Last week I had the great fortune to meet an American couple who found me through my book and were fans of my writing (you can read about some of our adventures here). As gratifying as their enthusiastic praise was, by far the most interesting thing about them was that they were Christian missionaries. If you’ve been reading my blog for a long time, you … Continue reading The Compleat Angler
Yesterday the sun was shining and there was a fresh breeze in the air. The Woman and I took a nice long walk through some green spaces here in the magical metropolis of Cluj-Napoca, both of us engaged in my secret plan to plant thousands of sunflowers. We saw a pair of the most lovely, delicate butterflies flitting about. We saw the first ants of … Continue reading The Official Start of Tourism Season in Romania
Well I’ve never denied I’m an ambitious cuss but one of the many treasures of living in Romania is that you learn a little patience. I originally wanted to have my book The Complete Insider’s Guide to Romania in bookstores by Christmas. Obviously that didn’t happen. Today however, I have some good news. At long last, after many (many) emails back and forth, a few … Continue reading Outstanding News
I will warn you ahead of time – this is going to be a long one. Yes, for an entire week I was indeed “dead” – not in the corporeal sense but in the “virtual” sense. I was cut off from the internet for an entire week. My electricity was cut and without it, almost every trace of my modern life disappeared in an instant. … Continue reading Am Venit Sa Dau Drumu’ La Lumina
Oh my word, yesterday I did something that a normal person would’ve done a long time ago – research the fields of writing, publishing and selling books. You might remember my earlier post on this subject. All of my books (so far) have been self-published, which means that not only did I write them but I also edited them, formatted them and designed the cover … Continue reading Further Adventures in (Self) Publishing
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