Three ways India Helped Me as a Writer

I’ve posted about myindia helped me as a writer recent trip to India—one of the most difficult but also one of the most fascinating trips I’ve ever taken.  I’m also a mystery writer and India helped me as a writer.  How?

  1.  When you arrive in India, it “assaults” a Western traveler with total sensory overload.  The smells, sounds, colors, and tastes are so

Riding an Elephant to the Palace

riding an elephantDuring my recent adventure to India, my wife and I wanted to ride an elephant.  After all, we were in India where elephants are still used in parts of the country as work animals instead of machines.  We had ridden one in Cambodia and there’s nothing more exciting that swaying back and forth as this huge, gentle animal …