Now you can get my travel memoir, You Can Run, on Amazon used for 44 cents!! Soon you will get to read my two cents for two cents. They sell it for more at awesome retailers like Darlinghurst Bookshop or you can get it free at the...wait for it... Denver Public Library! Hat's off to the buyer at the DPL!
You see I got this email which was better than a plug in the New York Times. It made my week. Better than that - it made me realize that book (which I made nothing on) was worth writing.
Dear Jesse-
My name is Topher and I am 20 years old. I've never done anything consequential or seen anyplace out of the ordinary. I'm that over-ambitious 20-something everybody knows. I've always been spinning my wheels, stuck in place, and largely unsatisfied. My tastes for adventure usually landed me in trouble.
A month ago I woke up and decided to sell everything, ditch my apartment, everything in it, and my little-black book too. I resolved to travel until the money (or my taste for danger) runs out.
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| walter and I at Iguazu Falls |
You see I got this email which was better than a plug in the New York Times. It made my week. Better than that - it made me realize that book (which I made nothing on) was worth writing.
Dear Jesse-
My name is Topher and I am 20 years old. I've never done anything consequential or seen anyplace out of the ordinary. I'm that over-ambitious 20-something everybody knows. I've always been spinning my wheels, stuck in place, and largely unsatisfied. My tastes for adventure usually landed me in trouble.
A month ago I woke up and decided to sell everything, ditch my apartment, everything in it, and my little-black book too. I resolved to travel until the money (or my taste for danger) runs out.
How serendipitous then that I happened across your book in the warrens of the Denver Public Library. I cannot thank you enough for having written it. You have simultaneously encouraged and entertained me. I am heartened knowing that there are other gay, glam, and gritty gays out there. "You Can Run" was so helpful.
Kudos and happy adventuring
Thank you Topher and happy trails! Can't wait to read your adventures!
Back to Paradise
Vacation in the Cook Islands wasn't all about harassing sea cucumbers, but I didn't do very much more. I mean, would you? Here's some more scenery from the islands of Aitutaki and Roratonga:
Hard to pull ourselves away from the lagoon, but we did manage to go for a hike across Roratonga. Only took a few hours, and only got lost twice. Thankfully no predators!
Jesse Archer is an award-winning writer, actor, and rabblerouser.
Since graduating from the University of Southern California, Jesse traveled the world before landing in the East Village of New York City. He has appeared in the Off-Broadway hit Birdy's Bachelorette Party and on film in Boy Culture. Jesse also stars in gay romantic comedy favorites Slutty Summer and A Four Letter Word (which he co-wrote with director Casper Andreas). In 2010 he produced, co-starred, and scripted the hit comedy Violet Tendencies. His latest, Half-Share, set on legendary Fire Island is due out mid-2011. Jesse has penned features and pithy, promotional copy for various websites and print zines. He also wrote a popular column on urban gay life for OUT magazine. His first book, "You Can Run", was based on the two intrepid years he spent traveling through South America and was published by Haworth Press in 2007.
Since graduating from the University of Southern California, Jesse traveled the world before landing in the East Village of New York City. He has appeared in the Off-Broadway hit Birdy's Bachelorette Party and on film in Boy Culture. Jesse also stars in gay romantic comedy favorites Slutty Summer and A Four Letter Word (which he co-wrote with director Casper Andreas). In 2010 he produced, co-starred, and scripted the hit comedy Violet Tendencies. His latest, Half-Share, set on legendary Fire Island is due out mid-2011. Jesse has penned features and pithy, promotional copy for various websites and print zines. He also wrote a popular column on urban gay life for OUT magazine. His first book, "You Can Run", was based on the two intrepid years he spent traveling through South America and was published by Haworth Press in 2007.
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