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News from Townsend 11<\/a>, the writing collective I’ve belonged to for years here in San Francisco:<\/p>\n First \u2014 Volume 1 of our new book series, No Fixed Destination: Eleven Stories of Life, Love, Travel<\/a><\/em>, was originally published in July as a Kindle book. But now we have made it available at most e-book stores:<\/p>\n This collection of 11 personal essays, memoirs, and true stories from Townsend 11, a group of award-winning writers, takes readers on emotional journeys and adventures from California to Croatia to China and back, Ethiopia to Egypt, England to New England, and Hawaii to Hot Springs, Arkansas.<\/p>\n Next \u2014 Volume 2 of the series, No Set Boundaries: Eleven Stories of Life, Misadventure<\/a><\/em>, will be published in a few days on the Kindle Store, and through other e-Book outlets a few weeks later.<\/p>\n In No Set Boundaries,<\/em> you can witness a Catalan ritual in Barcelona, shop the Italian way, freeze on an English beach, deal with prejudice in Ethiopia, backpack down a frightening road in Cambodia, rest in a California garden, and glide along on a French canal. You’ll learn about a bent zucchini that’s not a vegetable, try to help lost travelers, break a leg on a mountain trail, and dash through an ancient city in India.<\/p>\n And finally \u2014 Volume 3, No Definite Plans: Eleven More Stories<\/a><\/em> will be out this fall. More on this as we get closer to publication.<\/p>\n Townsend 11’s authors<\/a>\u00a0are: My contributions: a story in each volume, our website, and cover photography on Volume 2.<\/p>\n BUY OUR BOOKS: Volumes 1 and 2 are now available at most e-Book stores.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n No Kindle? No iPad? You don’t have to own an e-reader like a Kindle, iPad, Nook or other tablet to enjoy our e-books.\u00a0You can probably read them on a device you already own.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n Visit our website at townsend11.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n Like us on Facebook<\/a>.<\/p>\n For additional information, email info@townsend11.com<\/a>. 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