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Turning my travel journal into a book

Does anyone know where I'm to start? Any hints, tips, advice, links to sites, contacts will be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance - Stacey.

Asked by: Stacey Suter

  1. Victoria Whithear on August 15, 2012

    My advice would be to read. Turning a journal into a book is a bigger undertaking than it sounds because it suddenly needs a theme, a point to your ponderings and cohesion that was likely to be missing from your journal entries. Reading the work of others will give you an idea of how that is done.

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  2. Stacey Suter on August 16, 2012

    Hi Victoria. Thank you so much for your comment. I really appreciate you taking the time to respond. I will most certainly take your advice. I'm glad of yoru response. I just don't where to start. So will deffinatly look into doing what you suggested. Thank you. Stacey

  3. Nathan Braund on August 16, 2012

    How about turning your travel journal into a fiction book? This is what I did with my black comedy novel, 'The Broken Boots Guide to Astlavonia', which is set in a fictional country called Astlavonia where daggers are used to settle disputes. It's based on my experiences of living and working in Greece, Estonia, Japan and Oman, and wondering whether it was possible to fully integrate into a foreign country.

  4. Stacey Suter on August 16, 2012

    Evening nathan. Thanks so much for taking the time to read my post. I like your idea alot. Any advice is very much appreciated. So, now my question is - how do I go about doing that?!

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