Browsing Archive: July, 2010

The Midway Point of Writing a Book

Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, July 26, 2010,

A number of friends have told me that I need to write a book about my travels. They remind me of all the places I've seen, and encourage me to write a book about it all. So, after hearing enough of it, I've finally got the ball rolling and am

about halfway through the story - something I've found to be much more difficult than I had initially anticipated.

I knew writing a book would be a lot of work, but you just pour so much of yourself into it that it's difficult not to fuss over every...

Gorillas in the Mist

Posted by Jason Hussong on Monday, July 19, 2010,

Before I travel, as I wrote previously, I like to get a bit of a perspective on a country. Normally I prefer to pick up a copy of a history book as I try to get a good feel of what a country has been through and how it's developed. I gave it a bit of thought preceding my trip to Rwanda and d

ecided to go in a different direction as I was able to pick up enough of a historical background from the marvel of the Internet; I instead purchased a copy of Dian Fossey's Gorillas in the Mist.

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