Bad DirectionsSubscribe to Bad Directions, Elisabeth’s free newsletter about books, writing, and travel. Name Please enter your name. Email Address Please enter a valid email address. Subscribe Thanks for subscribing! Please check your email for further instructions. Something went wrong. Please check your entries and try again. Newsletter Archives March 31, 2024. Issue # 12: Designing a Book Cover Cover reveal for THE OUTLIER; an interview with a book designer; best TV shows about statecraft. February 25, 2024. Issue # 11: A New Highway to the Beach Breaking travel news from Oaxaca; a hot and heavenly beach town; writing wisdom from AWP; favorite travel websites. January 28, 2024. Issue # 10: What is Lab Lit? My First Speaking Gig of the Year What will replace the guidebook; Five ways to end a nonfiction story. December 31, 2023. Issue # 9: The Ultimate Packing List My OCD packing list; 2023 literary scandals; the best news of the year. November 26, 2023. Issue # 8: Get Warm in Winter Puerto Rico, USA; restaurants in Toronto, Canada; news about my novel; apps that have changed how I travel. October 26, 2023. Issue # 7: Haunted Hospital Ellis Island, New York, USA; Super-Basic Social Media; links to excellent short stories. September 24, 2023. Issue # 6: Magic in a Mountain The Palouse-to-Cascades Trail in Washington State, USA; the Blurbocalypse; favorite newsletters for writers. August 27, 2023. Issue # 5: The Perfect Quote Epigraphs; the Mother of the Atomic Bomb; New Hampshire Lakes, USA. July 24, 2023. Issue # 4: The City of Magnificent Intentions Favorite restaurants in Washington, DC, USA; novels with a sense of place. June 25, 2023. Issue # 3: Fact into Fiction in Baja; Spies on TV La Ventana, Mexico; fiction research; favorite espionage television series. May 15, 2023. Issue # 2: Travel Bugs of the Microbial Kind; Hot fiction About Messy Love Paris, France; Budapest, Hungary; favorite literary novels about relationships. April 15, 2023. Issue # 1: Return Trips, How to Start a Novel, Favorite Writing Podcasts Oaxaca, Mexico; writing craft; writing podcasts.