Travel

When I first conversed with veteran travel writer Bruce Northam at a media event last summer about his soon-to-be-published book, The Directions to Happiness . he described it as “Chicken Soup for the Traveler,” but then quickly added, “…with balls.” It's a book comprised of 110 uplifting narrative short stories from his travels through 135 countries, he said, meant to inspire hope about the world and how much we can learn when we dive head first into it.

Have you ever wondered how to be a seat filler at the Oscars. join the paparazzi at Sundance. become a movie extra, volunteer at the Tribeca Film Festival. or help set up the halftime stage at the Super Bowl ?

To get the guide into fans' hands fast, the author has teamed up with a new crowd-driven publishing platform. Inkshares. in order to raise enough money to cover the cost of production. There's only about $3,000 to raise towards the goal.