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What is Contributoria? A Crowd Funding Site for Writers

February 19, 2015by leslieannepatrick 2 Comments

I first heard about the crowd funded collaborative journalism platform Contributoria from a fellow freelance journalist on a Facebook writer’s group we’re both a part of (30 Days, 30 Queries […]

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CrowdFunding, Journalism, Life, Media, The Coffee Date Guides, Writing

Do you Want to Be a Freelance Writer? Let’s Have a Coffee Date!

November 7, 2014by leslieannepatrick Leave a comment

  I‘ve been a freelance writer for six years. In the beginning, I wrote for unknown websites or small, local and regional publications, but now I write for well-known outlets like […]

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Books, The Coffee Date Guides, Writing

Assignments and Books and Moving, Oh My!

October 30, 2014by leslieannepatrick 1 Comment

It’s been a little quiet on The Chic Adventurer blog as of late, but that quietude has not extended to my day to day life. Before I get back to […]

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Adventures, France, Guatemala, Life, Mexico, Mexico City, San Miguel de Allende, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing

I Have Lived Today: A Poem, a Mantra and now, a Novel

September 9, 2014by leslieannepatrick 6 Comments

As you may know from reading this blog, my fiancé Steve and I have many adventures. But none has been as exciting as the one we’ve undertaken since deciding to […]

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Adventures, Books, Life, Uncategorized, Writing

On Assignment in India

November 13, 2013by leslieannepatrick 8 Comments

The taxi hurtled through the pounding rain into the middle of nowhere. Steve and I cringed with every swerve and horn blast, but blessedly arrived at our destination–Sirohi, India–in one […]

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India, Life, Photo Journal, Travel, Writing

Hot Off the Presses!

July 25, 2013by leslieannepatrick Leave a comment

With the skies above Yai Noi a cloudless blue for the first time in weeks, Steve and I packed a lunch, put the motorbike on a long boat and high […]

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Asia, Life, Thailand, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing, Yao Noi

Award for The Chic Adventurer!

July 15, 2013by leslieannepatrick 5 Comments

Amidst the chaos of last week’s visa run to Cambodia, I was thrilled to receive a nomination from Carol and Al, aka The Traveling Mudskippers for the Versatile Blogger Award! Carol […]

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Life, Uncategorized, Writing

Chicest Office: My Front Porch, Koh Yao Noi, Thailand

June 19, 2013by leslieannepatrick 3 Comments

Since I sold my house in California in 2010, I haven’t had a “real” office. As a writer, this can be disconcerting, but with the nomadic lifestyle I have chosen […]

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Asia, Chic, Life, Month of Chic Adventures, Thailand, Writing

The House of Pablo Neruda

May 6, 2013by leslieannepatrick 2 Comments

Being an aspiring author myself, there’s something about seeing the homes where these mystical beings live and work that gets my creative juices flowing. “That’s their desk!” “Their favorite pen!” […]

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Books, Chile, Culture, South America, Travel, Uncategorized, Writing

Egypt’s Second Star

August 22, 2012by leslieannepatrick 1 Comment

Luxor is a dusty city perched on the verdant banks of the Nile, as most Egyptian enclaves are, but what sets it apart is the vast role it played in […]

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Egypt, Luxor, Nile River, North Africa, Travel

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