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The Sharonicles is media-friendly and open to media trips, event invitations and reviews, as well as collaborations, within reason. I am always 100% transparent if I have anything to gain from a post. All opinions expressed here are my own.

If you are interested in marketing opportunities, sponsorships or collaborations, please feel free to contact me here, through my social media platforms (at the bottom of this page) or through my Webfluential account. 

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Writing services and content creation

As a freelance writer,  travel content takes up the majority of my time, however,  I have written emails, app content, websites content, corporate video scripts, business proposals, magazine articles, Facebook posts, film treatments, blogs, music video treatments, television promos, brochures, roadshow scripts and press releases.  My experience includes an animated feature film treatment, a documentary about a church organ and a number of articles and columns for different travel publications. For South African readers, I also managed to complete an episode of Tswelopele Production's Top Billing (flighted in November 2013) without using the word 'palatial' even once!

I often work for international clients. As a native English speaker located in a Third World country, I am able to provide quality content at a First World standard at an affordable price. 

Should you require the services of a freelance writer, please feel free to contact me here, or through any of my social media platforms. 


Achievements:

A Sharonicles blog post entitled, “One more contract and I’m done!”, went viral at the end of 2018. It was picked up by Lonely Planet Pathfinders and has now been read close to 100 000 times.

Travel content republished by Bored Panda went viral in mid-2020 and has now been viewed over 40 000 times:


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“One more contract and I’m done”

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An attempt to explain cruise ship employment addiction



We’ve all heard it before: “I swear this is my last contract” or “One more contract and I’m done.” These phrases are used a lot, mostly by people on their first contracts as cruise ship employees. They’re very serious about it as if they really believe what they are saying. The rest of us cruise ship veterans just smile at each other and shake our heads. We remember when we were young, naive, and new to ships, and we told ourselves the same lies. Being a crew member on a cruise ship is incredibly addictive. Well, some people hate it and never do a second contract. For the rest of us, quitting ships is like trying to kick a drug habit.
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A Complete Guide to Surfing in Muizenberg, Cape Town

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While South Africa is famous for its surf beaches, the good ones (like the renowned Jeffrey's Bay) tend to be in the Eastern Cape. The east coast near Kwazulu Natal offers some decent surfing conditions too, with the added bonus of a year-round warm tropical climate. The Western Cape on the southwest point of South Africa has neither warm water (you will have to wear a wet suit and the water will still give your feet an ice-cream headache) nor perfect conditions, but it is definitely up there in the top three places to surf in South Africa! The sharks in these waters also tend to be the 'Great White' variety BUT, other than that, if you're into surfing - or you're a complete novice and you feel like giving it a bash - and you happen to be in Cape Town anyway, Muizenberg Beach is DEFINITELY the place to go. 

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The most enviable inanimate objects in the world
The first recorded act of ‘gnoming’ (the act of stealing a garden gnome, photographing it around the world, and returning it with photos) happened in Sydney, Australia, in the 1980s. When the story made the news, the prank gained popularity. In 2001, the French film Amelie also made reference to the prank. It was also the inspiration behind the ‘Roaming Gnome’ advertising campaign by Travelocity, where their gnome is photographed in different locations around the world. Other lawn ornaments that have since made headlines for being ‘gnomed’ include: Murphy / Barrington, Leopold the travelling gnome and "Gnome" Seversonto name a few. 

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Those of you who know me, know that I’ve been working on a travel memoir for quite some time now. Lately, I’ve been looking into what it takes to get a literary agent, and from what I can tell, unless you’re already famous, your chances of getting published are slim to none. Agents and publishers are more interested in the size of your platform than whether or not you can string a sentence together. It doesn’t matter how many thousands of people (87) have read one of your recent blog posts (this one), an illiterate person with 2 million Instagram followers is more likely to get a book deal. 
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Welcome to the Sharonicles


The Sharonicles is a travel humour blog by a South African travel writer. With six years of experience as a cruise ship crew member, her travels on ships and on land have taken her to 57 countries on five different continents.  She photographs a plastic flamingo called 'Rodrigo' on her adventures because it seemed like a good idea ten years ago and it’s probably too late to turn back now. She also likes unicorns, carbs and referring to herself in third-person.

Here she shares advice, opinions and anecdotes revealing the funny side of travel from her experiences. 

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Practical travel tips and destination guides 
for anyone visiting any of the places I have been.




My thoughts on travel mascots, photographing 
your butt in exotic locations and the addictive 
nature of cruise ship employment, 
among other things.

True stories about trying to find trolls in 
Norway, toilets in Denmark 
and getting flashed in Cuba, to name a few.

Tips for cruisers and crew 
members, as well as anecdotes from a variety 
of experiences at sea.

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