I like to buy clothes at the end of the season, when they’re cheap. Last year in fall, when I was buying tank tops for this year, I had to stop myself, saying- I’m not going to get to wear these. I’ll be wearing the same outfit every day. For five months. What do you … Continue reading Preparing for the PCT: One outfit for five months (or, where do I find a sunhat that doesn’t look stupid?)
Author: carrot quinn
Preparing for the PCT: Food
When you’re walking for 2600 miles, what do you eat? As far as I can tell from what I’ve read about other people’s PCT hikes, you either buy your supplies in little towns and eat junk food for five months, or you plan all of your meals in advance and mail them to yourself. Which … Continue reading Preparing for the PCT: Food
The final version of my kickstarter project is now live!
Hey guess what everyone! The original version of my kickstarter campaign was doomed to fail because I was a fool who didn't understand kickstarter, but now I am much smarter and the final version of my campaign, Carrot Quinn Walks from Mexico to Canada, is AWESOME. That's because in this campaign you can buy copies … Continue reading The final version of my kickstarter project is now live!
THANK GOD, Tara Burns’ second book is finally out.
And it's free today! You can get it here.
kickstarter: let me back that up and try again
The other night I was up way past my bedtime, reading this essay by Chloe Caldwell and thinking about how my kickstarter would fail. I was feeling sad about it, because I felt really invested in hiking the PCT, and Chloe, who is an awesome writer, was going to live in my trailer and watch … Continue reading kickstarter: let me back that up and try again
I LOVE MEMOIR SO MUCH AND MEMOIR IS THE SAME AS FICTION
I’m PMSing today, and everything is making me grumpy. I was just having a text conversation with Tara about the difference between memoir and fiction, and it was making me grumpy, which is silly. But then I thought I would write about it here, and I would feel better. Even though I think what we … Continue reading I LOVE MEMOIR SO MUCH AND MEMOIR IS THE SAME AS FICTION
Carrot Quinn Walks From Mexico to Canada: The Book Project
Friends! Readers! Passers-by! I'm walking from Mexico to Canada this summer, via the Pacific Crest Trail, and I'm going to blog about it every day. And at the end I'm going to make a beautiful print book that you can hold in your hands! My kickstarter campaign for this great overland journey just went live- … Continue reading Carrot Quinn Walks From Mexico to Canada: The Book Project
I eat naivety for breakfast
The flowers are coming up. Spring is here. The skies are both less and more temperamental. I’ve been busy in a strange way, so many writing projects I forget, sometimes, whether I’m coming or going, lots of works-in-progress but nothing finished, feeling as though I don’t exist, trying to be patient. I thought I would … Continue reading I eat naivety for breakfast
The strange poetry of search engines
WordPress stats allow me to view the search terms that people use to find my blog. Here are the best ones of the last four months, in no particular order- rat poison young annie dillard kill all rapists pink meth ramen the virgin mary butch privilege kill all the rapists it’s fun lesbian truck drivers … Continue reading The strange poetry of search engines
My freight train memoir is free today on Amazon, if you don’t already have it, and also news about my next book!
Dear readers! For the next forty-eight hours my novella-length memoir, Ten Thousand Miles by Freight Train, will be free on Amazon. You can find it here. And you don't need a kindle to read it; you can download an app to read it on any screen here. In other news, I've been wildly at work … Continue reading My freight train memoir is free today on Amazon, if you don’t already have it, and also news about my next book!
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