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Travel Michigan Part 3: What did my dog find in Rochester Hills? It wasn’t pretty.

Do road trips ever go perfectly? No, no travelling does. That’s a secret most travel writers (dog or otherwise) don’t always share. Of course, it doesn’t mean the entire trip is a bust. After driving to Michigan curled up in our new Solvit Dog Car Cuddler (my dog Victor, not me), then attending The Rochester […]

Travel Michigan Part 2: Testing a New Way to Road Trip with the Dog

Every fall I head to the Rochester Writer’s Conference at Oakland University in Rochester Hills, Michigan. I have for about six years. (Next year is the 10th Anniversary, so I’m expecting a party). This year, I brought my terrier Victor – not to the conference, but on this trip because this state, particularly around Rochester, […]

Travel Michigan Part 1: The Rochester Writer’s Conference with the dog

Every fall I make a pilgrimage to the Rochester’s Writers Conference in Rochester Hills, Michigan. It’s one excellent day of writing-related seminars on topics from character development in fiction to self-publishing for non-fiction writers. Six sessions plus lunch and a keynote speaker makes the three-hour drive worth it. It has nothing to do with dogs. […]