African tale

Topics related to my African tale, specifically related to the travel memoir Roughing it in Africa.

June 8 2021

The Rough Draft of Roughing it in Africa

The first draft of everything is shit. Ernest Hemingway It’s true. I started writing a story about my travels through Africa many years ago. I […]

July 31 2015

There are days when I am so excited with how far I have come with my travel memoir about my time in Africa. And there […]

February 17 2015

“You can go a long way on short words.” – Joseph J. Romm Short words. Hmm, I’m not sure how far I’ll travel then. I’ve been […]

February 10 2015

I got to take another trip to see the Writer-in-Residence at Western University today. The last I spoke with him, Gary Barwin suggested I take […]

February 3 2015

UPDATE: For those who have been following along with the continuing saga of the writing of my African Adventure, know that I am still at […]

November 4 2014

Editing Africa; I have over 67,000 words written and edited in my epic African tale. This hails from the 97 original posts I wrote over […]