Download or read book Interview with a Vanlifer written by M.K. Williams and published by M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2022-10-03 with total page 37 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enjoy this satirical short story about a duo of vampires fighting climate chaos by M.K. Williams They're vanlifers. They're vampires. They're vanlife vampires... The one question no one is asking in the current climate crisis is, "how does this affect the vampire population?" Scoring an exclusive interview with Peter and Ursula, the now internet-famous influencers and #vanlifers, our narrator details their evening in Yosemite National Park with a pair of vampires. In this satirical short story, we will learn about Peter and Ursula’s experience as vampires, their unique risks as the climate continues to change, and how they plan to use their celebrity to influence public policy and help the climate insecure. This story presents itself as an interview where the reader will go through the well-documented challenges of vampires among us and new issues arising from climate chaos. A continuation of the fictional evolution of vampires, following in the footsteps of Anne Rice’s Interview with a Vampire, this story shows a different class of vampires. Socially conscious environmentalists with an eye for photography and a growing online brand, these influencers are looking to bring the vampire community into the light.

Download or read book Vanlife Diaries written by Kathleen Morton and published by Ten Speed Press. This book was released on 2019-04-09 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A photography book celebrating the nomadic lifestyle and community of vanlife through interviews, essential advice for living on the road, and more than 200 photos of tiny rolling homes. Inspired by the blog and Instagram account, Vanlife Diaries is an inspiring and detailed look into the world of the rolling homes built and occupied by a new generation of modern nomads: a range of professionals and creatives who have ditched conventional houses for the freedom of the road and the beauty of the outdoors. More than 200 photographs feature the vanlifers, their pets, and their converted vans and buses--VWs, Sprinters, Toyotas, and more--with the interiors uniquely customized and decorated for their work and hobbies, as well as the stunning natural locations that are the movement's inspiration. Interviews and narrative captions share the stories of these nomads and how they decided to pursue vanlife, and provide practical tips and inspiration for downsizing, finding and converting your vehicle, and working and living on the road.

Download or read book Nomadland Surviving America in the Twenty First Century written by Jessica Bruder and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2017-09-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The inspiration for Chloé Zhao's 2020 Golden Lion award-winning film starring Frances McDormand. "People who thought the 2008 financial collapse was over a long time ago need to meet the people Jessica Bruder got to know in this scorching, beautifully written, vivid, disturbing (and occasionally wryly funny) book." —Rebecca Solnit From the beet fields of North Dakota to the campgrounds of California to Amazon’s CamperForce program in Texas, employers have discovered a new, low-cost labor pool, made up largely of transient older adults. These invisible casualties of the Great Recession have taken to the road by the tens of thousands in RVs and modified vans, forming a growing community of nomads. Nomadland tells a revelatory tale of the dark underbelly of the American economy—one which foreshadows the precarious future that may await many more of us. At the same time, it celebrates the exceptional resilience and creativity of these Americans who have given up ordinary rootedness to survive, but have not given up hope.

Download or read book Escaping Avila Chase written by M.K. Williams and published by M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-10-26 with total page 76 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Feel your heart race as you read this psychological thriller novella from M.K. Williams She’s a femme fatale with creative license, and she is sharpening her pen just for Trevor. Escaping Avila Chase is a story about FBI Agent Trevor Hobbertson, who is having the worst week of his life. Not because a hacker he has been tracking slips through his fingers, but because his ex-girlfriend with an axe to grind is releasing a new book. Try as he might, Trevor just can’t escape the feeling that she’ll be airing all her grievances in her not-so-fictionalized tale. Who is Avila Chase exactly? She’s a femme fatale with creative license, and she is sharpening her pen just for Trevor. In this literary short story, we get a front-row seat to Trevor’s aching paranoia. Is Avila really after him or is this all in his mind? A novella that will leave you haunted, Escaping Avila Chase provides the reader with an uneasy feeling as Trevor revisits his memories with Avila across the city of Philadelphia. A psychological character evaluation, Escaping Avila Chase is a carefully constructed literary novella with a narrator you just love to hate. This short story is rich with imagery and is a book for bookish people. Read this novella today and find out if you too can escape Avila Chase.

Download or read book 40 Years a Nomad written by Randy Vining and published by . This book was released on 2016-02-21 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A keen intellect traveling the roads of America pointing out the wonder, drama and lessons of the open road.

Download or read book Architects written by M.K. Williams and published by M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2020-09-15 with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The long-anticipated second installment of dystopian The Project Collusion Series from M.K. Williams is here. Is it still a conspiracy theory if it turns out to be true? Three years after “the outbreak,” Hunter is part of a dwindling crew stuck at sea. Quarantine gets to everyone eventually. One day he is assigned to a small mission to restore their supply pipeline. Once ashore, the mission goes sideways. Fear of the virus that wiped out the global population, roaming packs of survivors, and an ominous Reaper rattle Hunter’s grip on reality. The post-apocalyptic world on-shore reveals new horrors with each step. What really happened to the world and how much did Hunter’s superiors know about it? And what happens with a conspiracy theory turns out to be true? The reality that Hunter has long denied is now unavoidable in this tale of technology gone awry. The long-anticipated second installment of dystopian The Project Collusion Series is here. Fans of Nailbiters have been waiting for the answers to their questions, now they’ll know how it all started. You’ll want to read this one with the lights on.

Download or read book Self Publishing for the First Time Author written by M.K. Williams and published by M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2022-05-07 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this easy-to-follow how-to guide from M.K. Williams to demystify the self-publishing process and get your book out to the world! You’ve written your first book and you are ready to self-publish it, congratulations! Now what? What steps do you need to take to self-publish? What are the best strategies? How do you ensure retailers and libraries will carry your book? These are a few of the questions that many aspiring authors ask as they set out on their publishing journey. Aggregating 8-plus years of experience in self-publishing, M.K. Williams has compiled the answers you need into an easily digestible format to walk you through the publishing process. There are lots of online gurus who will throw acronyms, jargon, and advanced strategies at you right out the gate. Williams breaks down the practical steps you must take as you self-publish your first book. This self-publishing guidebook covers everything from editing, formatting, assigning ISBNs, and selecting your publishing platforms. You can get this for yourself or as a gift for the aspiring writer in your life.

Download or read book The Games You Cannot Win written by MK Williams and published by Mary K. Williams. This book was released on 2016-10-26 with total page 161 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Roll the dice, pick a card, tell a lie, hide the truth. Whatever the move, it's all just part of the game. Follow the lives of four very different characters who are all trapped in an insidious game. Each story delves into the intricate web of misaligned motives and obscured half-truths.

Download or read book Author Your Ambition The Complete Self Publishing Workbook for First Time Authors written by M.K. Williams and published by M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2023-01-10 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this comprehensive how-to-guide from M.K. Williams to self-publish and market your first book! The dream is holding your finished book in your hands. The reality… well it can be far from ideal. When you write and self-publish your book there are seemingly thousands of small decisions to make. It can be a lot to manage. Oh, then there are dozens of gurus telling you that their way is the best. With Author Your Ambition you will work through your vision and goals for your book. From there, the decisions on your strategy, which platforms and retailers your book will be on, and how much you budget for this endeavor will be clear. The steps needed to get the book across the finish line with a cover, formatted files, and a solid launch marketing plan are all included. This guidebook takes the guesswork out of starting your author business. Using the exercises and checklists in this workbook, you can choose your own self-publishing adventure. What works for you and your book? Only you know. M.K. Williams has taken almost a decade of experience writing and publishing her own books and helping others do the same and turned her massive set of checklists into their easy-to-use guide. Let’s get started on your author journey today!

Download or read book Enemies of Peace written by M.K. Williams and published by Mary K. Williams. This book was released on 2023-12-25 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How far would you go to achieve the “American Dream?” Timothy and Cynthia Lawson are on their way to having it all. But when they move into their dream home on an idyllic cul-du-sac they soon start to realize that not everything is as it seems. They start to realize that they bought more than just a piece of “the dream” when they signed on the dotted line. Did the previous residents go missing or were they murdered? Are their new neighbors planning something sinister? And if so, how can they stop it? This story starts with an explosion, so expect to be blown away. *Featured on the ChooseFI, FIRE Drill, and What's Up Next Podcasts.

Download or read book To Love and Let Go written by Rachel Brathen and published by Gallery Books. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Rachel beautifully illustrates that loving fiercely and grieving deeply are often two halves of the same whole. Her story will break you down and lift you up.” —Glennon Doyle, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Love Warrior and founder of Together Rising While on her way to teach a yoga retreat in March 2014, Rachel Brathen collapses at an airport, brought to her knees by excruciating stomach pains. She is rushed to the hospital on the tiny island of Bonaire, and hours later forced to undergo surgery. When she wakes up from anesthesia, her boyfriend is weeping at her bedside. While Rachel was struck down with seemingly mysterious pain, her best friend, Andrea, sustained fatal injuries as a result of a car accident. Rachel and Andrea had a magical friendship. Though they looked nothing alike—one girl tall, blond, and Swedish, the other short, brunette, and Colombian—everyone called them gemelas: twins. Over the three years following Andrea’s death, at what might appear from the outside to be the happiest time—with her engagement to the man she loves and a blossoming career that takes her all over the world—Rachel faces a series of trials that have the potential to define her life. Unresolved grief and trauma from her childhood make the weight of her sadness unbearable. At each turn, she is confronted again and again with a choice: Will she lose it all, succumb to grief, and grasp for control that’s beyond her reach? Or can she move through the loss and let go? When Rachel and her husband conceive a child, pregnancy becomes a time to heal and an opportunity to be reborn herself. As she recounts this transformative period, Rachel shares her hard-won wisdom about life and death, love and fear, what it means to be a mother and a daughter, and how to become someone who walks through the fire of adversity with the never-ending practice of loving hard and letting go.

Download or read book Going Wide Self Publishing Your Books Outside The Amazon Ecosystem written by M.K. Williams and published by M.K. Williams Publishing, LLC. This book was released on 2021-11-02 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Use this concise how-to-guide by M.K. Williams to bring your self-published books beyond the Amazon ecosystem Everyone is going wide... here's how: The buzzy term in the self-publishing space right now is, "wide." I was doing this before it was a thing. As more authors hear about the benefits of self-publishing on multiple platforms, I find myself on the receiving end of many panicked emails. While the concept is easy to understand the execution requires planning and patience. For those who want to get their book out to as many readers and retailers as possible, I have the tools you need to create than plan. I've condensed my years of experience and best advice into this short and actionable book to help you go from Amazon-Only to Wide Author. This book will cover strategy, platforms, opting out of exclusivity, and marketing for success. Get your free planners throughout the book to help you make and stick to your plan. Ready to go wide?

Download or read book Have Dog Will Travel written by Stephen Kuusisto and published by Simon & Schuster. This book was released on 2019-03-19 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a lyrical love letter to guide dogs everywhere, a blind poet shares his delightful story of how a guide dog changed his life and helped him discover a newfound appreciation for travel and independence. Stephen Kuusisto was born legally blind—but he was also raised in the 1950s and taught to deny his blindness in order to "pass" as sighted. Stephen attended public school, rode a bike, and read books pressed right up against his nose. As an adult, he coped with his limited vision by becoming a professor in a small college town, memorizing routes for all of the places he needed to be. Then, at the age of thirty-eight, he was laid off. With no other job opportunities in his vicinity, he would have to travel to find work. This is how he found himself at Guiding Eyes, paired with a Labrador named Corky. In this vivid and lyrical memoir, Stephen Kuusisto recounts how an incredible partnership with a guide dog changed his life and the heart-stopping, wondrous adventure that began for him in midlife. Profound and deeply moving, this is a spiritual journey, the story of discovering that life with a guide dog is both a method and a state of mind.

Download or read book Shook One written by Charlamagne Tha God and published by Atria Books. This book was released on 2019-09-03 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Charlamagne Tha God, New York Times bestselling author of Black Privilege and always provocative cohost of Power 105.1’s The Breakfast Club, reveals his blueprint for breaking free from your fears and anxieties. Being “shook” is more than a rap lyric for Charlamagne, it’s his mission to overcome. While it may seem like he’s ahead of the game, he is actually plagued by anxieties, such as the fear of losing his roots, the fear of being a bad dad, and the fear of being a terrible husband. In the national bestseller Shook One, Charlamagne chronicles his journey to beat those fears and shows a path that you too can take to overcome the anxieties that may be holding you back. Ironically, Charlamagne’s fear of failure—of falling into the life of stagnation or crime that caught up so many of his friends and family in his hometown of Moncks Corner—has been the fuel that has propelled him to success. However, even after achieving national prominence as a radio personality, Charlamagne still found himself paralyzed by anxiety and distrust. Here, in Shook One, he is working through these problems—many of which he traces back to cultural PTSD—with help from mentors, friends, and therapy. Being anxious doesn’t serve the same purpose anymore. Through therapy, he’s figuring out how to get over the irrational fears that won’t take him anywhere positive. Charlamange hopes Shook One can be a call to action: Getting help is your right. His second book “cements the radio personality’s stance in making sure he’s on the right side of history when it comes to society’s growing focus on mental health, while helping remove the negative stigma” (Billboard).

Download or read book Vanlife written by Nicolette Dane and published by Nicolette Dane. This book was released on 2018-09-05 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hit the road with two freewheeling ladies and experience love in a van in this bohemian lesbian romance! Julia Marks isn't one to stick around very long. She's blissfully living the vanlife, crossing the country as she pleases, working odd jobs to fund her lifestyle, treading lightly, and leaving no trace behind her. But despite the immense freedom she has as a bohemian nomad, she can't help but feel that something's missing. A quick trip through Madison turns far more interesting for Julia when she meets Robin Hyland. Robin is searching for answers, and a chance encounter between the two women opens up a brand new adventure that neither expected. While Julia didn't anticipate having a passenger in her van, it's hard to say no to a pretty redhead who's looking to find herself. Now these two women must navigate the difficult route ahead of them together. Can love prevail over the challenges of life on the road?

Download or read book Home Is Where You Park It written by Foster Huntington and published by . This book was released on 2014-04-16 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #vanlife

Download or read book The Van Conversion Bible written by Charlie Low & Dale Comley and published by Climbingvan. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 331 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Want to wake up to a breathtaking new view every morning? Have you been dreaming about owning a vehicle to fuel your adventures? Building a campervan gives you total freedom to create your very own rolling home. Escape the daily grind, hit the open road and re-write the way you live. The Van Conversion Bible is the ultimate guide to planning, designing and converting a campervan. It’s more than just the story of how we built our own van Ringo, it will help you build a van bespoke to your needs. It provides definitive answers to your questions (even the ones you haven’t thought of yet!) to ensure you save time and avoid expensive mistakes. From detailed gas, water and electrical system diagrams to a step-by-step build guide, you’ll find everything you need to start your journey inside. Whatever your skills and budget, you can learn how to build your dream campervan. Your very own home on wheels awaits…