This is a nonfiction story that shows a humorous recounting of two friends going on a road trip to get away from their husbands.
[ Travel / Nonfiction ] Two RVs, four adults, five children (9-16), seven campsites, 20+ hours of driving, thirteen points of interest (give or take), camping/RV experience that's pretty much nil, no reliable Wi-Fi or cell service, or consistently paved roads. What could possibly go wrong!? (Please, don't answer that...
Things don't always go according to plan when you buy your dream Spanish villa, especially if the developer goes bust and you wind up living on a building site. This 'mezcla' (mixture) of the author's experiences during his first year on the beautiful Costa Blanca is sure to make you smile!
In the spring of 2004 - after living in Tokyo, Japan, for over three years pursuing a career as a freelance musician - science fiction and fantasy author Domenico Italo Composto-Hart set off on a half-year backpacking journey through the lands of East and Southeast Asia, Siberia, Central Russia, the Baltic states, the...
On a beach in Australia, the author met his childhood sweetheart. This is a brief story of the puppy love of two children.
"We are all connected to each other biologically, to the earth chemically, and to the rest of the universe atomically." -Neil deGrasse Tyson Original image credit: NASA Earth Observatory/NOAA NGDC Highest rank: #229 05/17/2016
No we are not Austria, and definitely not in Europe. Yes, we are the big blob in the middle of nowhere. We are also the only Nation that is a continent - go figure. We're THAT big. I read somewhere you can fit every person in the world in here - giving them an acre each - and still leave Queensland empty... Some of o...
This is my memoir. As such, I am letting you in on the most intimate parts of me. No glib opinion piece or a well-thought-out theory, this. It's me. I come with a warning. No child under eighteen should read any part of my story. It is raw. It is ugly. There are issues exposed here that could negatively affect young...
A whimsical description of my attempts to come to grips with the Russian capital over a long period of years.
Spanning 3 years, 23 countries, 45 cities, 31 flights, 15 bus rides, 5 ferry rides, and 9 train rides, this is the story of what happens when you learn you're never too old to run away.
A short travel story on Collioure, in Southern France. Most of the coast down here is unfortunately either bland - or downright ugly. This village is neither, its picturesque little alleyways together with the beautiful bays of the 'Cote Vermillion' still look a lot like they did a century ago, when Henri Matisse and...
This is a series of stories based on observations I have made while drinking coffee at Starbucks. Years of training as an investigator gives me little choice but to accidentally look into the lives of people I see. I don't do this so I can have something to write about. I do this because this is what I do. It just com...
During the first 30 years of my journalistic career in the second half of the 20th century, good jobs of all kinds were available all over Canada. Those of us born in the 1930s and early '40s were in great demand because our generation was very small when the post-World War II boom began. I earned generous fees workin...
***Ranked #4 in Non-fiction - "It's a thing of beautiful nonsense to be young." ***Featured original non-fiction for Pivot TV's Secret Lives of Americans. I Drew a Monkey in a Math Book and Now I'm Married is the true story of how I met my wife Jennie and our awkward teenage romance that followed. The book began as li...
A Modern Quest for an Ancient Remedy.... If you enjoy a fast-paced read, Five Weeks in the Amazon is the book for you. It's an honest story filled with peaks of humor and valleys of despair. Author Sean Michael Hayes has written a book that many would put on their shelf next to Cheryl Strayed's blockbuster success, Wi...
My story. Literal account of my miscarriage, then finding out I was pregnant again. This is my true story of loss,acceptance, and hope. If one person reads this and finds a human connection. A little window into another fellow humans life. Struggles and all. I will be happy. Thank you.
A combination of a novel, a memoir and a travelogue, both fiction and non-fiction, a globe-trotting adventure full of sentiment, music, low budgets, trains, encounters and lifestyle, the author confronts his memories - and the miracles - on the page, and embarks on a new trip to celebrate Christmas in Japan in 2014. T...
A series of essays on a variety of topics, from psychology to faith to the bases of power.
A romance novelist's journey on how to write romance fiction, and all the fun stuff in between. Originally posted on her blog, this book ranges from getting started, self-publishing ups and downs, and writing craft. Cover Design: hollywood-
REAL LIFE STORY: I was a stereotypical high achiever in an Ivy League school who got suspended for plagiarism; April was a sweet girl who worked in a high-end prostitution ring. We were both in our early twenties when we became friends. A perfect timing, because my heart was full and swollen, so was hers. With the...
"You two become farmers? You must be kidding!" How little our friends really knew us. Sure, that's how life had been for the Secretary and the Building Supervisor... but those were the keywords - "had been". An opportunity had arisen to learn farming, working for a friend for 18 months on a 6,000 acre cropping and sh...
Where would you like to go today? To the Gwangjang Market of Seol (Korea) and try the famous savory pancake Bindaetteok? Cape town mayhaps (South Africa)? I've heard that their street food is to die for. Or maybe to the Andhra style restaurants of Chennai (India)? Or what if, you were to bring these places to your ki...
[One-shot -- Complete] You're leaving me, and there's nothing I can do to stop you. How can I tell our daughter that you died today? *On the anniversary of my stepbrother's near-death experience after a brutal attack, I wrote this from his girlfriend's perspective in the hospital* TRUE STORY. All names have been chang...
I have had a very eventful life. The stories that I post are from real events that I have witnessed. Some of them are quite humorous, some may be totally outrageous and shocking, but all of them are true (Most of the time, real events are lots better than fiction anyway). I hope that when you read these clips from my...
New and previously published story-essays on the mundane, the beautiful and the horrific.
#Wattys2014 Award Winner: This candid, heartfelt collection of essays addresses many of life's thorniest challenges. Whether you struggle with a perennially messy house, run away worrying, depression, an unhappy relationship, mega-stress or even the devastating loss of a loved one, give yourself the gift of The Power...
