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I’ve Finally Gone and Done It

I’ve published my book! Please bear with me for this commercial blog post. I’ll return you to your regularly scheduled program of travel stories and philosophical musings next week. But for now – I PUBLISHED A BOOK! I’ve written a lot about the process of starting, revising and finishing a book, so I won’t repeat myself […]

“Do What You Love” – Nice Work if You Can Get It

Last week Slate ran this article. Its point is that the aphorism to “do what you love” is steeped in the oblivion of privilege and that it’s insulting to those who must, simply, work. Given my checkered history, I have some perspective on this. On the one hand, I’m currently doing what I love, but […]

The Often Convoluted Road to Indie Publishing a Book

I’m finally done. Galleys proofed, cover finalized, acknowledgements made. I’m ready to publish my book! I’ll have a link up soon, but in the meantime, you might be interested in hearing what all goes into it. 1. Write a manuscript (ms). Think it’s done. Have some people read it and tell you it’s not done. […]

Radical Detachment

We humans don’t always make the best decisions. We throw good money after bad. We fail to save for a rainy day. We don’t floss as often as we should. We do the same thing over and over and expect a different result. I’m thinking today about the bad decisions we make because we believe […]

Notes from the Trenches of Indie Publishing

Happy New Year, readers. My first novel releases on January 25. Here are some things I have learned on the way to indie publication. 1. In the old days you pounded the pavement with your manuscript, looking for an agent to represent you. Now you pound the virtual pavement with your manuscript, looking for influential […]

Merry Christmas

I am taking the week off. Merry Christmas. See you in 2014.Filed under: Uncategorized

A Master Class in Travel: Kampala, Uganda to Maputo, Mozambique Overland -Final Exam-Part I

This week we have a guest poster, my Africa travel companion, Mr. K. If you think you know the answers, please post in the comments. I’ll post the key later this week. Choose the one best answer for each: 1. Barely moving in heavily congested traffic downtown Kampala, a mirror you didn’t know you had […]

Africa Overland Part XIII – Flat Tire in Malawi

At the end of our last installment, we had just gotten past a road blockage on the way to Senga. Not too long after we stopped for gas and cash in Mzuzu. Getting the gas was simple. It would prove to be one of the last simple things for a while. Also, there was some […]

Africa Overland Part XII – The Shores of Lake Malawi

At the end of the last installment, we had stopped for the night in Karonga, Malawi, a good-sized town near Lake Malawi. There wasn’t much to see in this town so we were up and out fairly early the next morning for a full day of driving. And what a day it was. The route […]

Africa Overland Part XI – Karonga, Malawi

At the end of the last installment we had made it through the Tanzania/Malawi border crossing at Songwe, with about an hour to spare before dark. We set our sights on Karonga, a town on Lake Malawi. We entered town just as it was starting to get dark and set quickly to the task of […]