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Eliot Baker lives in Finland. He is program and content manager for global open innovation pioneer, Xinova. He would be happy to sing for his heavy metal band and write novels full-time. He grew up near Seattle, got his B.A. in World Literature at Pitzer College, and got his M.S. in Science Journalism from Boston University. He was an award-winning journalist at the Nantucket Inquirer and Mirror, and before that he wrote for the Harvard Health Letters. He was Content & Communications Lead for a sleep tech company that got acquired by Apple. He likes good books while traveling, loud music while running, and bad movies while relaxing, as long as there's popcorn served. ...more

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Eliot Baker I live life as fully as possible. I know that eventually I'll get back in front of the keyboard, and writing is always easier for me if I have more li…moreI live life as fully as possible. I know that eventually I'll get back in front of the keyboard, and writing is always easier for me if I have more life-material to draw from. That can be from things as mundane as getting really into cooking or watching new TV shows, or throwing myself into new challenging projects at work, or doing wilder things like traveling or trying a new sport or rocking out with my band.(less)
Eliot Baker Your dreams never die. Your whole life you're developing in some way, either the craft aspect of writing or your writer's perspective. So just because…moreYour dreams never die. Your whole life you're developing in some way, either the craft aspect of writing or your writer's perspective. So just because you haven't nailed critical acclaim of best-selling status by 40, you always have that (fairly realistic) optimism that if you keep writing, keep living, keep developing, you'll write the book you've always wanted to, and people will recognize it as being a valuable addition to the shelves of literary history.(less)
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Floating: A chance encounter



I feel like I've been floating all summer. Longer, even.

I was splashing in Lake Burien in June with my kids, when I noticed they'd lost their kick board. Despite my admonitions, they followed me as I swam after it. They're good swimmers for their age, but I've got to be ready to go full-on Hasselhoff when they're in over their heads, which is always at grandpa's lake.

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Robert Frost
“We love the things we love for what they are.”
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