You know those moments when you’re traveling in a far away place or even just the next town over and you see someone doing something that makes no sense at all? Where you think to yourself, Seriously? And you’re not sure whether to gape or crack up? Those moments are copious in Africa. So to […]
~ A follow-up to How to Find the Guts to Take a Leap When I was 23 and interning at The New Zealand Herald in Auckland, I heard the Associated Press, a news service, was hiring a correspondent for their South Pacific bureau. I’d already fallen in love with New Zealand, knew I wanted to […]
Gotta love links because then you know it’s Friday! Here’s what I’ve got for you this week: What do lucky people do differently? Great post at entrepreneur Jonathan Fields’ blog. (Hat tip to Rachelle Gardner for this one.) Writers don’t write for the odds, do we? Great reminder from FundsforWriters Editor Hope Clark. (Kinda like […]
I’ve become a student of entrepreneurship lately, spending much of my free time watching interviews with entrepreneurs and reading about their strategies, and even picking their brains at work. After all, many of us are entrepreneurs in our own right, figuring out how to cobble together a living doing what we love. (Self-publishing, by the […]
Whenever you have a goal, one of the best ways to succeed is talking to people who have already done it. Their road map might not be right for you, but you’re likely to gain at least one piece of insight that will help you on your own journey. That’s why I’m always psyched to […]
End of the week — Time for links! The easiest and cheapest way to self-publish, from MediaShift. Agree? Awesome post from literary agent Jenny Bent on the democratization of publishing. I’ve raved before about Peter Gostelow’s blog; he’s cycling across Africa. This week had posted one of his best stories yet, about traveling on the […]
I bet, after reading that headline, you know what leap I’m talking about, what “leap” means for you. Chances are, if you’re reading this blog, you’re looking for the guts to throw yourself into your writing or take a career break to travel. Or maybe you want to change jobs or move to a new […]
After lugging around a 700-page hard cover book for the last month, I’m starting to come around to the idea of buying an e-reader. Plus, if this is the future of publishing, and I’m working to become an author, I should understand how readers will experience my books, right? Which means I’m facing the same […]
Some good news hit my inbox last week: I’ve been accepted for a residency at the Virginia Center for Creative Arts! Known as VCCA, the colony calls itself an “international working retreat for visual artists, writers, and composers situated in the rolling foothills of Virginia’s Blue Ridge Mountains.” The program offers fellowships between two weeks […]
I’m all about do-it-yourself websites. But my DIY headers just weren’t cutting it. I managed to teach myself WordPress and CSS and HTML, but I do not, apparently, have an eye for design. That’s why I hired Debbie Ridpath Ohi, a writer and illustrator who some of you may know as @inkyelbows, to draw the […]