The TBEX Girona Sessions

If you missed our session at TBEX, I compiled the meat of the conversation Will Peach and I have been having about travel writing here: Will Peach and Pam Mandel on Creative Travel Writing

Back in the Saddle Again

The bicycle is just as good company as most husbands and, when it gets old and shabby, a woman can dispose of it and get a new one without shocking the entire community. — Ann Strong, Minneapolis Tribune, 1895 Last weekend, I bought an electric bicycle. I did not mean to buy a new bicycle. …


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Nostalgia. Nirvana. Nevermind.

I recently picked up a contract for some travel writing about Seattle, my home town. It’s guidebook style writing, but there’s an interesting twist to the approach and I was keen to tackle the cultural pieces. I’ve lived in Seattle for nearly 20 years and while I’m not in tune with everything that’s the new …


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