petty Officer. He served in multiple American war fronts including the Cold War standoff and the Persian Gulf crisis.

Jeff retired from the military to become a military consultant and novelist—which is where this podcast comes in. He specializes in writing about ordinary men and women working together to do extraordinary things which was something he experienced in his military career. I read his novel Sea of Shadows and became very impressed with his prowess over the military thriller genre.

In his own words, courage isn’t the absence of fear, it’s the determination that some things are more important than fear.

And thus this interview! And if you are not familiar with this author now, you can thank me later.

In this podcast, we cover:

• How Jeff’s career in the US Navy prepared him for his career as an author.
• Today’s fine line between science fiction and science fact.
• Writing about ordinary people doing extraordinary things—and this based on his experience—rather than extraordinary people doing unbelievable extraordinary things—as Hollywood and so many thriller writers do.
• The role of collective heroism, dedication, hard work in storytelling.
• After over two decades working with anti-submarine warfare in the US Navy, being able to define what courage really is.
• How to create riveting action sequences.

Learn more about Jeff Edwards:

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Recommended books: Sea of Shadows, Steel Wind, and The Damocles Agenda.

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