Purdue Travel Writing Class
When a professor at Purdue University asks if you’d like to work with her 400-level travel writing class, you say yes! The following are submissions from students at the acclaimed …
How to Organize Photos & Videos from an Epic Road Trip (or any travels)
It was a dark and stormy afternoon.
The Making of Two Lane Gems: How to write a travelogue without losing your mind
I’m not freaking out. Nope. Not at all. I’ve got this, I say. I scribble it on my whiteboard in all caps. I’VE GOT THIS. I breathe deep. Pace. Pour …
Writer’s Route: How to Handle Rejection
The hardest part of writing a book isn’t the actual writing. It’s what comes next.
One Step Back, Five Steps Forward (Or, what happened to Drive By Towns?)
Sometimes you head in one direction without knowing where you’re going, yet you still end up where you need to be.
Taking The Writer’s Route: Under the hood of an epic road trip book
I exited through the double doors into a cloudy, gray morning and let the tears fall. I had done it. I had taken a big, giant, terrifying jump and survived. No one laughed at me.
Announcing the Two Lane Gems Tour – an American Journey
Last October I began a companion site to The Local Tourist that highlights what I like to call “Two Lane Gems.” Drive By Towns is a travelogue whose goal is to …