Travel Writing World
From Thesis to Travel Memoir
Michelle shares her experience of transforming her academic thesis into a mass-market travel memoir.
Become a Citizen Scientist: Four Easy Gains for Nature and for You
Citizen science projects are growing in popularity around the world. This article explains the be...
TripFiction
Talking Location With Michelle - the Ariège Pyrenees - TripFiction
Michelle describes a hidden corner of the French Pyrenees
Five Ways to Learn Ukrainian
This informal but informative article shares some less conventional ways to learn Ukrainian langu...
Specialties
Michelle specialises in travel writing, particularly slow travel that explores the hidden corners of Europe. She's an experienced mountain hiker and skier.
She also enjoys the challenge of writing up familiar areas beyond the cliché.
However, Michelle's research background means she’s open to investigating and writing on any topic.
Interests
Michelle's writing interests encompass fiction and non-fiction, including travel narrative as well as content writing.
Michelle's non-writing interests include travel, and she spends hours planning complex train routes around Europe.
Her most active hobby is mountain hiking, and she enjoys the challenge of summiting peaks in the Pyrenees and the Tatras. Michelle is also a photography enthusiast, which helps greatly when writing up trips.
When she's not working, Michelle enjoys reading fiction and travel narratives, preferably accompanied by a large mug of single-origin coffee.
Education
Lancaster University
Title of doctoral dissertation: The British in south-west France: Investigating positioning and distinction within migrant discourses and discourses of migration.
This Writer does not have any language experience listed on their profile.
Education
15 Projects Completed
As a writer of educational resources, Michelle has produced many online assessment resources for GCSEPod (Education Demand). These range from Entry level Functional Skills English through to GCSE English.
Travel
12 Projects Completed
Michelle has kept a travel blog for the past six years.
Blog Post
10 Projects Completed
Michelle has kept a travel blog for the past six years. Her blog was established with the aim to share experiences whilst enabling her to indulge in her writing.
Book
4 Projects Completed
Michelle has written books and ebooks in fiction and non-fiction. She published many of these using her own imprint. Her books focus on travel, but Michelle is open to working on book projects in other fields.
