GET AN EARFULL

 My travel memoir Lost Angel Walkabout-One Traveler's Tales receives glowing reviews from readers. In the year of the virus armchair travel is a fun way to get around the planet without any risk. Many of us are tired from reading so much online. So,I decided it was time to get my book into audio format. 

LeAnn Pashina did a sterling job narrating my stories. She keeps the energy level up without becoming shrill. I wanted to read the stories myself, but professional narration calls for a skill set I don't possess.

Here is what award winning travel writer James Dorsey had to say about Lost Angel Walkabout.

5.0 out of 5 stars An excellent example of fine travel writing. James Michael Dorsey

Lost Angel Walkabout by Linda Ballou takes the reader out of their armchair and into the vast world as few travel writers can. Her eye for detail combined with intimate knowledge of her surroundings sets Ms. Ballou heads above most of the travel writing pack. In this age when everyone with a back pack proclaims him or herself a travel writer it takes a book like this one to re-define the genre. The stories are personal and inviting, giving the reader not only a feeling of participation but leaving them with a memory of where they have just visited. This is just plain great travel writing.

Escape with me to Alaska, Costa Rica, Hawaii'i, New Zealand and parts of the Wild West. The audio book is available on Audible and Amazon

Adventure travel writer, Linda Ballou, has rafted, kayaked and horseback ridden through pristine wilderness areas around the globe. The most memorable of these journeys are chronicled in her book Lost AngelWalkabout.  In Lost Angel in Paradise she shares 32-of her favorite daytrips along the coast of California. In her latest effort Get Great Trips for Free she provides a roadmap for travel writing success.  Learn more about her travels at www.LostAngelAdventures.com

 

Bringing Home the Gold-Travelers Tales Solas Award

Rocky Mountain Nat. Park and Yours truly

My story “On the Road with the Lady of Rockies” received “Gold” for the best Destination piece in the Travelers Tales 12^th Annual Solas Awards!  It is being honored as the “Editor’s Choice” on the home page of the largest publisher of travel literature. I have long admired the great travel writers represented in the pages of the Traveler's Tales anthologies, and I am very proud to be included in their ranks. My story will continue to appear on the The Best Travel Writing page on the Traveler,s Tales site. 

Isabella Bird-Lady of the Rockies

Recently, my friend James Michael Dorsey’s book Baboons for Lunch was published by Traveler's Tales. I love a man with a sense of humor and James has me laughing out loud at the ridiculous situations he finds himself in by choice! It is hard to imagine this distinguished gentleman lobbing monkeys with dung balls, but strange things happen to people’s personalities when they hit the road.

You may enjoy my many outdoor travel adventures in my book LostAngel Walkabout-One Traveler’s Tales.Lost Angel Unleashed. What do you think?

Presently, I am collecting stories for the sequel

Remember “All who wander are not lost.”

Cheers,

Linda

Armchair Travel Book Club Debut in the "Bu"

I am pleased to host the Armchair Travel Book Club  on Wednesday, April 24, 7 PM – 8 PM in Malibu at the Bank of Books.   

Linda with Ann Lambert Manager of Bank of Books

I selected Hold the Enlightenment, by Tim Cahill, for my first selection because Cahill’s style is conversational, entertaining, well-researched and often LOL funny. Tim, one of the founding fathers of Outside Magazine, says his stories are about "remote destinations oddly rendered."

Tim Cahill author of 9 travel collections

To Learn More go to www.BankofBooks-Malibu.com and click on Book Clubs

Point Dume Village, Heathercliff Rd. #109, Malibu, Ca 90265

310-457-5699