*door opens* Hi. You’re the editor? You deal with signing up bold new writers? Yeah, my name’s Mike, I’ve come to discuss some of my ideas with you.
Posts under ‘The World, The World’
Why Katja Travels
Seven is a lucky number. You wouldn’t think it from watching Se7en, but that’s Cinematic Art for you. (Look, they can’t even spell it right). But seven is indeed lucky, and it’s a good place to end this guest-posting series revolving around the following question…
Why Abi Travels
Time flies! In the word of some anonymous bard, “time flies like an arrow – fruit flies like a banana”.
Breaking The Ice With Strangers: Sinker
Into the last part of Breaking The Ice we go – and on the menu we have a rich dessert of prejudice, xenophobia, narcissism and self-importance. (Yum).
Why Cecil Travels
Since I’m currently busy fighting a variety of legal running battles with the Canadian government, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the creators of Degrassi Junior High and Due South (see my last post), I’m unavailable to blog. This is my gift to you today, dear reader.
Canadians: A Brief Yet Reliable Guide
The really great thing about embarking on a career (travel-writing) that you are supremely underqualified for (untravelled, misanthropic, irreverent view on the world, fear of flying, fear of knowledge etc.) is that every Foreign Person is truly an adventure to know. Not only are they a new person to learn all about, which is always [...]
Why Laura Travels
I’m absent again. Again! Am I ever actually here? (Don’t answer. That’s a rhetorical statement, which is a literary device writers use to signify that if you criticise them, they’ll throw something heavy at you. Love, Mike).
Thanks for Failing, Doctor Beeching
The bend widens out, and before me lies a toy train platform, built lifesized. I crunch up, moving from a path of gravel ballast onto sloping wooden planking. Before and behind me, the rails curve lazily away through the narrow valley, high escarpments on either side pressing inwards and making a sweaty day even closer. [...]
Why Danielle Travels
It’s midweek again, and yet again I’m elsewhere. (I’m actually writing something about an axe-wielding civil servant. Check back later, even if you’re of a nervous disposition – it’s not what you think). I may be absent (physically, mentally etc.) but don’t worry! Your eyes are in good hands.
Why Cherrye Travels
“Why aren’t you travelling yet?” people often ask me. (Well, to be more specific they say “Oh – are you still here?”, but it’s the same question phrased differently, I feel sure).
