When a client agrees to an important interview and then decides five minutes before it to decline…
I have lived this. RECENTLY. *grrrr*
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Inca Trail to Machu Pichu Oct
Its been a month since I finished my four day hike along the Inca Trail to Machu Pichu but its still one of the most memorable parts of my trip. We hiked along the original Inca Trail constructed hundreds of years ago. We reached a peek alititude of 4200m on the second day and descended our third day to see more great landscapes dotted with ruins. It took a total of 12 porters and 2 guides to get our group of 13 trekkers over the trail. They did an excellent job with all our accomodations and made some of the best food I’ve had in South America while two days hike from civilization. Our porters worked extremely hard carrying 20kg packs for four days.
The highlight of the trip for me was reaching Machu Pichu and seing this amazing setting along with realizing I didn’t have to hike anymore! After returning to Cusco I took a few days of rest and made some new gringo friends in town. Its easy to see why this place is mobbed with tourists as this is a site everyone should get a chance to see.
My brother!
when a project is already well underway and someone who likes to change things is added
Oh yes. This is my life!
Write what you know will always be excellent advice for those who ought not to write at all. Write what you think, what you imagine, what you suspect!
- Gore Vidal
It does not matter how slowly you go, as long as you do not stop.
-
Confucius
This is a good one to remember when writing the piece that never ends …
Particularly when you’re diving into the 82nd round of edits on a piece that you thought was great about 40 rounds of edits ago!
(Source: laurenlyblog)
I find that by putting things in writing I can understand them and see them a little more objectively … For words are merely tools and if you use the right ones you can actually put even your life in order, if you don’t lie to yourself and use the wrong words.
- Hunter S. Thompson, from a letter to Larry Callen, July, 14, 1958 (found in the collection of his early letter, “The Proud Highway: Saga of a Desperate Southern Gentleman)”
Literary tea, served at the fictional Novel Tea Cafe, would have been perfect for our kitchen.
LOVE IT!
-Erika
Who doesn’t love a good pun???
The goal of a first draft isn’t beautiful writing; it’s to come as close as you can to identifying the underlying story you’re trying to tell.
- Lisa Cron, author of Wired for Story: The Writer’s Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
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