Today's story is all about crowdfunding for authors. Crowdfunding a book is an alternative route to getting a book published and author Amy Lord tells us all about the story she's publishing and her best tips for crowdfunding a book. Read more

In today's guest post Millie Walton shares her experience of freelancing while travelling and offers some tips and advice, with Frankie also pitching in because Frankie can't help herself. Read more

Fancy living with a team of professional racing husky dogs? This is exactly the experience that is on offer with Varghiet Sleddogs in Roros, Norway. Read my good friend Emma's experience two years after we met dog mushing together… read more

Today I am sharing another reader's story. And this one's a bit different. Though it draws on a lot of the themes I write about here - travel, adventure, soul-searching, and yes, motherhood - it may not be exactly the story you would expect to read… read more

A guest post by Annika Ziehen of The Midnight Blue Elephant about why it was love at second sight for her with Marrakech… and how you can spend a perfect day in the crazy colourful and chaotic medina and beyond. Read more

Another reader's question about location independence and how to make it work. Today Clare from Wayfarer Diaries shares her story and her concern that she has to choose between doing what she loves and doing a more practical job in order to finance her travels. I then offer up some advice. Read more

Today I'm sharing another reader's story and a question she has for me about how to become location independent. Isabelle has just finished university and she has big dreams about travelling full-time and working as she travels, but she wants to know how to do this. In this post you can read her story and read my answer featuring lots of advice about freelancing. Read more

In the first of a new series of posts featuring the stories of other writers and travellers, this is Melani's story. She first moved abroad at the young age of 19 and has spent the last three years living and studying in foreign countries. Here she explains why she was never afraid to do so, but that doesn't mean it was always easy… read more