Writing while traveling

Art by Jeremy Geddes

I had an almost physical pain in my stomach the morning of getting on the plane to arrive on time in California for Anechka's graduation. And I thought, "This is ridiculous. You'll have to travel more often in the future, naturally, because you'll get very rich and very famous soon, so what is this shit? Girl, you need to learn to write while you travel."

When I went on the Amtrak trip it was different. I had a room all on my own. It was a room on wheels, but it was a r...