Are Bloggers Opportunists and Social Media Whores?

Last week I saw two different writer friends in India sharing an article on social media and it made me want to click over to see what I was missing. Then I read it and walked away feeling personally disparaged. The author was coming off of a writing hiatus and essentially blaming ME (well, not me exactly but ‘foreign writers living in India’ during the time of the Delhi gang rape who wrote about it, which I was and DID) as one of the key culprits for her move away from the writing scene. (more…)

Back to Blogging Again — YeeHaw!

It’s 10pm and the first raindrops of the monsoon season are falling in Hong Kong. My speakers are belting out Steely Dan and I can’t seem to keep my toes from wigglin’ because tonight is the first time since the beginning of November that I’ve opened up my blog and wanted to type my little heart out again in ages. And although I know this isn’t going to be a long epic post and it probably won’t be very interesting to anyone, for me it’s a milestone because tonight officially marks the end to six months of blogger’s block! (more…)

Angela’s Asia Just Launched! My New Home for Luxury Travel Reviews for Asia

Man have I missed food blogging and writing travel reviews since leaving India back in 2013 {oh my gawd, like totally a lot!}. So it is with a heart full of GLEE and LOVE that I introduce you to my new baby Angela’s Asia, which has just launched now that I’m all settled into life in my new home Hong Kong. (more…)

26 Days ‘til the First Day of the Rest of My Life? No Way!

I’m sat on a plane, reminiscing. To say the least, the past year has been a crazy roller coaster of a ride. A little bit I’ve shared here and there, much of it I’m still not ready to blog about…but what I do know with 100% certainty is that the past 14 months have been filled with too many ups and downs. One definite and unexpected victim of the past year has been my life as a personal blogger, almost entirely. (more…)

Insane World of Food Blogging: or Why Some Amateur Food Critics Are Idiots

I’m quite proud to have been included in an article about the rise in popularity of food blogging in the national Indian business and financial magazine, Business Today. (more…)

My Top 5 Odd, Sweet and Hysterical Blog Comments & Mail

So it’s been just over a year since I’ve been writing Angela’s Adventure In Bangalore. I started it just for my friends and family so in the beginning I didn’t have an email address so readers could contact me or a Facebook page – because only 30 or 40 people were reading my blog each day and they all had my contact info. (more…)

DNA Newspaper Printed My Photo, My Article Without My OK: A Lesson in Copyright

This morning I received a Blackberry message from my mate Yon that basically went like this:

- Yon: Hey you…just saw ur article in today’s paper, ur a rockstar… 🙂
- Me: ?? What are you talking about? That photo from Love Shack a couple of weeks ago for page 3?
- Yon: No, it’s a huge article titled “tall, blonde, female…” all about you

(more…)

Bangalore Blog Hate Mail Over My Indian Wedding Post

Well, over the past week I have received my first few hate emails from the blog. Hmmmm, does that mean I have made it?? Like actors who know they’ve “made it” when they have their first stalker?? (more…)

© 2021 ANGELA CARSON. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. DO NOT COPY AND REPRODUCE TEXT OR IMAGES WITHOUT PERMISSION.