memoir
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New York City and the Hunt for Turkish Shoes.
It was during my long and dusty sojourn in the Middle East, wandering collapsed, ruined villages, haggling through ancient markets that I first encountered the yemeni, or Turkish slipper. Now, i’m not the most fashion-driven or even fashionable guy, but the effortless, dare I say, timeless cool. Travelblogger and Novelist, Nicholas Andriani takes on fashion…
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You know how it goes:] the blustery mornings. Watery eyed and minus-7. The frozen pipes and snowed in nights. The red faced wind burns. But look at that, the stars have never been so sharp –outlined in the thin air like diamonds under keen inspection.
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How Not To Write in Cafes: Confessions of an Antisocial.
#WisdomWednesday, Art, Author, Authors, Blogging, Book Blog, books, bookstagram, City Guide, Confession, copywriting, Flash Poem, Flash Poetry, Kansas City, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, memoir, networking, nonfiction, Poem, poet, Poetry, publishing, rough draft, sketch, spontaneous combustion, stream-of-consciousness, success, travel writing, travelblog, travelblogger, writing
Confessions of an Antisocial Writer. Cafes? Don’t do it. For he love of all things Didion! I mean, I get it, there is this undeniable sex appeal. This intrique: scattering your notes across that old bistro set, the heady demitasse begging for your lips: what’s the WiFi code? Nah, I write longhand.
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Spontaneous Combustion: #1 ($99 Dollars, Almost Free: Life Coach. Copywriter. Thief)
Adventure, Anthropology, Arabic, Archaeology, Art, Author, Authors, Blogging, copywriting, fundraising, life coach, literary fiction, literary nonfiction, literature, love, memoir, networking, nonfiction, Poem, poet, Poetry, publishing, rough draft, spiritual, spontaneous combustion, stream-of-consciousness, success, the writers life, Travel, travel writing, travelblog, travelblogger, traveler, writing
I’m not here to pretend to be some guru or act like I know anymore than you do because, believe me, the older I get, the less I know. Funny how that works when the world is running wild with “twenty-somethings” peddling Nirvana and life-coaching: really just give me $99 and I promise you’ll feel…
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Prologue to a Memoir: A Rough Draft, a Novel, a Working Confesson.
A strange thing happens when you begin to contemplate the end. It’s as if setting such a definitive goal opens the world to endless possibilities: a phone is buzzing,
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2018 Reading Challenge: Reading Women Challenge
reveal yourself: what are some of your challenges, demands for 2018? I want the juicy details! let’s get through this together.
Nicholas Andriani Rankin, the Wandering Scholar 