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"Getting
Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad"
Winner
of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Book Proposal Contest
"When you travel, things go wrong." That
might not sound like uplifting advice, but in this hilarious collection
of stories about mishaps in faraway places, Dave Fox proves otherwise.
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"Dave
Fox's writing is hilarious. It's rare to find a person who has
such unique stories to tell and can write about them to boot."
--
Tim Bete, Director of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop
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 New
Travel Journaling Book On Its Way!
Several years in the making, Dave Fox's new
book about travel journaling is at the printer and on its way to
bookstores soon.
Globejotting:
How to Write Extraordinary Travel Journals (and still have time
to enjoy your trip!) teaches
you how to write travel diaries that really capture your journeys
in vivid detail... and how to simply find time to write when there's
so much else to do in the middle of an exciting vacation.
Packed with innovative writing techniques,
fun-to-do exercises, excerpts from Daves' own travel journals, and
a hefty dose of his irreverent humor, Globejotting will help you
bring your travel journaling to a higher level and keep you entertained
at the same time.
Exclusively through this website, you can
read the first chapter online for free, and pre-order autographed
copies of Globejotting at a special promotional price. Dave will
send the books out in early July when he's home from his latest
stint of European tour guiding.
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Welcome!
 Every
journey has two parallel experiences — the external, in which we
observe the world around us, and the internal, in which we visit new places
within ourselves. When we weave these two journeys together through our
writing, we end up with vivid accounts of our trips — keepsakes that
help us remember our travels for years to come. A travel journal is the
ultimate souvenir.
The word, "souvenir," comes from the French verb
for "to remember." A souvenir is a memory. What do we usually
think of when we think of souvenirs? I think of the T-shirt vendors who
hang out outside the Colosseum in Rome. For five euros (or the equivalent
in US dollars or Japanese yen), they'll sell you a T-shirt with a sketch
by Michaelangelo or a picture of the Colosseum. Tourists go crazy over
these cheap "souvenirs." They think they're a bargain. Then
they take them home, put them in the washing machine, toss them in the
drier, and when they take them out, their souvenir shirts have shrunk
so much, they won't even fit a cat. And we call that a memory?
Travel journals don't shrink. They endure. They help our
journeys resonate in our minds for years to come.
When people travel, one of the most important items on their
packing list — second only to clean underwear — is usually a
camera. We travel to new places and we want to bring back memories. I
have always loved photography, but on a trip several years ago, I realized
that my camera wasn't enabling me to document the full experience of my
travels. Taking pictures deals exclusively with what we see. When we journal,
on the other hand, we can write down all of our senses — not only
what we see, but also what we hear, smell, taste, feel, and so on. We
can describe the people we meet and the places we visit. And more importantly,
whereas photography allows us only to look outward, in a travel journal,
we can also capture what's going on in our mind.
This website is designed to help you get more out of your
travel journaling. After you read through the articles here, there are
travel journaling exercises you can try at home to help you practice,
and hone your writing skills before your next trip.
The articles here are rough drafts from a book I'm in the
process of writing. Globejotting: How to Write Extraordinary Travel
Journals (And Still Have Time to Enjoy Your Trip) is scheduled
for publication by Inkwater Press in the summer of 2008. If you'd like
to be notified by e-mail when the book is available, please sign up for
my e-mail list.
Coming in the spring of 2009, I'll be partnering with Northwest
Travel to lead a travel journaling cruise. We'll cross the Atlantic Ocean,
from Brazil to Spain, with additional stops in Cape Verde and Morocco.
On shore days, you'll have time to get out and explore. On our days at
sea, I'll teach classes in travel journaling and essay writing. For full
details, please visit the Northwest
Travel website. (The full curriculum of classes for the cruise
will be posted here soon.)
For more information on my upcoming travel journaling classes,
or to hire me to speak at your group's event, please see my Classes
page.
The links on the left will take you through the articles
and exercises on this site. The "Resources" section consists
of books I recommend for travel journalers.
All types of journaling can teach us a lot about ourselves.
But as you'll read in these pages, travel journaling is special. Travel
changes us and frees our personalities in ways that don't happen when
we're at home.
I hope you enjoy these articles and exercises. If you have
questions or comments, I'd love to hear from you. Send
me an e-mail!
Peace,
Dave Fox
About Dave Fox
Dave Fox is an award-winning
travel and humor writer, and a tour guide for Rick Steves' Europe.
He has lived in Norway, England, and Turkey, and visited roughly
40 countries on five continents. "I'm fascinated with the psychology
of travel," he says, "...with how we view ourselves when
we're in a foreign place."
In 2004, Dave won the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Book Proposal
Contest sponsored by the University of Dayton, Ohio. His resulting
collection of travel humor essays, Getting
Lost: Mishaps of an Accidental Nomad, was originally
published in 2006 by AuthorHouse Books. A second re-edited edition
was published in 2008 by Inkwater Press. In June, 2008, Inkwater
will publish Dave's second book, Globejotting: How to Write Extraordinary
Travel Journals (And Still Have Time to Enjoy Your Trip).
A former news anchor for Wisconsin
Public Radio, Dave has contributed to books by Rick Steves and Lonely
Planet. His work has also appeared in travel magazines such as Transitions
Abroad, Trips, and Big World, Singapore Airlines' in-flight magazine,
and newspapers including the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Portland
Oregonian, Dallas Morning News, and Wisconsin State Journal. He
has appeared on the History Channel travel program, Weird
US, as an expert on Scandinavian-American culture,
and has been an opening speaker for Princess Märtha Louise
of Norway.
Dave's travel journaling classes have
been recommended in the Wall Street Journal. He is available to
teach classes in travel journaling, humor writing, and a variety
of other topics. You can reach him by e-mail at dave@davethefox.com.
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 Become
an expert journaler as you cross the Atlantic Ocean! Travel with
Dave Fox as he teaches a unique series of writing classes in the
spring of 2009 aboard Oceania Cruiseline's Insignia.
Visit Brazil, Cape Verde, Morocco, and Spain, with journaling lessons
en route. Writers of all skill levels welcome!
Prices start at less than $3,000 per person — including
airfare! Splurgier options are also available. Space is limited,
however, and filling fast.
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Book Coming Soon!
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Dave's new book, Globejotting:
How to Write Extraordinary Travel Journals (and Still Have Time
to Enjoy Your Trip) is at the printer and on its way to
bookstores soon!
Read Chapter One online for free, and pre-order your autographed
copy at a special discount!
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