[danielmendez]

Hi all.

Not sure if this is the right place to shamelessly promote myself but here goes. I recently tried writing about my experiences on a bike and posted a couple of short articles with photos to Medium.

Hope you enjoy reading them. Please feel free to share or leave comments on what you think about them. (Basically if you think they’re any good or not) 🙂

Cheers.

Article 1: https://medium.com/@growsunday/off-the-f-ing-chain-20cf37c56b6d

Article 2: https://medium.com/@growsunday/when-you-rent-a-house-always-check-the-cellar-87e358814b8c

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[danielmendez]

Thanks Stratman, glad you
Thanks Stratman, glad you enjoyed reading them.

[Stratman]

Good read, thanks – I look
Good read, thanks – I look forward to reading more!

[danielmendez]

Glad you liked the pieces.
Glad you liked the pieces. Thanks for reading. Good luck with your blog too 🙂

[danielmendez]

Glad you liked it
Here is
Glad you liked it 🙂

Here is the route we planned for the 2nd day. We pretty much stayed on track.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=z3_JIZqj1Hks.kEnkzSBA1QS4&usp=sharing

[crazy-legs]

Do you have a route for that
Do you have a route for that Barmouth weekend? Looks amazing, I recognise some of it but not all.
The writing combined with the pictures really makes it, brings the words to life well.

[Groggy PM]

I enjoyed reading these,
I enjoyed reading these, especially the second one. I’m doing the same thing but I’m going to try and establish a narrative based around diet, health and cycling and try and chronicle improvements in mood, energy etc.

http://thegroggycyclist.blogspot.co.uk

Good luck with yours – I’ll keep reading if you keep writing!

[vincent31]

nice read! thanks Daniel
nice read! thanks Daniel =D>

[danielmendez]

Thanks for the Ride Journal
Thanks for the Ride Journal tip by the way. I’ve downloaded most previous issues and can hardly stop reading them. Great magazines 🙂

[danielmendez]

Thanks, I’ll definitely check
Thanks, I’ll definitely check them out.

[chokofingrz]

Check out
Check out http://www.theridejournal.com and download a past issue if you want to read some superb cycling prose and get inspired to pursue your writing/cycling dreams to the next level.

[danielmendez]

Hi barbarus,
Thank you for
Hi barbarus,

Thank you for your comments. For your kind words and your feedback too. Like you said, putting your work out there for people to read can be a nervous experience.

I’ll absolutely take on board your comments about avoiding cliche’s and in jokes and work hard at finding an ‘angle’ too.

Thanks again.

[barbarus]

Well, I enjoyed reading them.
Well, I enjoyed reading them. It’s refreshing to read something original and creative on a link from an internet message board. It’s a very exposing feeling, presenting your work to the world! (I know, I’m a mediocre song-writer) so thank you for posting the link.

I thought the story about the cellar find in France was the better story, although the photography in the Wales story was stunning. That’s because of the element of surprise, the emotional turn of the story from disappointment to something unusual and surprising.

It’s much harder to turn “I went cycling for two days with my mates” into something that has a spark, something that, to be blunt, other people will want to read. Of course, people like me will always want to read about other people on bikes. But if you’re looking to write for a wider audience, you need to have another angle aside from “we had a great time on our bikes”.

Otherwise, I would try to avoid cliche, colloquialism (out of nowhere, as you do), and in jokes between your friends. I hope this doesn’t sound harsh, it isn’t supposed to. I’m saying it again, I enjoyed reading them and even if they’d been awful, which they’re not, they’d hold more value than most commentary below the line here, mine included. Keep doing it, i’ll check for the next one.

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