Tales From A Wandering Fool
Posted: December 21st, 2025, 7:00 am
Hello,
I'm looking for a few beta readers to read my latest book, Tales From A Wandering Fool: Stories of Family, Freedom, and The Road Less Traveled. It's 95,902 words after several rounds of editing and is made up of 24 short stories, though it still has a general plot arc. I will include a little about the book below. I am open to doing swaps with people if their work is in the right genre (I read fantasy, science fiction, memoirs, non-fiction, and more). Feel free to email me at statebystateadventure@gmail.com with any questions or if you want to be a beta reader for me.
Thanks,
Christopher Bloomfield
Tales from a Wandering Fool is a travel memoir that chronicles a family’s nine-year journey across America after a planned one-year trip quietly becomes a way of life. What begins as an experiment in freedom evolves into a relentless education in risk, resilience, and reinvention. Along the way, the family survives near-death encounters, mechanical disasters, bizarre strangers, and their own bad decisions—often with humor, sometimes by sheer luck. Blending the reflective self-discovery of Bill Bryson with the irreverent humor of Paul Theroux, the book explores what happens when stability is traded for uncertainty and comfort for the open road. At its heart, Tales from a Wandering Fool is about choosing motion over fear and discovering that the greatest lessons come when there’s no clear map forward.
I'm looking for a few beta readers to read my latest book, Tales From A Wandering Fool: Stories of Family, Freedom, and The Road Less Traveled. It's 95,902 words after several rounds of editing and is made up of 24 short stories, though it still has a general plot arc. I will include a little about the book below. I am open to doing swaps with people if their work is in the right genre (I read fantasy, science fiction, memoirs, non-fiction, and more). Feel free to email me at statebystateadventure@gmail.com with any questions or if you want to be a beta reader for me.
Thanks,
Christopher Bloomfield
Tales from a Wandering Fool is a travel memoir that chronicles a family’s nine-year journey across America after a planned one-year trip quietly becomes a way of life. What begins as an experiment in freedom evolves into a relentless education in risk, resilience, and reinvention. Along the way, the family survives near-death encounters, mechanical disasters, bizarre strangers, and their own bad decisions—often with humor, sometimes by sheer luck. Blending the reflective self-discovery of Bill Bryson with the irreverent humor of Paul Theroux, the book explores what happens when stability is traded for uncertainty and comfort for the open road. At its heart, Tales from a Wandering Fool is about choosing motion over fear and discovering that the greatest lessons come when there’s no clear map forward.