The business side of a writing career., Travel, Writing tips and tools.
When I tell people I need to travel, they look at me like I told them I need to eat diamonds for breakfast. Sadly, traveling has this reputation for being luxurious, out of reach even. Something you do when you’re young and stupid or old and retired. Yet I bet...
Enhancing your life story., My story., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Travel
I should have expected the rain. I should have expected the cold. I should have expected the same sizest cultural norms that catered to thin people. But I was prepared for none of that, so I spent my first ten days in Mexico City borrowing chalecos from my host...
Musings, My writing., Travel
Borders are manmade creations intended to draw lines in the sand: Us vs. Them. We’re expected to choose a side and then to fight for the ones we choose. It’s all arbitrary, it’s all a social construct, and it’s all rather fucked up. I travel...
Enhancing your life story., Favorites, Tell your story., The stories you tell yourself., The stories you were told., Travel
I’ve got a one-way ticket to Mexico City. I leave today. Am I ready? Nope. Am I scared of traveling alone in a foreign place? Absolutely. But I’m not going to let being afraid stop me from taking this journey. About once a week, someone tells me this: I wish I could...
