Author Dave Fox, the founder of Globejotter Tours, whom I interviewed back in April recently sent me a copy of his latest book Globejotting: How To Write Extraordinary Travel Journals. A book that will resonate with travelers, writers, and bloggers, Globejotting is an entertaining and overall fantastic read. I’ll send my copy to the first person to leave a comment asking for it on this post.
Also, if you’d like to join Dave on his next tour to Vietnam this October and happen to mention you heard about it from foXnoMad, you’ll receive a $300 discount.
Most people would probably cringe at the idea of reading a book about travel journaling, let alone maintain a travel journal themselves. Writing when you’re on “vacation” seems a waste of time, especially when you think a digital camera can do what a journal can in half the time. Dave Fox does a wonderful job to show you the depth that even a few words can bring years after a trip and how to record them effectively in short bursts. Dave teaches a number of techniques, like speed journaling, that will allow you to record your thoughts in minutes for later reconstruction.
Learning Through Example
What really makes Globejotting shine are the numerous examples throughout the book of Dave’s own private travel journals. Born from small instances while traveling and kept alive in a few scribbled words, these are the types of reminisces that a digital photo couldn’t provide. Dave argues a travel journal can help propel your inner journey, even when you’ve physically stopped traveling.
Avoiding The Typical Pitfalls
Dave’s writing is humorous and cuts right to the heart of why many people never write about their travels or buy a travel journal only to abandon it after a few sentences. Bland writing (“the Eiffel Tower was amazing”), stressing out to write a masterpiece with each entry, or fears that someone else may read what you’ve written (“found on your corpse after a horrible plane crash, what will your family think!”) may hold you back but Dave covers those deterrents and more. You’ll find Globejotting a surprisingly entertaining read, available on Amazon for around $10.
This book sounds great! I would Love a copy, if I am still eligible.
You’ve got it – do me a favor and send me over your address by this Sunday:
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Thanks!
I would love to read this book! 🙂
Sorry, Vinny beat you to it! Although you can order from Amazon or directly from Dave’s site as well for around $10.
Elyssa, since Vinny won the last product I gave away, he was gracious enough to decline this one. I’ll be happy to send you my copy of Globejotting. If you could please send me your address in an email by this Sunday, I’ll get it right out to you:
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Thanks for the introduction to Globejotting (love the title). The advice to not worry about “stressing out to write a masterpiece with each entry,” is key. I’m adding this book to my reading list.
It’s a fun read Donna, I think you’ll love it and as a blogger find it very relevant.
Even though I’m a blogger – I always take a journal with me whenever I’m traveling to do ‘speed’ journaling – or I call it ‘taking notes’! But it helps me to simply write a few phrases and then I go back and look at them all as a whole, categorize them and figure out my story angles.
Prior to blogging – I was an active journaler – and honestly I miss it!
I love the idea of Dave’s journaling tours – the best of all worlds!
I’ve always got the pen and paper handy too! Dave’s book is a wonderful read – lots of great advice for bloggers in there as well.
I’d be lost without my little pocket book to jot down names & impressions & sometimes I’ll start composing little phrases in my head & write them down which really helps when I come to write a blog post later
It’s funny how even just a few words can help expand into an entire post. I find it a wonderful tool as well.
I’m with Heather on the value of always having a little notebook with me when traveling. Notes, web addys, book titles, descriptions, lists of possible blog topics…all sorts of things end up in those little notebooks.
I also use photos as a sort of visual note taking device-I’ve always taken photos of signs and markers-either to remind me of where particular photos came from or for the text of historical markers, museum placards, etc.
Wonderful use of the camera, I do that all the time too. It makes it so much easier to remember what I took pictures of later!
I keep paper and pens with me at all times because the best and most random thoughts come to me at the strangest times. I also have kept a daily journal with expenditures and cools things. Looks like an interesting read, especially if he mixes humor into it. Thanks for the recommendation!
Same here – my ideas always come to me at the most random times and if I neglect to catch them, they fade or morph into something else and I loose the original.