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Travel, writing, & travel writing
🌎 Digital nomad 10+ years
📝 Working on a novel about running away to join the Human Towers (castellers) in Barcelona.
❤️ street art, languages, ice skating
📍 Currently in Edinburgh, summer in UK
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Writer friends, need a website?

I'm phasing out Upwork & offering $500 (US) custom websites to authors/ creatives. Details on my website, here:
chriscadalzo.com/author-websi...

Message or reply w/ questions. I'm happy to help, even if we don't work together!

#5amwritingcommunity
#writing
#author
author websites - web developer
chriscadalzo.com
September 3, 2025 at 2:57 PM
I'm in Bath, England, and all the restaurants are labeled as such. So I'll be enjoying Tortilla Bath, Coffee Bath, Desserts Bath, Falafel Bath. I feel like I'm living in a kids' book.

#bath
#booksky📚
August 19, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Writing friends, do you have a website? If not, why not? If so, are you happy with it?

#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
August 18, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Comfort and adventure are opposites.

#nomadlife
#adventure
#travelquotes
July 3, 2025 at 9:45 AM
May 18, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Been in the UK 5 minutes and already said 'd'you know WOT?' As if I didn't have to get a visa to come here 😂

#nomadlife
#travel
#uk
May 15, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Barcelona is like, we told y'all, now we're turning off the WiFI 😂

This ad campaign in Barcelona is brutal... they're all like, stop scrolling and read a book/ go for a walk/ make a friend/ go for a bike ride, you lazy POS. I love it & feel personally attacked ❤️

#barcelona
#apagon
#stopscrolling
April 30, 2025 at 9:24 AM
Super old sun dial: recorda que els temps passa, cami de l'iternitat/ remember that time passes, road to eternity

Me: you think I don't fucking think about that every minute of every day????!!

#quoteoftheday
#barcelona
#travel
April 15, 2025 at 9:47 AM
This makes me sooooo annoyed. Why is there steam coming from sushi???

#petty
#barcelona
#butwhytho
April 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Idk, I'm just over here putting random words on the paper at this point 😂

#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
#booksky
April 9, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I hear a lot of talk about comps, but does anyone have an 'anti-comp'?

I do, and it's Adelaide. I want my book to show a very different 'American woman moves abroad' story. Sorry, not sorry.

#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
#booksky
April 6, 2025 at 2:17 PM
The team/ group bus back home at night after a big event is a whole vibe ❤️

#backonthebusyall
#nightbus
#nomadlife
April 5, 2025 at 9:22 PM
Have you tried calçots? It's a giant onion that you grill and then eat with romesco sauce. Highly recommend.

We made 6,000 of them for the neighborhood yesterday with the Castellers of Barcelona. Fem Calçots, fem barri.

#calçots
#barcelona
March 30, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Currently reading Tartufo by Kira Jane Buxton. I'm still early in the book, but dare I say I may actually have found a comp???!

Also, the writing is incredible.

#booksky
#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
March 25, 2025 at 11:05 AM
Googled 'badass' and this is what came up:

#castellers
#humantowers
#barcelona
#travel
#badass
A la primera ronda de la Diada de Can Jorba, descarreguem el primer 4d8 de la temporada! 💪

#BeneïdaBogeria #castells
March 24, 2025 at 9:46 AM
I feel like for me, any day I wake up in Spain is gonna be a good day ❤️

#valencia
#spain
#nomadlife
March 24, 2025 at 9:42 AM
PSA: if someone is out of office the 15-19, do not email them on the 19 and expect a response. They are still out of office, that's what 15-19 means.

#freelancelife
#outofoffice
March 19, 2025 at 2:28 PM
It's Summer Day here in Albania!!

The weather isn't 100% cooperating, but today marks the end of winter for Albanians.

They wear red & white string bracelets, and when they fall off, they throw them in the trees for the birds to use in their nests.

#tirana
#nomadlife
#albania
March 14, 2025 at 10:48 AM
No you cannot schedule a free 30 minute video interview for a $100 web development bug fix project, thank you.

#freelance
#webdev
#upwork
March 13, 2025 at 8:56 PM
I was worried when my first draft was only 50k words, but I'm up over 66k now and that just happened organically from adding things in here and there and revising.

Does that happen to you?

#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
#booksky📚
March 13, 2025 at 2:24 PM
Another day, another fruit-based crime in this country (Albania).

This is chicken parm. With kiwi and raisins.

#foodcrimes
#traveleats
#albania
March 12, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Opinions needed:
The best friend character's name is Charlotte/ Charlie, and I really like that name for her.

I'm now trying out Christina for the MC, which I also like.

Are the names too similar? Or do you think it's okay bc it's a K vs a CH sound?

#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
#booksky
March 12, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I try to say only nice things about places I travel, but I've never been elbowed & physically pushed (in lines, walking in the street, etc) so many times in my life. I'm from New York.

When the culture doesn't match your values, it's very hard to stay for long stretches.

#travel
#nomadlife
March 10, 2025 at 9:38 AM
50% of writing is just staring into space, which I'm really, really good at.

Unfortunately, the other 50% is actually writing, which I'm really, really bad at.

#5amwritersclub
#writingcommunity
#booksky
March 10, 2025 at 8:17 AM
I love this counter in the international bookstore in Skanderberg Square. And it's so nice to be able to find English language titles while traveling!!

#booksky📚
#tirana
#albania
#travel
March 9, 2025 at 12:38 PM