Mike Robbins
There have been two. The first, Even the Dead are Coming, wasn't really travel in a way; it was an account of the time I spent in Sudan as a development volunteer in the 1980s. The second was The Nine Horizons, which was a series of shorter pieces, each about a place where I had travelled or worked. I like the book, but because it is about so many different locations, it can lack focus for some readers; people are usually looking for a book about somewhere specific.
The Nine Horizons wasn't an autobiography - it was about the places I'd been and the people I'd met there, not about me. Some readers have understood that; others have thought it should be more personal. I never really saw why. It is not me but where I have been that is interesting.
The Nine Horizons wasn't an autobiography - it was about the places I'd been and the people I'd met there, not about me. Some readers have understood that; others have thought it should be more personal. I never really saw why. It is not me but where I have been that is interesting.
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Mike, I'm asking this of several writers, some friends, some strangers... Follower counts, blog traffic, Amazon rankings: vanity metrics. Numbers that have cosmetic value, but aren't necessarily meaningful in and of themselves. Have you ever found yourself chasing these numbers just to run up the score? Or does comparing yourself with peers who appear to be "winning" ever become a problem? How do you deal? Thanks.
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