writing

recent publications:

[online nonfiction]

• Notes for Travel Writers on the “Ladder of Abstraction” 06 Aug 2010
• Notes on Abuelo Colque 19 Jul 2010
• Bariloche Juxtaposition 15 Jul 2010
• Notes on Codification and Commodification in Travel Writing 05 Jul 2010
• Outsiders Looking In: An Interview with Suzanne Roberts 30 Jun 2010
• 14 Ways of Looking at Place 22 Jun 2010
• Notes on Ten Walks / Two Talks 16 Jun 2010
• Decolonization of Self: Interview with Travel Writer / Photographer Marcus F. Benigno 07 Jun 2010
• Components: John McPhee’s Nonfiction Writing Structure 01 Jun 2010
• How to Begin Customizing your WordPress Travel Blog with No Worries 31 May 2010
• Notes on Backcountry Visa Renewal 24 May 2010
• Monday Mashup: Facebook vs Backstory vs Motivations 17 May 2010
• Glimpse Correspondents Program: Funding for Aspiring Journalists and Travel Writers 06 May 2010
• Monday Mashup: Narration and Control of Information 03 May 2010
• Monday Mashup: How Writing is “Supposed to Sound” vs. Writing Your Perceptions 26 Apr 2010
• Inventory of Things Sold, Given Away, Lost, or Stolen due to Travel 16 Apr 2010
• Notes on Remembering Distances Traveled 05 Apr 2010
• Checklist for Writers: 10 Questions to Ask While Editing 29 Mar 2010
• Monday Mashup – TBEX to SXSW 22 Mar 2010
• The Longest Running Travel Notebook I’ve Ever Had 16 Mar 2010
• Monday Mashup – Human Journalism 15 Mar 2010
• What do you want to read more of at the Notebook? 05 Mar 2010
• How to Discern Fallacious Arguments 03 Mar 2010
• Monday Mashup: Different Ideas on the Future of Journalism 01 Mar 2010
• Take Control from Your Host: Maintaining Focus on Press Trips 25 Feb 2010
• Writing Tips: Descriptions that Reveal Characters’ Relationships 23 Feb 2010
• How to move your blog from Blogger to WordPress 18 Feb 2010
• Monday Mashup 14 Feb 2010
• #FollowFriday: Writing Communities and Resources on Twitter 12 Feb 2010
• Why do you travel? 11 Feb 2010
• Monday Mashup: Sites and Technologies for Travel Writers 08 Feb 2010
• What music do you listen to when you write? [Poll] 01 Feb 2010
• How to Craft a Writing Resume 27 Jan 2010
• Notes on 2 Transparent Responses to Current Economic ‘Climate’ for Writers and Journalists 22 Jan 2010
• Free Resources For Writers and Bloggers on SEO, Social Media, Craft 21 Jan 2010
• Writing by Remixing: Gordon Lish and Raymond Carver 16 Jan 2010
• Fund my Story: New Economic Models for Writers 12 Jan 2010
• Notes on Celebrating New Years with Los Colque 07 Jan 2010
• 14 Thoughts on Being a Writer in 2010 30 Dec 2009
• Notes on Ceremony and Nochebuena (Christmas Eve) 24 Dec 2009
• Notes on Finding a New Home River 21 Dec 2009
• MatadorU: The Lives of Travel Writers in the Modern World 17 Dec 2009
• What if the internet had a map? [Community Voice] 16 Dec 2009
• 8 Ways of Seeing People that Can Sabotage Your Writing 14 Dec 2009
• Notes on the Old-School Media Beatdown 04 Dec 2009
• Notes on Going off the Map 27 Nov 2009
• Notes on Going Pro for Thanksgiving 24 Nov 2009
• YouTube Direct: Helping Media Organizations Leverage Citizen Reporting 21 Nov 2009
• FTC Guidelines Mandating Transparency to Begin Dec. 1 20 Nov 2009
• Travel Writing as Punk Rock: 15 Vital Matador Narratives 16 Nov 2009
• What makes a photo tell a story? 15 Nov 2009
• Top Newspapers’ Online Traffic vs. Circulation 09 Nov 2009
• Getty Images wants you 07 Nov 2009
• Packing List: Cambodia 06 Nov 2009
• Great Narrative Travel Writing: “I just don’t see a lot of it in the travel blogosphere. Do you?” 04 Nov 2009
• How to Deal with Out of Control Comments on Your Blog 04 Nov 2009
• Submissions Call: Packing Lists 02 Nov 2009
• Material Transparency: manifesto on a writer’s personal brand 29 Oct 2009
• All top newspapers’ circulation down but one 28 Oct 2009
• Whatever happened to travel poetry? 27 Oct 2009
• What is your most productive writing environment? 26 Oct 2009
• NaNoWriMo – Anyone writing a novel next month? 25 Oct 2009
• How are writing conferences relevant to travel writers? 16 Oct 2009
• Micro Travel Notes: Travel Stories in 3 Sentences or Less 14 Oct 2009
• ‘Best’ 16 Tweets on Columbus Day in the Last 16 minutes 12 Oct 2009
• The Danger of the Single Story 09 Oct 2009
• Juana Molina 05 Oct 2009
• Notes on Shoplifting from American Apparel 02 Oct 2009
• Fall Notes from Florida 22 Sep 2009
• 9 Notes on What to Do With Your Old Writings 21 Sep 2009
• Notes on Surfing Hurricane Bill 25 Aug 2009
• The Dharma Shack Chronicles 09 Aug 2009
• We had our slingshots out and knives drawn. 29 Jul 2009
• Dayenu: Ceremony Notes from Passover / Easter Week 13 Apr 2009
• Early Spring Notes 30 Mar 2009
• The gringo puts everyone to bed. 17 Mar 2009
• Notes On Receiving Contributor’s Copy of Fodor’s Patagonia 11 Mar 2009
• Notes on Buenos Aires: A City de Mierda y Capos 06 Mar 2009

[online fiction]

• Notes on Erica and Show [Rumble] Mar 2009

[print]

• Drash Summer 2009
• Fodor’s Patagonia (Random House, 2009)

[forthcoming]

• Hint Fiction Anthology (WW Norton, November 2010)
• “The Airstrip” 34th Parallel