Meet Stacy
I've been a reader my whole life — one book a day, every summer, since I was five. I've traveled on six continents. I lived in England for three years. I'm currently writing a historical fiction series set in 1930s East Tennessee. And somewhere along the way, I realized the most meaningful trips I'd ever taken were the ones where I did my reading first.
That's what Early & Away is. I design travel experiences for book clubs, writers, and curious readers — trips where the reading list and the destination are built for each other. I find the places that reward close attention, build the itinerary, and handle every detail. Sometimes I'm there with you. Sometimes I'm not — but I'm still living every moment of it through the planning, imagining you standing in the exact spot where the novel turns.
What I Do
Custom book club trips built around the novels you've read together, plus curated reading retreats at boutique properties. Your club picks the books. I handle everything else.
Research travel planning shaped around your project. Whether you're a novelist gathering sensory details or a nonfiction writer conducting interviews, research travel has different requirements than leisure travel. I specialize in understanding what writers need.
Hosted group travel experiences — every trip is built around a reading list, a landscape with literary resonance, and a group of people you'd actually want to spend a week with.
Most of my travelers are women traveling solo. Every detail is designed with that in mind. Book with me and you'll join a private group channel weeks before departure — you won't arrive as a stranger.
My Approach
I work with writers — novelists, nonfiction writers, essayists, journalists, memoirists, and travel writers — who want to engage with place as part of their creative process. And I work with readers and book clubs who want to step off the page and into the places that shaped the stories they love.
I also welcome solo travelers who think like writers: observant, curious, and attentive to context — even if they never plan to publish a word.
I design experiences in destinations that reward close attention and layered thinking. I don't rush. I don't over-explain. I create the conditions that make insight possible: thoughtful pacing, strong local connections, and logistics that support immersion rather than distraction.
Why Early & Away Exists
Writers travel with a purpose beyond leisure. They're not collecting experiences to remember — they're gathering material to transform. They're not looking for highlights. They're looking for the details that make a place feel lived-in rather than described. That requires different logistics, different pacing, and different priorities.
Readers travel with a purpose beyond sightseeing. They've already spent hours inside a place through the pages of a book. When they arrive in person, they're not tourists — they're returning to somewhere they've already been in their imaginations. That kind of travel deserves more than a hop-on-hop-off bus.
I built Early & Away to remove the friction between what these travelers need and the reality of travel logistics — so you can arrive ready to notice rather than manage details.
Ready to Begin?
If you're working on a project that requires place-based research, planning a book club trip, or simply curious about how travel can deepen your relationship with the books and places you love — I'd love to hear from you.
Trip announcements, curated reading lists, and the occasional dispatch — before anyone else.