Do you think your friendship would be able to survive an 1,100 mile trek through the deserts of the Middle East? Or that you’d both be able to write a book about it together afterwards?
This week, Daysha sits down with Miles Spencer, half of the writing duo behind the Amazon bestseller, A Line in the Sand. They discuss how Spencer and his “adventure bestie,” Wells Jones, sought to better understand the Middle East for themselves in a post-9/11 world after reading Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawerence.
Inspired by Lawrence’s ability to translate his experience and understanding of the Middle East to the westerners of his time, Spencer and Wells not only take up his journey mapped out in Seven Pillars IRL, but they also go on the journey of a lifetime–writing a historical fiction novel together. And it is through both of these journeys that they hope to lead readers of our time to a deeper understanding of the Middle East, and the complex ways in which decisions of the past still continue to haunt the present.
Miles Spencer is a curious guy from Pittsburgh that asked a lot of questions and strayed a long way from home. He has been a mentor of tech founders for the last 30 years and previously worked as a Venture Principal at Capital Express, hosted MoneyHunt on PBS (which is the Shark Tank before Shark Tank), he has led over 1,500 people across 14 miles of open sea on kayak, and trekked 1,100 miles through the deserts of Saudi, Jordan and Syria–the experience from which his novel, A Line in the Sand, was born and ended up becoming an Amazon Bestseller in the Middle East.
To Connect with Miles:
Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/milesspencer/
Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/milesspencer
Website: https://milesspencer.com/
REFERENCES (As an Amazon Associate, Daysha earns a small percentage from qualifying purchases):
A Line in the Sand- Paperback, Kindle, Audible
Seven Pillars of Wisdom by TE Lawerence
Episode 11: How To Deal With Boundary Crossers FT. Calyx Vu-Bui
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