The Writer’s Road Trip

Ron Heacock on traveling as muse

Jul 08, 2026

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Someone is looking at a map of the united states.

As a novelist, songwriter and artist, I think of traveling as the little known tenth muse.

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R. K. Hillhouse

We are Ron Heacock & Karen Walasek, PhD Ron spent years as a performing songwriter. He has an MFA and an MA in publishing and Sustainability. Karen, a Polish American grandmother, midwife and scholar, she has an MFA & a PhD sustainable education.