Freelance piece in Literary Traveler

It’s called Into Denali: Not Quite Following in Chris McCandless’s Footsteps.

I submitted another piece to this online literary magazine, and they sent me an encouraging rejection. Every aspiring writer knows that the encouraging rejection is the first step on the road to success, so I read a few of the other essays on their site and then wrote this piece specifically for them. It was a bit of a revelation: You get published when you give the publishers what they want. I’m exploring this a bit more with some work for The Ann Arbor Observer and pitches to a few other magazines. It’s exciting, tons of fun, and a great opportunity!