by bublish | Sep 16, 2026 | Cycling, Indie Author, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
September 22, 2026, marks five years since I launched my first book, Suit to Saddle: Cycling to Self-Discovery on the Southern Tier. A year later, Forty to Finish: Cycling to Victory on the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail followed. Five years seems like a pretty good time...
by bublish | May 12, 2026 | Cycling, Indie Author, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
You can’t make this up. On Friday, May 8th, 2026, a few miles outside of Jamestown in Charles City, along the Virginia Capital Trail, I met a cyclist named John (Hope on Two Wheels). He was at the very beginning of a journey that would carry him across America to...
by Larry Walsh | Jan 1, 2024 | Indie Author
October 3, 1986 – Fort Polk, LA – Home of the 5th Infantry Division (Mech) Sorting through old belongings often becomes routine after settling into a new home. For reasons unknown, certain items remain packed in boxes move after move—guilty as charged....
by Larry Walsh | Sep 3, 2023 | Indie Author, Travel Adventure
When I opened the August 2023 issue of Adventure Cyclist, a magazine for cycling enthusiasts published by the Adventure Cycling Association, and saw the article “Double the TransAm, Double the Fun,” I was immediately drawn in. There are a lot of...
by Larry Walsh | Jun 3, 2023 | Cycling, Indie Author, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
Common Folk Doing Uncommon Things In March 2019, I watched a YouTube video of the 2016 TransAm Bike Race (TABR). Lael Wilcox overtook Steffen Streich on the last day of the 4,200-mile race and won. She completed it in 18 days, the first woman to win the grueling...
by Larry Walsh | Dec 15, 2022 | Cycling, Indie Author, memoir, Travel Adventure, Writing Community
Maybe in 2023, the coin will land on the ‘this is the year to write a book’ side “I’ve thought about writing a book someday.” A statement I heard a lot over the past several months when talking to folks about my cycling and writing...