Poll results are in! Â We've narrowed it down...now for a final vote. Thanks to all who voted and please vote for your favorite(s) among the choices left. I will be using this poll, your comments on the blog, Facebook, and Twitter, and input from friends and family, to make the final title decision within …
Help Choose a Title!
I am looking for your help to choose the final title for the book. Check out the description of the book if you haven't done so already and then vote for your favorite title! If you think you have something better, feel free to put in your own answer! I will announce results and use …
Colombia is Excited by Their World Cup Qualifications (Oh, and Some Other Sports, Too)
¡Gol Colombia! With those words, and a tie with Chile, the Colombian National Soccer Team qualified October 11 for the 2014 World Cup in Brazil. The goal came as striker Falcao hit his second penalty shot of the game to tie it and propel the soccer-loving nation into the most-watched sports championships in the world. …
Why Self-Publishing Doesn’t Mean I Own My Own Printing Press
What does self-publishing mean? The mass of words above might give you some idea. In short, self-publishing means that I do not have a signed book deal with a publishing house and also doing everything needed to create a book by myself. Self-publishing is also known as Indie Publishing, DOY (Do It Yourself), and, as …
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World Reading Day
October 2nd marks World Reading Day, which as its title suggests, encourages people around the world to -- you guessed it -- read. Storytelling is probably the oldest form of entertainment (arguments can be made for dance and music as well) and books have dominated storytelling over the last few centuries. You can read words …
Why We Travel (or, Why All My Savings Go to Plane Tickets, Train Tickets, Bus Tickets, and Cups of Coffee in Towns I Can’t Pronounce)
Why did I go to Colombia? Good question, one I certainly got in many forms both before I left (usually accompanied by a frightened stare that I would head to those dangerous jungles) and when I returned (usually accompanied by shocked expressions that I somehow escaped drug runners). Of course, there was a variety of …
Tourists and Tourism
Floppy straw hats, beach gear, and sunburns waiting to happen. Must mean vacation time for warmth-seeking tourists. And even if you are wrapped in scarves, nursing tall cups of overpriced coffee, and longing for a little beach time of your own, I would like to wish you a happy World Tourism Day! Which perhaps doesn’t …
Why Care About Colombia?
Why should someone from the United States (or the U.K., Canada, Australia, Germany, etc.) care at all about Colombia? Good question. It’s a question that I hope this site and my book try to answer. In short, Colombia is a bustling country of 47 million people, rich in history, culture, music, art, food, and natural …
Exploring Colombia: GetsemanÃ, Cartagena
Colombia has much to offer visitors. Today, our destination is the historic neighborhood of GetsemanÃ, in the Caribbean colonial city of Cartagena de las Indias. Cartagena has become a popular tourist destination, but most tourists stay within the ritzy beach-front properties of Bocagrande or limit their wanderings to the winding streets of the small but …
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The Not-So-Solitary Process of Becoming an Author
I have been writing for a while, but with my manuscript in the mail to an editor and an announcement to all my friends about the book, I am moving quickly from just being a writer to becoming an author. For over a year, a large chunk of my free time has been spent researching, …
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