I once had a colleague who, in retrospective, I wish I’d known better. He left the company before I could, proof once again that the only outcome of too many postponements is missing out on things. But I digress; I had a colleague, once, and that guy had an uncanny ability to ask the right questions. One day over lunch he asked one of those: “if you needn’t worry about money, what job would you do?”.
There was only one answer, for there is only one dream job that, even in my dreams, I know could never pay enough: travel writing.
Now, I think I’m getting close to that. Not to getting paid – oh no, not that – but to making a job out of it. The hours poured into this nascent project, this veritable labour of love, are rivalling those invested – or wasted, I should say – in the dayjob, the one that pays the bill. I’ll be back with more, but in the meantime, here’s a teaser to end this post.
Sounds interesting. Best of luck with it…whatever *it* is.
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Thanks Richard. More to follow but… sssshhh, it’s a book! 😀
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Looking forward to more
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Thanks IJ!
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I am so looking forward to this, Fabrizio. Hope the editing is going well!
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It’s progressing OK I guess! But this work nonsense is taking a toll on it 🙂
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A Mongolian ger, a surveillance camera, an ancient tomb (in Uzbekistan?), a Bactrian camel… I shouldn’t be surprised that the theme revolves around Central Asia. I remember when I read your old posts on this part of the world, I could tell how much you were fascinated by this region. Good luck with your book, Fabrizio!
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Thanks Bama! You’re not far off. The Uzbek thing (well done!) is Chor Minor, a sort of grand entrance for a now gone madrassah.
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Oh wow this is so cool! I promise to buy your book when published!
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Too kind 🙂 and too trustworthy, don’t buy insurance from me 😀
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Hahaha!!
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Good luck with achieving the dream and your labour of love. A friend of mine is a professional travel writer for newspapers and magazines and he gets paid to travel and review resorts, etc. I express my envy to him regularly.
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Lucky duck! Although… I’m going independently and I’m actually happy about it. Don’t know how it’d be if I was on a schedule, with a boss breathing down my neck..
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Good luck! Can’t wait to read it!
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Thanks! I’m hoping to release it on August.
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Clearly your new career path involves designing heraldic crests.
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I’ll ask the USSR if they’re still hiring!
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Travel writer. Sounds promising. All well?
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If only I could quit the dayjob! Tout marche bien, merci!
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Yeah. I understand. Il faut payer les factures… 😩😩😩
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Indeed 🙂
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Looking forward to hearing more. That is a very cool drawing!
Alison
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Thanks Alison! Hopefully I’ll have more towards the end of the month/early July…
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Exciting! Good luck with the completion. Hopefully you’ll make oodles of money and can quit your day job.
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Ha, one can always hope! Thanks Caroline.
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I can’t Stan the suspense. I’m sure it’ll be great, whatever it is. And even if it doesn’t make you rich, it’ll be a great CV for travel editors…
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Hi Dave, hope you’re doing good. Thank you so much for the kind words! I’m hoping “this thing” to be out soon… Will post more asap.
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I am thrilled to hear that you are pursuing your dream with vigor and have a forthcoming book in the works! I am a HUGE fan of your travel writing and look forward to your publication in August. Did you create that artwork? It is glorious.
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Hi Lisa!
Many thanks, way too kind… let’s see how it goes. The art work thingy has been sketched indeed by me, but a friend who is really skilled turned it into ‘reality’.
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