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Rolf Potts
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New book "THE VAGABOND'S WAY: 366 Meditations on Wanderlust, Discovery and the Art of Travel" available now.
Katılım Aralık 2008
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Should you want to gift yourself an international learning experience this holiday season, please consider coming to my annual Travel Memoir Workshop in Paris, Aug. 24-28, 2026.
No writing experience is necessary; all levels welcome. For details, go to pariswritingworkshops.com.

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I have been interviewing one travel writer each month for the past 25 years at RolfPotts.com. Here is my retrospective about this monthly ritual (which dates back to the pre-podcast, pre-social-media, dial-up Internet era). rolfpotts.com/25-years-of-tr…

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A while back Rolf Potts put together a compendium of travel writers. Its' quite remarkable for it's breadth and the range of people. If you hanker to be a travel writer it's a good place to start. rolfpotts.com/writing/travel…
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"The unexamined life is not worth living? I would take it a step further and say the unexamined life is not living.
You're running on scripts you did not choose. So you're effectively, like ChatGPT, responding to prompts."
--@tferriss via @KateSullivanTV
tpt.org/to-dine-for-wi…
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The Oscar-nominated cowriter of BEFORE SUNRISE and BEFORE SUNSET, Kim Krizan, will be teaching a Paris screenwriting class with me the week of August 25-29. . No prior writing experience is necessary; all levels are welcome. For details, go to pariswritingworkshops.com.

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NEW ! “Screenwriting in Paris” course 8/25-29 with Kim Krizan (BEFORE SUNSET) and @rolfpotts. #paris #writing #workshop #screenwriting #film #travelwriting
pariswritingworkshops.com/screenwriting/

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This month marks the 10-year anniversary of Object Lessons, a series of small, beautiful books that explore the hidden lives of ordinary things.
In today’s Academic blog post 10 authors reflect on 10 years of Object Lessons bit.ly/3Cs9BvV

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"To write The Color Of Money I had to hang out with pool hustlers. For Sea Of Love, I had to do ride-alongs with cops. They always say, write about what you know. But if what you know is not enough, learn something more. Then that becomes what you know." npr.org/2024/11/14/nx-…
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The short film “The Game Camera” features Kansas talent, including Kristen Bush, who stars and co-wrote the script with her husband, Rolf Potts. Bush spoke with KMUW's Jedd Beaudoin on “Wichita’s Early Edition.”
kmuw.org/podcast/wichit…

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@loganletsgo Advanced is for students who've taken my class before.
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@rolfpotts This is exciting! What are the main differences between the beginner & advanced courses?
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I'm now accepting 2025 registrations for the travel memoir writing classes I teach each year in Paris. The class will take place August 18-22, 2025. See pariswritingworkshops.com for class and application details.

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Friends University alumni George Potts, better known as Energy Green Grandpa, was covered by the Kansas Living Magazine for his conservation energy lessons on YouTube. Go check out this eco-loving Falcon's channel!
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Who knew a plane full of criminals could make for such a sentimental journey?
@rolfpotts recounts why “Con Air”, with all of its cliches, will always have a special place in his heart.
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Just a casual trip to Iraq. Author and adventurer, @rolfpotts, takes us to Syria on this week's #YouBeTrippin! 🇸🇾 youtu.be/Ldf4Dj0tfuo

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Thanks to the 2014 AL Wild Card game, which I saw in person with my 75-year old dad, Sept 30 will always feel like a holiday to me. Thrilled to see the @Royals going back to the WC this year! (H/T @jazayerli & @Koreanfan_KC, who I'll always associate with my 2014 Royals fandom.)

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"In a part of Africa where the conventional tourism industry was built around a wildlife-focused, British colonial footprint, @lets_drift [a Nairobi-based outdoor recreation community] stands out as an exuberant Kenyan-centered enterprise." nytimes.com/2024/08/26/tra…
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