Who is this Hamlett chick?

My Literary Agent:
Scott Mendel
Mendel Media Group, LLC
115 W. 30th St.
Suite 800
NY, NY 10001
(646) 239-9896

I’m a writer, storyteller, nomad, and crazy-person-magnet who’s usually living in NYC, South America, New Mexico, or on the road somewhere in my truck – just think of it as a giant backpack I can drive and sleep in.

For the majority of my adult life, I’ve been living all over the United States, usually sleeping in a truck, tent, camoflage trailer in people’s driveways, wooden box in a back yard, cubicle made out of sheets in an office building in Queens, or some other free living arrangement.

I’ve also been working all over the country as a white water raft guide, Outward Bound instructor, ski instructor, outdoor educator, construction worker, waitress, fast food worker, set dresser in the film industry, and as god-knows-what for weird “jobs” I find on craigslist (I prefer to call them adventures). Somehow I’ve found myself pursuing, yet again, a career that doesn’t pay or provide health insurance – storytelling.

Now I’m living in South America. I update this blog regularly with pictures and stories from my travels down here or former travels all over The United States. Oh, yeah, and if you hadn’t notice already, I’m narcoleptic.

I’m also a two-time Moth Storyslam Champion and can be seen telling stories there and all over NYC when I’m not wandering around narcoleptically.

Also, if you just so happened to be a super important publishing industry person, I’ll have you know I just wrote my first book about my travels. I’m working on the proposal for my agent now. Feel free to call him and buy my book so I can buy myself some health insurance finally. Thanks!

This is me doing a senior portrait at the top of a climbing route in Patagonia.

I can now add “Protester” to the titles on my resume, thanks to Channel 10 News and Occupy Wall Street

Thanks for reading my stories (typos and all) and I hope you’re having a random, adventure-filled day.

When I’m not traveling around South America, I live in New York City, somewhere in my truck, or in this trailer in New Mexico.

and this is where I take a crap

To see more photos of where I live, click here http://melaniehamlett.com/2011/05/13/rich-people-arent-the-only-ones-with-summer-homes/

To see the story of how I even made bedbugs fun, and ended on Dr. Oz talking about it in front of 5 million people, click here

http://melaniehamlett.com/2009/12/06/how-bedbugs-got-me-on-televison/

To see the New York Times article I was mentioned in, click the link below.

A link to the story:
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/09/arts/09spare.html?_r=4

These are a couple stories from my former life:

I lived in a cubicle in an office space with 12 other people when I first moved to NYC

(This is the first trailer I ever lived in in New Mexico)