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Sunday, June 28, 2026

Tag: Travel Stories

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I made a new book cover with Procreate

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Following last week’s article and the joy of travel websites, I was feeling inspired. I have many passions in life beyond travelling, drawing and writing but those three sound cooler … Read More

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Promotion of Travel Book Time!

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I have recently been mentally busy. This is the busiest time of year with seemingly everyone I know asking me to write or edit something or other. I am also … Read More

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Short, fun travel tales!

ward 17/08/2017

I haven’t done this for ages, so it seems the perfect time to publicise my short collection of lighthearted travel tales. “Australia, Morocco, and Thailand. Three True Travel Stories”.

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Australia, Morocco, Thailand. Three true travel stories

ward 11/06/2015

I usually give the blurb I wrote but instead I thought it would be nice to include a couple of reviews written on the US Amazon website.

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Australia, Morocco, and Thailand. Three True Travel Stories

ward 06/08/2013

Jason Ward tells three true stories of fairly perilous travel.

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