About Carla King
Carla
King's American Borders is a book based on her 1995 chronicles of
breakdowns in small towns all around the USA during a four-month stint as
R&D test rider for Ural America. Her Motorcycle Misadventures series continued in
China, India, Europe, and Africa on other cranky indigenous motorcycles like
the Chinese Chang Jiang and the Royal Enfield Bullet. A longtime tech writer,
journalist, and web developer, Carla started self-publishing in 1994 with a
guide to Cycling the French Riviera. In 2001 her writing group
self-published Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel, which was picked up
by a traditional publishing house. E-books and magazines she has produced
include Motorcycling for Beginners, Ireland: The Sacred and the Profane, Taking Flight: An
Offering for First-Time Travelers, and Writing: Your Passport to Life. Carla co-founded the
Self-Publishing Boot Camp program in 2010, and she is a frequent speaker and
columnist on the topic. She doesn’t know where her next trip will be but
wherever she is you can always find her at CarlaKing.com.
For an extended interview, check out this (pdf) interview from Urban Moto Magazine's April 2008 issue. For more about her adventure travel find personal interviews and articles on the press page. Carla is a regular contributor to magazines like Women Riders Now and Kawasaki Accelerate.
Carla is also a writing and publishing coach and consultant. She teaches workshops on self-publishing and creating your own publishing company. She writes the PBS MediaShift column on self-publishing and blogs for the Indie Pub Journal.
Here are links to stories, audio and video on motorcycling, adventure travel, and self-publishing.
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