Ask an Adventurer
Ask an Adventurer
paperback
Published:
29 July, 2021
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Description
Live adventurously, be creative, make a living
‘Interesting, lucid, down-to-earth and practical’ Buzz Magazine
Adventurers cross deserts and row oceans, appearing to live the dream. Yet they also must pay the bills and carve out time to get away.
Are you trying to make a career doing what you love, daring to go freelance in a creative industry, growing an audience or curious about an unconventional career? What is it like to build a life from living adventurously?
Whether you are adventurous, creative or just curious, Ask an Adventurer answers your questions from behind the scenes, rather than the usual questions adventurers hear: there are no kit lists, practical expedition planning advice or daring deeds in these pages. Instead, Alastair tackles questions asked by readers on social media such as:
- How do you make a living?
- How do you make time for adventure?
- How do you stay motivated and focused?
- How do you deal with post-adventure blues?
- How has social media changed story-telling?
- How do you find sponsors?
- How do you get your work done?
- How can we make the world of adventure better?
- How do you get a book published?
- How do you get paid to give talks?
- How do you start a podcast?
- How do you launch an email newsletter?
And more...
More Details
| Type | Book |
|---|---|
| ISBN13 | 9781785633003 |
| ISBN10 | 1785633007 |
| Number Of Pages | 240 |
| Item Weight | 195 g |
| Product Dimensions | 129 x 198 x 15 mm |
| Publisher / Reseller | Eye Books |
| Format | paperback |
Media Reviews
The gospel of short, perspective-shifting bursts of travel closer to home’ New York Times
‘A life-long adventurer’ Financial Times
‘Ask An Adventurer gives you all the essentials on turning your hobby into a paying profession. A really interesting read, yet down to earth and practical…Get this book and see where it takes you’ Buzz Magazine
Author's Bio
Alastair Humphreys is a National Geographic Adventurer of the Year. He has cycled around the world, rowed the Atlantic Ocean and walked a lap of the M25 – one of his pioneering microadventures.
He is the author of 14 books, including Great Adventurers, which won the Stanford’s Children’s Travel Book of the Year and the Teach Primary Award for Non-Fiction.
He has written eight books for Eye including the bestselling The Boy Who Biked the World trilogy, a series of novels for 9–12-year-olds based on the real-life adventures he recounted in Moods of Future Joys, Thunder and Sunshine and Ten Lessons from the Road. His more recent The Girl Who Rowed the Ocean is a similarly novelised version of his transatlantic crossing. It was shortlisted for the Stanford’s Children’s Travel Book of the Year.
He is a qualified teacher.