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David Nilsen @davidnilsenbeer.bsky.social · Jul 22

Final Gravity Issue 03 has great articles from @meganululani.bsky.social, @nooranandchawla.bsky.social, @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social, & many others. Grab it super cheap here until our stock is back to a reasonable level: www.beantobarstool.com/shop/p/final...

Final Gravity, A Beer Zine Issue 03 — Bean to Barstool

Final Gravity Issue 03 tells personal, immersive stories from the world of beer, showcasing independent beer journalism and first person accounts from craft beer workers.

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Monica @softtail65.bsky.social · Jul 2

I need this book! Lol 😅🤣😂

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Jun 18

Something I think about a lot as a travel journalist: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/10/t...

The Travel Writer’s Dilemma: Share, or Gatekeep?

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Jun 6

My latest for Fodor's! www.fodors.com/news/news/is...

Vince Vaughn - Wikipedia

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Jun 3

My latest for Adventure.com:

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Inside North Korea 2025 from a guide | Adventure.com

Gareth Johnson has been to North Korea over 100 times. He was also one of the first people to enter North Korea earlier this year.

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · May 8

Excited to announce I've finally finished putting together my online travel writing course, where you'll find everything from pitching advice and sample pitches to how to afford travels, find your place in the travel media industry, and more!

www.feelgoodfreelancewriting.com/courses/get-...

Get Paid to Write About Your Travels

Zanny shares her secrets from 11 years of travel writing. From how to plan for travels and afford trips to pitching, writing, and even a private coaching discount thrown in, this course is all you nee...

www.feelgoodfreelancewriting.com

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Ryan Teague Beckwith @ryanbeckwith.bsky.social · May 8

how long do you think the average cardinal has been thinking about what papal name they would choose

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Apr 28

There's something addictive about booking the next international trip... And I just set up two!

Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Apr 25

As a freelancer, I've learned to reach out to old clients as soon as I can anticipate a slow down in my schedule. Today, prompting an old client meant landing enough work to know I'll have my rent covered the next couple of months!

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Julia Métraux @juliametraux.bsky.social · Apr 25

Wouldn't it be great if chronic illnesses were a little less chronic.

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Apr 17

I hit my 4-year anniversary of full-time freelance writing this week! Amazing how far I've come in that time, all the experiences I've had, and all I've learned along the way...

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Apr 15

April is always my busiest month--just got through a week where I had SIX deadlines and can't wait for a little break...

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eileen chengyin chow @chowleen.bsky.social · Apr 10

They were careless people, Tom and Daisy- they smashed up things and creatures and then retreated back into their money or their vast carelessness or whatever it was that kept them together, and let other people clean up the mess they had made.

-FS Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby, published 4/10/1925.

Original 1925 jacket cover of The Great Gatsby

The Great Gatsby
Here is a novel, glamorous, ironical, compassionate a marvellous fusion into unity of the curious incongruities of the life of the period which reveals a hero like no other one who could live at no other time and in no other place. But he will live as a character, we surmise, as long as the memory of any reader lasts.
"There was something gorgeous about him, some heightened sensitivity to the promises of life. ..
It was an
extraordinary gift for hope, a romantic readiness such as I have never found in any other person and which it is not likely I shall ever find again?"
It is the story of this Jay Gatsby who came so mysteriously to West Egg, of his sumptuous er-tertainments, and of his love for Daisy Buchanan a story that ranges from pure lyrical beauty to sheer brutal realism, and is infused with a sense of the strangeness of human circumstance in a heedless universe.
It is a magical, living book, blended of irony, romance, and mysticism.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
The
GREAT GATSBY
FITZGERALD

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Apr 9

Greenland and Jordan are up there for me!

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Apr 9

I took three days to do an at-home meditation retreat and WOW did I need that... Hard to be ambitious and also value work-life balance.

Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Mar 28

My latest for Travel Age West!

www.travelagewest.com/Travel/Adven...

Visiting Indigenous Communities in the Yucatan Peninsula

Take part in community-led tourism experiences that offer the chance to participate in Indigenous empowerment and ecotourism

www.travelagewest.com

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Mar 26

Of course it's only when I sit down to meditate that I suddenly remember all the tasks I wanted to add to my to-do list... An added challenge for clearing the mind I guess!

Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Mar 25

For some reason late March-May has been my busiest time of year as a freelance writer since 2021. Anyone else in the throes of busy season?

Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Mar 19

I got to write for my dream publication! www.nationalgeographic.com/travel/artic...

Germany’s Camino trek rivals Spain’s famous pilgrimage—and is a lot less crowded

The Camino de Santiago is more than just one 500-mile route through Spain. Here’s why you should consider hiking the German section of trails.

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OutThere | Experiential Journeys @outtheremag.bsky.social · Mar 19

Building on our inaugural Icons of Inclusion event last year, we catch up with Go Beyond Holidays co-founder Ian Callen to explore the challenges of travel for people with hidden disabilities and the need for better accessibility beyond physical accommodations.

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Ian Callen on how supported travel can open doors and break down barriers

With Go Beyond Holidays, Ian Callen opens up a world of travel for those with different cognitive abilities – here, he shares his thoughts on inclusion.

www.outthere.travel

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Mar 6

No task more challenging than writing a short bio about myself...

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Katie Hammel @katiehammel.bsky.social · Feb 27

Call for pitches: We're looking at launching a destination-focused newsletter at point.me, and I'm looking for pitches from writers with deep expertise in a particular city or region(live in/visit often).
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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Feb 27

Getting woken up early by the fire alarm low battery chirp means it's the perfect day to work from the couch...

Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Feb 26

Despite the fact that I'm both well-traveled and a travel journalist, I'm terrible at packing and always get stressed out before my trips...

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Zanny Merullo Steffgen @zanmerusteffgen.bsky.social · Feb 25

In today's Substack, my dad and I discuss community and its power in such an isolating time.

merullo.substack.com/p/no-man-is-...

No Man is an Island

The power of community

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