Writings (and Other Things Thrown Out There)
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Matador Network Publications
- Losing My Travel Virginity: Ghana 07 August 2009
- The Protector of Tophane: 10 July 2009
- Food Stories From the Matador Community: 30 June 2009
- 5 Matadorians to Meet Right Now: The Twitter Edition (I’m #2!)
- Writing a Novel in 30 Days: Matadorians Participate in National Novel Writing Month (One of which would be me!)
- Classrooms Around the World (Photo Essay) 26 October, 2010
Guest Posts and Reprints
- (101 Things About Shanghai) The Fabric Market 15 October, 2010 (Backpackforever.com)
- Harbingers of Dumplings: 2.5 Days in Harbin, China 19 December, 2010 (Backpackforever.com)
Blogs
- The Further Adventures of Yaramaz Somewhere(2004-Present, but rarely updated)
- Yaramaz Has Left The Building (2006-2009ish- only used when Live Journal is banned)
- It Seemed Like a Good Idea at the Time (2010- used for MatadorU writing assignments- not updated)
- She Went Away (A clearinghouse of sorts, where everything is kept under one roof, just in case)
- Wok With Me Baby (September 2011 NEW! An experimental cooking blog, attempting to make favourites from home in China)
- Awesome Mops of China (January 2012 NEW! A Tumblr devoted entirely to anthropomorphizing mops!)
Interviews
- With The Brink of Something Else(August 2010)
- With Go! Overseas (September 2010)
- With Pocketcultures (January 2011)
Mentions
- Suzy Stumbles Upon…31 August 2010, 26 July 2010 , 7 March 2011
- Beers and Beans Blog Carnival chose my parents’ trip to Qibao post to be in their round-up.
- Life on Nanchang Lu‘s Fiona writes about being interviewed for this site (9 April 2011)
- I win the Unbrave Girl Best Friend Sweepstakes (4 April 2011)
- I wrote a little about what to expect when living in China on Shanghai Novice (May 2011)
- I contributed to a panel discussion on social media for TravelBlogs.com (May 2011)
- My Cookie post was chosen as Landlopers’ Pick of the Week (27 May 2011)
- I was the GoAbroad Blog of the Week! (20 August, 2011)
- This was the blog post by Indi.ca that set the Sri Lanka frenzy off (August 2011)
- I’m a worker of the world (as determined by Working Traveler) (August 2011)
- The Art of Travel Blogging Panel Discussion and Commentary by TravelBlogs.com (Setptember 2011)
- The Working Traveller did a pleasantly unexpected profile of my blog (October 2011)
- TwentySomething Travel included my Privilege post in her Best of 2011 roundup (December 2011)














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Hi Kate,
What is your website? I don’t do guest posts and I generally don’t do advertising but if you let me know what your site is I can let you know.