This past September was a very exciting month for me. It was the first month I made enough to pay my bills and eat SOLELY from writing. I was pretty proud since it had only been a year since I quit my job to pursue this so called writing life and I honestly thought it [...]
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The Moab, Arches & Canyonlands iPhone App I’ve been working on all summer was finally released on iTunes yesterday. Now that I am looking back, it was actually a pretty fun project. I learned a bit more about the history of the area and explored some areas I wouldn’t have otherwise. In the Moab, Arches [...]
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I am not here to tell you how to become a better writer; I am really just soliciting advice. I don’t know how to use commas, I have a tendency to write in the passive voice, and I am not sure if I should have used a semi-colon in the first sentence or if I [...]
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I have been working on launching a new travel blog – HoopTrekTravel – and it has finally gone live! I wanted a place where I could focus solely on ADVENTURE and TRAVEL and HoopTrekTravel is it. I will keep updating Dirtbag Writer with posts on writing and whatever else I feel like talking about so [...]
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I can’t believe it has been just over 10 months since I quit the full-time job to pursue this crazy so-called writing life. What I can’t believe more than that is that I am almost making it. Almost is the keyword there though. I am really hoping to not have to get another part time [...]
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Truth be told, I am not a planner. I am like the anti-planner. I plan to not plan but then think that I am planning so I scrap the plan and go with no plan. You follow? Well a few days ago I committed to creating an iPhone guide for a few of Utah’s lovely [...]
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For any of you following DirtbagWriter I have obviously abandoned my publication schedule during this last week and have well… decided to abandon it completely. My gears have been churning and many new opportunities have risen from the dust so I’ve decided to make some big changes here. Have you ever felt like starting over? [...]
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I was extremely weary after a long day of driving and sightseeing in the desert and found myself in Tonopah, Nevada – still six-hours away from my home in Salt Lake City. I found a parking spot in town to crash in back of Roo. It was only 7pm, but I was wiped. I tried [...]
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I was listening to this podcast the other day while road tripping through the desert and found myself both saddened and furious. In Stuff You Should Know’s Will the moon save humanity?, Josh and Chuck are pondering the end of the world and discussing projects that may save humanity. In the intro they discuss projects [...]
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And They Spelled My Name Wrong (Again)
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Hula Hoops and Ultramarathons
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Why the Dirtbag Writer?
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Planning, Writing, and Ranting
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