M.L. Spencer asked Eric Michael Craig:

How has your prior job experience influenced what you write?

Eric Michael Craig I write what I know, generally speaking. I have held gawdawful gazillions of jobs, so I have maybe a bit wider skill set than average and perhaps that shows in my writing. For many years I considered a job as a way to learn something I wanted to know without having to pay for school to get there. It was nice to get an education and get paid, rather than the other way around.

Ultimately I ended up as an entrepreneur since my resume made it look like I had Career-A.D.D. and nobody would hire me anymore. I have owned manufacturing and research companies and worked extensively in design and engineering as well as hard theoretical and experimental science.

All together the engineering and science anchors me firmly in Hard-SF, but all the other stuff gives me a good handle on how people work. I try to keep both in balance in my writing and let neither aspect dominate.

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