“I think Shaw is an outright bigot.” Encountering trolls on the internet
I don’t really want to write this, but I feel like I owe it to myself. Yesterday, an anonymous woman ardently bashed my recent Glimpse story, “Riding the white horse: On being foreign in Korea,” by twisting my words and failing to comprehend the meaning behind the narrative. She concluded her irrational argument with, “I think Shaw is an...
My sick, sad obsession with my blog stats
For the past several months, I’ve been obsessively checking my blog stats. You know how you’ll subconsciously type an “F” into your browser, and after ten minutes of weaving through whiny status updates and photos of babies, you realize that you’re on your previous boss’ friend’s kid’s Facebook profile page? Then you realize, why the...
Crafting my first Glimpse narrative and developing a relationship with an editor
Since re-discovering my voice last year, I’ve earned a number of opportunities to grow as a writer and blogger, but the Glimpse Correspondents Program has been (and still is) the best experience yet. I find that narratives are the most challenging form of travel writing to write, but ultimately, they are the most rewarding. It’s...
My first blogiversary
Yay! I made it! Today is my first blogiversary. One year ago, in the midst of an unraveling relationship and frustration over my visual artwork, I signed up for a MatadorU writing course, bought this domain, and I decided to write again. My first MatadorU assignment was to write an evergreen article, so I wrote,...
Fall 2012 Glimpse Correspondents Program: the beginning
I was recently chosen as a Fall 2012 Glimpse Correspondent and admitted to the new Glimpse-Matador U Graduate Program to further study the art of travel journalism. I couldn’t be more thrilled to take part in this amazing program, enabling me to work one-on-one with an editor and take my writing in a new direction. ...
Reflection on completing the MatadorU travel writing course
Writing has always been one of my passions, ever since I wrote my own version of a Sweet Valley Twins story when I was nine years old. I published my first travel narrative on Glimpse, back in 2007 when I returned from my first experience living and traveling solo in Cusco, Peru. However, when I...
Utilizing Social Media as a Travel Writer
For a MatadorU assignment, I was asked to examine my own social media presence. I’ve been devoting more time and effort to social media, but as much time as I spend on the internet, I’m by no means a social media ninja. Here are places on the web where I promote my own work and...
Why I don’t want to be a full-time travel writer
I lead a ballin’ lifestyle (according to my standards) here in the ROK. I make a decent salary, I have tons of free time to write, read, dance, meet up with friends and make art, I live in an apartment that’s paid for by my school, and I am able to travel every weekend. (Wait...
10 Resources for Emerging Travel Photographers
I am an artist and a writer; photojournalism is where these forms intersect. Good photography is highly important in the travel blogsphere and publication world, as visuals enhance the written word. As an emerging photographer, I’ve researched and compiled a list of websites to submit, publish, share and store shots from around the globe. TRAVEL MAGAZINES: 1. Matador...
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