Celebrating 10 years of Oceanwatch articles Ten years ago today, I wrote my first Oceanwatch article. I wanted to call the column Seawatch, but editor, publisher and friend John Flanagan suggested Oceanwatch instead. It's the Pacific Ocean. That was the first of many guiding words John gave me over the years, but certainly not the last. I was nervous.
Most science writing is notorious for using dull passive verbs.
Active voice was one thing, writing in the first person another. When it happened, it came naturally. I had spent a night watching a sea turtle lay a clutch of eggs. Writing about my feelings during that special moment seemed like the right thing to do. My regular readers know that I haven't shut up about my experiences since.