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Category Archives: Published Articles
Worldhum Essay
As both of you know, sometimes I branch out away from my duties here at Gallivanting Explorer and freelance. Sort of like Mick Jagger does with The Rolling Stones, only on a much smaller scale.
My latest example went up on Worldhum yesterday. I’m very humbled and happy to be published there, as their editorial standards are much higher than my own.
Here is a small excerpt:
My friend Dale and I were on our way to the Chennai airport when I saw the picture. It was on a poster promoting tourism in India. It showed a train so full of people that the very roof was filled with them. A brightly colored array of happy Indians sprouted from the top like flowers. And I suddenly, very desperately, wanted to be one of them.
You can read the rest of it, and ‘like’ it and send it to famous and important editors here.
My James Bond Pitch
Not everything goes according to plan. Like this James Bond pitch. It started out as a reasonable pitch; it even made sense, what with the new James Bond movie, Skyfall, coming out. But then I went bonkers. Continue reading “My James Bond Pitch” »
In This Post, The Editor Blatantly Promotes Himself; Or, Hey! I Was In The San Francisco Chronicle!
I posted it to Facebook and the Twitter and Linked In and Youtube and in emails to people and, in all that time, I forgot to mention it here! What a bozo! Continue reading “In This Post, The Editor Blatantly Promotes Himself; Or, Hey! I Was In The San Francisco Chronicle!” »