Giz Rogers "Spetz"

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"Writer"

Spetz is a “writer”, amateur emotional navigator, and survivor of his own worst instincts. When not actively pursuing his lifelong (and nearly realized) goal of becoming an official old coot, he can usually be found programming BMS controls and overthinking 80s mixtapes.
He remains baffled by the fact that Magnetic North, his first book, is a memoir, for lack of a better term, since he's not a big reader of non-fiction.
Magnetic North is the story of a young man who made a promise to himself in a time of crisis, finding his way through a major relationship failure that he carried too long and the journey back to his own side.

Sept. 11, 2026

Love, Bad Decisions & a Busted Binnacle: Inside the Mind of Spetz | Author Spotlight

What happens when you tell a dating service you want surprises? If you're Spetz, apparently you get more than you bargained for. In this episode of the Travel Time Stories: Author Spotlight Series, Shannon sits down with Spetz, author of Magnetic North: Navigating Love and Life with a Busted Binnacle—a funny, heartfelt and wonderfully unconventional memoir about romantic disasters, questionable decisions, friendship, memory and the people who somehow become landmarks in our lives. Our story b...