Welcome!
My name’s Matt, and I love to write and hike. I’m the author of 4000s by 40 and am currently working on book two. When I’m not doing that, I come here to share tales from the trail, reflections on the writing process, and explore hidden truths.
Whether you’re a hiker, a writer, or just someone trying to figure out their own next step, I hope this site encourages you to keep getting outside, keep exploring, and keep making new discoveries. I suppose this place serves as a very public reminder to myself that I need to keep doing the same.
Enjoy it out there!
What’s New
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There’s Poetry Out Here
There’s poetry out here if I keep my wits about me, stumbling out above the clear, upon the schist and scree. A chance to pull and find what huddled masses long to know, but never dare to leave behind the soil that they sow.
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The Hard is What Makes it Great
Been changing gears this week. I was working on one book and then came to realize, for a variety of reasons, now’s not the time—if ever. So I’m making the full shift into fiction-writing mode. I have two projects in mind, and one is coming to me more naturally at the moment, so I’m rolling…
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Have Words, Will Write for Nothing
I’ve made no money from writing so far. Zippo. Zilch. In fact, once you account for marketing, this website, hiring editors, graphic designers, and everything else, I’m still in the red. Recently, someone pointed out to me that only the exceptional few really ever make any money doing this. “So,” they asked, “why do this?…
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Cheating on Middle Pack Monadnock
I cheated the other day. Well, kinda. Sorta. But you can do that when you’re seeking out the forgotten Monadnock peak known as Middle Pack. Instead of doing it the “true” way—hiking up and over either Pack Monadnock or North Pack first—I took a shortcut and drove up to the summit of Pack Monadnock, something…