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Another publication is finished and printed, and I’ve shared personal notes and photos from the process on my blog, “Between Drafts.”

Reflections on “Adventures on (and Sometimes Off) the Hippie Trail, 1972–75”

When you work closely with an author on their book, you come to know them on an intimate level. You learn their daily routines and habits; you hear the stories of how they arrived at the place where they could entrust their manuscript to a relative stranger—someone who will shape it into a finished, living, breathing account of their experiences. I was honored that Moss chose me to help bring his book into the world.

My journey with Moss began with a phone call from a Crested Butte number that I curiously answered on a Friday evening. He introduced himself as Moss Wagner and said he had a manuscript that needed to be digitized so it could be made into a book. Moss mentioned that he had seen my ad in the Crested Butte News and had held on to it for nearly a year before he was ready to call...

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https://kathyamen.com/adventures-on-and-sometimes-off-the-hippie-trail-1972-75/

Check out my latest “Between Drafts” blog:

Reflections on “Adventures on (and Sometimes Off) the Hippie Trail, 1972–75” - Kathy Amen That’s Moss, clean-shaven, sporting a new earring and a fresh tattoo, Goa, India