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Carla King
Motorcycle adventure travel writer.

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PUBLISHED: Aug.01.2011

The Best Travel Writing 2011

Alone, Illegal and Broken Down in China is published in The Best Travel Writing 2011: True Stories from Around the World, with an introduction by Pico Iyer. The Best Travel Writing 2011 is the eighth volume in the annual Travelers' Tales series launched in 2004 to celebrate the world's best travel writing — from Nobel Prize winners to emerging new writers. The points of view and...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.01.2011

Stories from Elsewhere: Solo wanderings on two and three wheels

Stories from Elsewhere: Solo Wanderings on Two and Three Wheels is a special collection of travel stories from America, Africa, Europe, India, and China especially created for Overland Expo 2011. A percentage of the proceeds from the sale of this limited edition will be donated to their non-profit, ConserVentures. The anthology includes selected stories from American Borders,...

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PUBLISHED: Feb.03.2011

Carla King's Self-Publishing Boot Camp Guide for Authors

Publish, promote and sell your book in print and every popular e-book format. * Print books, e-books, transmedia and apps* Bookstores, online retailers, e-readers and mobile devices* For fiction, non-fiction, full-color books and more* Helpful worksheets and project management guides For authors of fiction and non-fiction, memoir, mystery, poetry, business, art and photography,...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.01.2007

American Borders: Breakdowns in small towns all around the USA

An exploration of the borders between the United States, Canada, and Mexico becomes a comedy of breakdowns in small towns all around America in this four-month, ten-thousand mile adventure. Experience moments of blissful backroads freedom, cultural connection, and roadside romance--interrupted by cracked welds, electrical gremlins, evil tow truck drivers, tornadoes, and hurricanes...

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PUBLISHED: Apr.01.2002

Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel

Twelve women travel the globe, returning as often as they can to share their tales of adventure. Through these pages you will journey alongside each author, traveling through China on a motorcycle, playing with fire at a volcano's edge in Hawaii, experiencing the supernatural in Scotland, or falling in love in Moscow. Life's adventures are expressed here with sensitivity and verve...

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IRELAND: The Sacred and the Profane

It's the next-best thing to a flight to Dublin. Download this free 262-page multimedia exploration of Eire with tales of adventure, practical travel tips, linked resource lists, reviews, events, and roadside attractions. Whether you've been there, are going there, or are simply longing for some Eire magic in your life, download it free now for instant gratification!

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May.25.2011 - 6:46 pm

31 Days of Women in Motorcycling

May is Women's Motorcycling Month, and because I'm a writer, and a traveler, and a motorcyclist, and a feminist, and I want women to be recognized as a powerhouse in powersports,...

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Jul.13.2011 - 3:10 pm

In response to: The Easiest, Cheapest, Fastest Way to Self Publish

Thanks Michelle, what are

Thanks Michelle, what are your books? I should post here more. I have another PBS article up about agents who are...

Mar.22.2011 - 9:02 am

In response to: Looking for best on line self publishing companies

Probably the easiest path to

Probably the easiest path to a complete ebook and print solution is Smashwords (for ebooks except Amazon) which...

Mar.30.2010 - 11:33 am

In response to: The Daily Sam: The Video-Game-Industrial Complex

The Zen koan of all games: Pong

Sam, coincidentally I just got a part-time contract with Sony Computer Entertainment/Playstation (doing some editorial...

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Short Story: Chapter 1: Alone, Illegal, and Broke Down

Article: Introducing the China Road Dispatches

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Audio: Motorcycle Adventure Travel with Carla King

About Carla

Carla King is the author of the popular Motorcycle Misadventures dispatches American Borders, China Road, Indian Sunset, Around the Adriatic, From the Alps to the Atlas. Her writing has been published in Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel, a variety...

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