A short while ago I wrote this post about the emerging online market for travel writing.
I explained how changes in search engine and social media technology were causing commercial travel websites to start seeing themselves as travel publishers in their own right, opening up significant new opportunities for professional travel journalists.
The idea is that [...]

When I was at Conde Nast, my colleagues and I periodically talked about how powerful the words “Free” and “Sex” were.
Those were the two words that sold the most magazines, the two most frequently used words on the covers. However, they were never used together (which, quite frankly, would have drawn even more readers).
Now [...]

For some reason, most people believe (falsely) that they need loads of cash, and a year long sabbatical to write a travel book.
Don’t get me wrong, having loads of cash is never a bad thing, but it just isn’t necessary. 
The most expensive part of travel should be the plane ticket, which hopefully you can [...]

Travel writers make great novelists.
They have all the ingredients – writing ability, courage and the creative fuel of seeing new places.
With this in mind, I thought I’d share a few tips about how to write and sell travel fiction.

I now write travel fiction for a living, but writing novels and getting paid for [...]