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How Traveling Killed My Creativity and Brought Out My Truth

How Traveling Killed My Creativity and Brought Out My Truth

July 20, 2018
Inspiration
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Words are wonderful. I love their power. I love their descriptive abilities. For as long as I can remember, words have infatuated me, and I like using them. I love to write. I wrote a novel in high school (it was as cringy as you’d expect). I was always in accelerated English courses and was drawn to creative writing — you can make people feel and see things[...]
The art of solo travel & publishing my first book

The art of solo travel & publishing my first book

May 19, 2017
Books, Inspiration, Personal Stories, popular posts, Solo Travel
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This is not a guide on how to get a book published. I said it first because I wanted to get that out of the way. As much as I would like to give advice on the matter, I can't because quite frankly I don't have a clue even though I did it (you will see very soon why...). However, this is a post that will hopefully inspire you to a) solo travel b) follow your [...]
8 Tips to Becoming a Travel Writer

8 Tips to Becoming a Travel Writer

February 8, 2016
popular posts, Travel Tips
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My foray into the world of travel writing has been a wild ride that at times leaves me exhilarated with opportunities and at other moments leaves me downtrodden when things don’t pan out as hoped. Even with a degree in journalism under my belt, I am always learning new tricks when it comes to pitching editors, networking with other travelers and getting my s[...]
How to be a better Travel Writer

How to be a better Travel Writer

November 17, 2014
Inspiration
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I've always thought that being a good writer largely depends on getting some kind of superhuman inspiration from outer space. I thought it's something that magically happens once you want it badly enough. In 2014, I know that this has been one of the dumbest assumptions everrrr. During three years of journalism school, I didn't really learn how to be a good[...]
How Travel helped me to Write a Book

How Travel helped me to Write a Book

March 17, 2014
popular posts
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It can be assumed that if I'm a travel blogger, a Travelette and a perpetual traveller that my one big passion in life is travel. Except it's not. My real passion - and the dream I suspect I'll spend the rest of my days chasing - is to write stories. For me, there is nothing more rewarding, more exciting and more flipping good fun than making up pe[...]
Link Love: yoga, thieves, and a trip to the Amazon

Link Love: yoga, thieves, and a trip to the Amazon

August 1, 2012
Inspiration
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Hello Travelettes! It's time to share with you some of my favorite links at the moment! They are all about things that have recently inspired me, got me off the couch and out into the world, or the kitchen, or the gym and hopefully they will interest you too! new york times As some of you may know, San Francisco is my home as of this moment and, among othe[...]