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Journalistic Ethics, Concern Trolls & Other Meaty Matters

Is there such a thing as journalistic purity? Can you expect rationality from a troll? These are some of the meaty matters I discuss here.

Life After Kickstarter, 1: Your Book Had Better Not Suck

During this post-Kickstarter limbo period, I reflect on the benefits beyond the financial ones of my campaign, on living up to my contributors’ expectations, and more.

Woo-hoo!

Hoorah! Celebrate! Yay! Wowza! We did it!

I’ve Looked at Copy from Both Sides Now: Straddling the Editorial Desk

Think travel writing is glamorous — and lucrative? This excerpt from Getting Naked for Money will change your mind.

What Caitlyn Jenner & My Kickstarter Have in Common

I was quick to rush to judgment on Caitlyn Jenner, especially on the age inappropriateness of her pose. Maybe I should look in the mirror.

Dispatches from the Final Week of My Kickstarter Campaign

Lessons learned from a Kickstarter campaign include forgoing pride, being persistent, and moving on when something doesn’t work. And being shameless.

The Cactus Bowl Commences! New Kickstarter Mini-Contest

With 9 days left in the Kickstarter campaign, I’m upping the ante, and putting loyalty to my adopted home on the line. If enough new contributors vote for Team Phoenix-Scottsdale vs Team Tucson, I will tweet allegiance to another city!

Kickstarter Challenge: We Don’t Need No Stinkin’ Cupcakes

Keeping it real: this strategy to focus attention on the campaign uses social media in the old fashioned sense, a direct connection between friends

5 Travel Books That Won’t Help You Plan a Holiday

As part of our Summer Reading series, guidebook author Jules Brown choses 5 travel books that will not help you plan a vacation (or, as he puts it, because he is a Brit, a holiday).

Lydia Davis Is In My Kickstarter Video

One of the most unlikely people to turn up in a Kickstarter video — or a deli — Lydia Davis has nevertheless been in both with me.

How I Came to Love Food Writing: Gault Millau & My Veal Parmigiana Epiphany

I was not very sophisticated about food when I started editing the Gault Millau guides at Prentice Hall Press, but was very open to learning after my 6th grade veal parmigiana epiphany.