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West By Sea on a quest for numbered treasure
I’m a huge fan of codes, ciphers, word plays, puns (as you’ve discovered this week on Twitter), maps, treasure hunting and quests. And for a while now I’ve wanted to do a book like one of my favorites from grammar school: Masquerade by Kit Williams (on Amazon). Well now thanks to your support it … Continue reading
Update #5: Blog and Book (alpha test)
(You can also view this update on the Kickstarter project page.) Hi everyone, it was a busy weekend. Did we mention we hate daylight savings time? That’s one reason we’re going WEST by sea – 25 hour days! Updated the KS video (new Ed outtake) and posted to new YouTube channel Received sponsored Juicies cables … Continue reading
How did the Pied Piper do it?
Today we’re thinking about followers. Twitter, Facebook, Kickstarter. There are online companies who guarantee you tens of thousands of followers. Our concern is those followers are actually follow-bots or worse sweatshops filled with drudges at computers. I’m sure many are completely legitimate, but the scale seems daunting on such a short timeframe. Our Kickstarter timeframe … Continue reading
Update #4: Announcing Stretch Goals
3/8 UPDATE: Announcing Stretch Goals in Kickstarter Update #4. And the first one is already funded! We also added new rewards and welcomed our first expeditionary gear sponsor Juicies. The first ten days have been exciting. The initial funding goal for underway internet access was reached in less than 72 hours thanks to your support. … Continue reading
Jimmy Buffett says “The weather is here…”
This is what we have to deal with today. Stuck in the house, we took advantage of the lull in the action to call our ship agent to clear up some details about the Australian visa. The letter we received listed the underway date, but of course we get to Australia five days before. It … Continue reading
“We got to move it move it…”
The movers are here. What they originally thought would take four days is only going to take two. Partly because there will be 7-15 centimeters of snow between the road and the house tomorrow morning. They packed and moved about half our stuff yesterday. It is always very strange watching your stuff drive off into … Continue reading
Update #3: Michelle’s Take on the Kickstarter Campaign
Check out the latest update on the Kickstarter page.
We need all the tips we can get
Here are ten top tips for a world cruise from Cunard.
West By Sea: primary funding goal reached
Just want to get this awesome news out there. “We’re in!” With your help this is only just the beginning. Join the fun and read this update about what’s coming next. Did we already say Backers Rock?!? Yeah, ya do.
Picked up by LUNATIK Life
Very excited our Kickstarter project is featured in the Lunatik Life weekly roundup! http://lunatiklife.com/features/post/Notable-Kickstarter-Projects The first project we ever backed came from MNML and the Lunatik brand. So very nice of them to suggest our little project to their loyal followers. THANKS!
Travel Immunizations, the easy way
At the doc today to get a pre-trip immunization consult. They went over food-borne, air-borne, and all-kindsa-other-borne diseases. So exactly why are we doing this again? (Wink) The CDC brief is pretty good. If you switch hemispheres, keep in mind that flu season comes 6 months early! We only needed a couple shots. And of … Continue reading
Kickstarter project: first funding goal reached. Keep it moving!
Check it out! Thanks everyone for your upcoming support. http://kck.st/WeFlcJ
This week: Tourist Visas
Several countries require a visa. Most can be done on the ship. Australia requires pre-approval but can be done on the Internet. India requires mailing in, with passport, application and payment. That’s the goal this week, making sure all the paperwork is ready. The worst thing would be to pull into a port and gaze … Continue reading
Journal project submitted to Kickstarter
Just a quick update folks. Kickstarter has the ball. The project submission went in late on Thursday, a couple days later than planned. We wanted to have it live for the weekend. We’ll see if they get to it the next couple days. Probably Tuesday at the latest. Fingers crossed for approval! We priced nice … Continue reading
Kickstarter – almost ready!
Hi everyone. We’re closing in on having the Kickstarter project ready to launch. Pretty much the only thing left is to record narration and cut a short video. To get a sense of what the campaign page will look like, you can check out the ‘preview’ link. Here it is.
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Awards
13th Annual Best Book Awards
Finalist, best interior design
4 December 2016
Reader Views Literary Awards 2016-2017
First Place, Travel
10 March 2017
2016 Foreword INDIES Awards
Finalist, Travel
15 March 2017
2017 Independent Publisher IPPY
Nominee, Travel & Memoir
1 April 2017