So how, as travel writers, do we get ourselves into the situation I described in the last post? And is it possible to be a travel writer and avoid this frenzied pace of life? To answer the second question first, I don’t think it is possible if you want to make more than a decent … Read more about Envying a donkey his pace – the frenetic tempo of travel writing, part 2
Our recent trip around the Middle East (see this post) wasn’t meant to be that kind of trip. There was no guidebook to write. No insane photography commission for Terence to undertake. Just lots of stories and hotel reviews to research and a couple of meetings about a book we’re developing. However, somehow a trip … Read more about Envying a donkey his pace – the frenetic tempo of travel writing, part 1
We’re back in the UAE and after a couple of days in Dubai, we’re chained to desks once again in Abu Dhabi – not our desks, but those of our friends, at their colossal home in the new part of the capital, off the island. The closest thing to a ‘home’ for us, of course, … Read more about Desk update from Abu Dhabi: month 45 on the road but whose counting?
Another postscript to my posts of a couple of weeks ago on blogging and Blogspot in Syria (see my last post and the postscript before it): after uploading the posts below, I received loads of emails and tweets from around the world, from Syrians asking everything from why I couldn’t go to an internet cafe … Read more about Postcript: blogging and Blogspot in Syria
A number of people have contacted me on Twitter in response to my request for advice after my blog was momentarily blocked in Syria. Shukran jazeelan to everyone for their tips – much appreciated! Unfortunately (or fortunately), I’m a busy travel writer with a lot to do here in Syria at the moment – boutique … Read more about Blogging and Blogspot in Syria