Storytelling as a Nomad

Nomad Profile

Laura is a successful travel writer and international bestselling novelist. Her writing career spans travel journalism, travel writing, non-fiction, and literary fiction, including the acclaimed novel Lenny, about a ten-year-old boy who wants to save his home.

I subscribe to her Substack and bought her Green Travel Guide, soon to be re-released. Laura is known for immersive, culturally rich storytelling. And I agree! Give her a follow.

9 Fun Facts

• Name: Laura

• Age: Just getting started

• Nationality: Irish

• Nomadic Stance: Far travelled. These days, big fan of slow travel. Less - but meaningful - is more.

• Last Corporate Job: CEO PEN International - a freedom of expression organisation representing writers across 145 countries

• Current Job: Writing is never a ‘job’. That’s the beauty of it.

• Favourite Country: Ireland

• Next Stop: Currently - Balearics

• What do you like best about the nomad life? Connection

2 Questions

1) You’re a professional travel writer and novelist. What type of writing is your favourite?

I’ve always been fascinated by place, language and culture. That’s reflected in all my work and how I live.

Whether in novel writing, travel writing, any storytelling - it’s always more a question of is this somewhere or something I’m really curious about. Ultimately it comes down to is it meaningful or not. As a reader, it’s the same criteria.

2) You write 3 Substack publications. How do you do it?! And why write 3?

Really it’s one publication under my name - divided into 3 related strands: Storycraft - reflective essays on the power of story and narrative; Write Your Way Around The World - insights into how to build a career as a travelling writer; and The Green Travel Guide - slow travel stories and guides.

All three grow from the same root: a belief that how we attend to story, language, and place shapes cultural understanding - and what that means for people, place, and planet.

We’re all lots of stories - why just write one?

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Christened “Wander Woman” by National Geographic, Erin Michelson has traveled to 130+ countries & all 7 continents. She is a professional speaker and author of the Nomad Life™ series of curated trips and travel guides, including the #1-ranked Explore the World with Nomads.

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