Africa's not for Sissies
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Last published Mon, Sep 5, 2016
No Guidebook. No Map. No Clue.
The story of one traveler's misadventures from Cape to Cairo.
After returning from six months of backpacking in eastern Africa, I wrote a creative non-fiction account of my journey. It was a trip that changed my life. I made several attempts at publishing it through traditional channels. It received some interest and I even got an agent, but ultimately it was passed on because publishers felt the audience for such a book was quite limited. I'm now in the process of novelizing it into a humorous coming of age story.
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