Finnemore Fridays (On Monday. I forgot to Hit Publish Last Week): You see, the problem with writing is…

…everyone has an opinion. At the Santa Barbara Writers Conference in June, I read aloud three chapters from the travel book I’m writing. The critique from the pirates in the room was, “Give me more story about the main character.”

I’ve also sent chapters to my writing group. Their feedback was the same, “More you! More of YOUR story! I care about you and your journey!” So I made a few small changes to the old chapters, and the new chapters I’ve been writing have focused more on travelogue-ing.

However, I recently had...