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World Without Pain: The Story of a Search
The Woman Who Fell Backwards and Other Stories
Apocalypse Bluff and Other Stories
The Senescent Nomad Hits the Road
Invasive Procedures: Stories
Heroes and Other Illusions: Stories
Bedlam Battle: An Omnibus of the One Thousand Series
After the Fireflood
Caliban’s Children
The Fantasy Book Murders
Opting Out and Other Departures
Sunflower: A Novel
America Redux: Impressions of the United States After Thirty-Five Years Abroad
Fear or Be Feared: Fantasies
Writing as a Metaphysical Experience
Reviews and Reflections on Books, Literature, and Writing
The One Thousand: A Novella
The One Thousand: Book Two: Team of Seven
The One Thousand: Book Three: Black Magic Bus
The One Thousand: Book Four: Deconstructing the Nightmare
After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
The Misadventures of Mama Kitchen: A Novel
Dark Mirrors: Dystopian Tales
Love Children: A Novel
Painsharing and Other Stories
The Dragon Ticket and Other Stories
Tag Archives: traveling
The Senescent Nomad Seeks a Home
My new novel The Senescent Nomad Seeks a Home was published on December 25, 2020 (Merry Christmas) and is now available in both paperback and digital formats at the links below. It is a sequel to my novel The Senescent … Continue reading
Book Review: Blue Highways: A Journey into America by William Least Heat-Moon
This book is considered a classic in travel writing, particularly in the sub-genre of road memoirs. I’m surprised that I never read it before. It takes place in 1978, although it was not published until 1982. After a heartbreaking separation … Continue reading
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Tagged camper van, road memoir, Song of the Open Road, travel, traveling, Walt Whitman
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On Rereading Nomadland: Surviving America in the Twenty-First Century by Jessica Bruder
I read this book just over two years ago; you can read the review on this website. What got me thinking about the book again was finding out that it had been made into a film starring Frances McDormand. My … Continue reading
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Tagged coronavirus, Homes on Wheels, nomadic life, road life, The Senescent Nomad, travel, traveling, vandwelling
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On Rereading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance: An Inquiry into Values by Robert M. Pirsig
I have just finished reading Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance for the third time. I first discovered it back in the 1970s just before I set out on the road to find my voice as a writer. I … Continue reading
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Tagged motorcycle, philosophy, quest, The Road, traveling, values
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Writing, Travel, and Literature: 2019 in Review
In many respects the way I conducted my professional life in 2018 and 2019 was similar. I usually worked seven days a week. First I would write articles, blog posts, and other quick-paying copy for eight or more hours a … Continue reading
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Tagged Nebula conference, new year, Norwescon, SFWA, traveling, Writing
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A Second Look: After the Rosy-Fingered Dawn: A Memoir of Greece
Greece has always been regarded as the birthplace of western civilization and a Mediterranean paradise. In The Iliad and The Odyssey Homer uses the magical epithet rosy-fingered dawn to describe the sunrise over a land of myth, fascination, and mystery. … Continue reading
Posted in Greece: A Memoir, Travel
Tagged Athens, Greece, Greeks, memoir, Thessaloniki, travel, traveling
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Book Review: Ten Years a Nomad: A Traveler’s Journey Home by Matthew Kepnes
I’m about three-quarters of the way through this book, and I have mixed feelings about it. In its favor, it’s an easy read, and it brings up nostalgic feelings of my own road experiences. I can relate to a lot … Continue reading
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Tagged budget travel, nomad, road burnout, The Road, traveling
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Book Review: Best American Travel Writing 2016 Edited by Bill Bryson and Jason Wilson
I’ve been wondering lately: if most of what I write is science fiction and fantasy, why don’t I read more of it? I don’t keep up with even a fair percentage of what comes out in the genre every year. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bill Bryson, Greenland, Hawaii, travel writing, traveling
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I’m Not Home Here Either
Where is home really? Listening to a Bob Dylan song recently somehow made me think of another Bob Dylan song, “Don’t Think Twice, It’s All Right.” In it, the singer leaves a woman and heads back out on the road … Continue reading
Longing for Europe
I’ve been longing for Europe lately. The thing is, the Europe I long for is not the Europe that exists now, but the Europe of the 1970s. And when I envision myself in it, I don’t think of myself as … Continue reading