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Looking for a bit of insider knowledge about Make Sure You Have a Map? Here are a few fun facts about the book and my writing process: While I travel, I am a creature of habit: all my writings from my travels are written in black or brown Gallery Leather journals. Besides writing in these …
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April 23 was World Book Day, celebrating the hundreds of years and millions of books that we are today lucky enough to have the option to read. Whether ancient medieval manuscripts, shiny paperbacks, or electronic e-readers, books come in all shapes and sizes. Their content is a varied as the topics humans think about and—let’s …
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I had a writing professor in college once asked my class if we wrote because the world had something to tell us or because we had something to tell the world. That day in class, I stared long and hard at the blank piece of notebook paper I was supposed to be answering this prompt …
Misspelled Paradise: A Year in a Reinvented Colombia is nearing its final stages before publication: copy editing, formatting, and proofing. I expect a publishing date in mid-February. Until then, I will post updates such as the actual publishing date, release the cover, and post quotes, excerpts, and possibly chapters. Here is a short excerpt from …
Why do I enjoy travel writing so much? In short, because it involves two of my favorite things in the world: traveling and writing. (You're welcome for that deep insight for the day.) This last year I have been doing a lot of writing and less traveling. Late nights typing away, afternoons editing, mornings brainstorming …
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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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 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 …
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 …
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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