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Author: Nicky Redl
Nicky worked as a radio reporter, presenter and producer for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation for five years - in Sydney, the Outback in Broken Hill and the Tropics in northern Queensland. In Germany, she worked for a couple of years as a financial reporter for Dow Jones, contributing to the Wall Street Journal. She is now a freelancer living in Mexico. Nicky has degrees in communications and international relations and is also a qualified sports injury therapist.
Housing in Boulder, Colorado – finding a place as an incoming graduate student (from overseas)
Finding affordable housing in Boulder is a challenge. If you have a pet, it gets tricker. And if you’re an incoming graduate student from overseas without a rental history or credit score in the United States, housing could take significant time to suss out. As there are many people in the same situation, there are…
ADHD/ADD Resources for (Graduate) Students
1. Online bodydoubling. Involves working with either one other person or a group online. Each person shares their goals for the session, wishes others success, and then works on individual tasks with the mic off but (usually, but depends on platform) camera on for accountability. People who don’t know each other but have similar challenges…
Seeking light in the darkness – Writing about gun violence
Ever felt driven mad by an issue until you could no longer sleep, but didn’t know how to share it? You might just learn a thing or two from PEN International President Jennifer Clement, author of several acclaimed books and key speaker at this year’s San Miguel Writers’ Conference in Mexico. Approaching urgent and controversial…
Finding love – from a literary agent
Thinking of getting a literary agent? That can be easier said than done, with agents often sifting through masses of proposals. So how do you stand out and make an agency realize that your work is worth investing in? Anna Knutson Geller is a literary agent who splits her time between New York and San…
16 items that got me through the Hardrock 100
For a remote 100 mile race with a 48 hour cut off that could see you facing extreme weather conditions you want the right gear. The Hardrock 100 takes runners to over 14,000 feet altitude and the weather is unpredictable in the Rocky Mountains. Gear choices are personal, but here is what I took along…
Holiday with skulls – Day of the Dead Kids Festival
Dozens of local and international volunteers put on a holiday with skulls in the Mexican town of San Miguel de Allende, with mojiganga painting, crafting with 3D pens, a virtual reality stall, juggling, games, story telling and many other activities. And while everyone looked pretty scary, it was of course to celebrate the Day…
The Blood and Bore of Literary Readings
Have you ever been to literary readings and, despite your best intentions, felt in need of a strong coffee to make it through? You are not alone. Reading a book is a private experience. You can stop when you like, or stay up late getting lost in another world. It’s up to you. Public readings,…
The Hardrock 100 Mile course in pictures
Pictures from several days of course marking the Hardrock 100 Mile Endurance Run in the Rocky Mountains, Colorado. The photos show sections of Green Mountain/Buffalo Boy Ridge, Handies Peak, Oh! Point to Ouray, the climb to Virginius Pass, Grant-Swamp Pass and Island Lake. Hardrock is held every year in July, starting from the town of Silverton….
Thru Hiking the Continental Divide Trail
Braving raging rivers, thunder storms and giant snow lopes, Robert Manning thru hiking his way home from the Mexican border to Canada on the Continental Divide Trail – a journey of 3,100 miles (nearly 5,000 km) through the states of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Idaho and Montana. Some mornings are so cold that…