Both Tammy and I enjoy reading so we always have a supply of books on our phones. Our adventure to find Albuquerque’s Hidden Park in our Airbnb neighborhood revealed more than a hidden park. It also had a double sided free book stand, and one friendly pup bonus. We each scored a book or two and flipped rather than swiped pages for a few days.
The other side of reading is the work done to write and that’s where I’d like to focus. A momentous event occurred on the road. A double first for me. My first novel, Thunderbird and Whale and first attempt at self-publishing came to fruition. Not only is it available digitally but also in print for those that want an autographed copy. I’ll be sure to post book signing event locations, but don’t hold your breath.
Tammy’s editing has always been something I cherish as she has such a nice way of telling me my prose about roses actually smells like a dead fish. Honestly the book probably needed even more of her sexy blue eagle eyes but I was anxious to get it our there before the 319th anniversary (January 26, 1700) of the last time the Cascadia fault-line ruptured off the west coast. So I hit publish. Actually it takes a lot of steps to get to pushing a publish button, but I’m guessing that’s a case of TMI here.
Tammy and I are not on vacation, we’re trying to treat each stop as if we were living in a location so we’re not always running about to and fro. We both still need income streams and letting our adventures and/or downtime feed creative juices seems like a good fit.
I’ve locked myself in to writing at least two more books in my Earth, Fire, Wind trilogy. Peru may very well be the setting for the next book. Research for the book will serve us well in our efforts to help our Peruvian friend get a non-profit established to help with the growing wildfire problem in rural Peru.
I’m curious what our readers think of the idea of us becoming the on the road Authors.
On the road authors? Sure, why not? I follow someone for whom it has worked: “The Art of Non-conformity” Chris Guillebeau. He’s become what he calls a ‘travel hacker’.
He’s written five books so far. Why not you guys? You’re very good writers who, between you, have interesting points of view.
p.s. I’d like an autographed print copy of your book please.
In reviewing some material for the post I found people who want to write for a living and chose the topic based on what is in the top selling category. I never thought of doing that and wonder if writing for the sake of writing for money produces satisfying work?
Of course you’ll get an autographed copy.