Monthly Archives: November 2011
The Journey – Knowledge, Skills & Confidence
| November 24, 2011 | Posted by OS Wayfarer under The Journey |
My last post about “The Journey” briefly described the re-development of the OS Wayfarer website – an ongoing exercise. The other focus has been to gain the knowledge and skills, and ultimately the confidence to write, format and market an eBook.
As I have mentioned before, I am on a journey – a transition to retirement – from full-time consultancy in international development assistance to becoming a writer about project monitoring and my increased holiday travel. I felt I had basic business-writing skills to support this new direction, but not necessarily adequate travel writing skills. I had spent many years researching, developing, writing and submitting tenders, but were these the skills I needed? I decided I needed to do some training.
Fortunately, I discovered the Sydney Writers’ Centre. Over a period of some 10 months I completed quite a few courses which helped me figure out what skills I possessed and what I needed to learn. The courses I completed were:
- Professional business writing (gave me confidence in my existing skills)
- Writing for the web (provided a good insight into the nature of writing for the web)
- Magazine writing stage 1 – online (very useful course that provided a broad range of skills)
- Travel memoir (really challenging course – caused me to rethink my writing future)
- Sell your eBook on Amazon (really good overview – too short)
- Travel writing (really enjoyed this course and it restored my confidence after the travel memoir course)
Four Days in Barcelona
| November 8, 2011 | Posted by OS Wayfarer under eBooks, Travel |
|
G’day, I’ve just uploaded my first eBook to Amazon entitled “Four Days in Barcelona“. It has been a very enjoyable and interesting experience.
In this 20 page article I discuss our four day trip to Barcelona. The article presents a day-by-day account of the tours taken; fast facts about notable aspects of the trip; the itinerary; planning notes; and resources used. Selected photos from our trip are also included.
The tours included: Afternoon Tapas Tour (Walking); Gourmet Tour (Walking); The Gaudí Tour (Bus); Montjuic & Panarama Tour (Bus); Picasso Tour (Walking); Trixi Tour (Pedicab); La Ramblas; and the Hop-on/Hop-off tourism bus.
Fast facts regarding Barcelona, La Ramblas, Gaudí, Tapas, Tour costs and Our accommodation are dispersed throughout the article.
The Trixi Tour (Pedicab), Gaudi Tour (Bus), Picasso Museum (Walking), and Tapas Tour (Walking) were the highlights of the trip. The Gourmet Food Tour and the Montjuïc and Panoramic Tour were disappointments. The article also discusses lessons learned from this type of trip.
Icons visited during the trip included: La Ramblas, La Boqueria Market, Sagrada Familia, Park Gűell, Picasso Museum, Poble Espanyol, Placa de Catalunya, Gothic Quarter, La Ribera, Placa Sant Felip Neri, La Placa del Rei, Placa Reial, and Placa Sant Jaume.
(Article: 7,420 Words)
