About Milli
Milliver’s Travels was started in the summer of 2009 as a fun solo hobby. Since then, Milli has hosted a variety of guest bloggers and, at one point, the site was running with a staff of 10+.
Visit the index for Milli’s own 60+ stories on Milliver’s Travels
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First, the usual career and where-I’ve-lived stuff . . .
MILLI THORNTON was born in Wallace, Idaho and spent her childhood in Great Falls, Montana. In 1972, at the tender age of 12, she moved to Australia with part of her large family.
Milli fell in love with Australia and stayed for 25 years. She has lived in Coffs Harbour, Dee Why and Leura in New South Wales, Airlie Beach in Queensland, The Dandenong Ranges in Victoria, and Darwin of the “Top End” (Northern Territory).
She returned to the USA in 1997. Since then Milli has lived in Oregon, New Mexico, Texas, Mississippi and Ohio. A bit of a gypsy, she is also a house sitter who has done gigs in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, California and Baja.
Milli is the author of Fear of Writing: for writers & closet writers. She is lead Course Presenter for the Fear of Writing Online Course and her mission is to put the fun back into writing.
An independent workshop presenter for the Fear of Writing Clinic, Milli’s e-book, Become a Workshop Presenter, won first place in its category at the DIY Festival. Milli also coaches writers at Writemorewords.com.
The author of two screenplays (see Ghost Train at AmazonStudios), she blogs at Screenwriting in the Boonies and hosts 10K Day for Writers.
Yada, yada. But who’s Milliver?

Milli with a fellow tourist, Niagara Falls
My dark and serious side was too apt to believe I’m not “worthy” to take up travel writing. I’m not some travel guru who jets off to Europe, Asia or another favorite continent where I know all the secrets on how to travel like a local.
But, so what? It’s OK not to be a jet-setter. It’s the spirit of the travel that counts.

Milli with a fellow gambler in Vegas
My own story is quite the opposite: After several decades of reclusive behavior related to PTSD, I’m using travel writing as a fun way to celebrate my recovery and reconnection with the world at large.