Archive for the ‘Guest Blog Posts’ Category

The Road to Passionate Travel Writing
By Veronica Pamoukaghlian
[Posted on: 30 August 2010]
[Posted in: Enhance Your Writing, Getting Readers, Guest Blog Posts]
[8 Comments]

The first time I went to Greece was in 1997.
I had decided to see a bit of Europe after spending some months on the island of Ibiza.
As things were, I had picked up a German copy of Henry Miller’s “The Colossus of Maroussi” a book that I still keep albeit in a rather [...]

Make the Most Out of a Writing Workshop
By Prime Sarmiento

Writing is my passion and my livelihood.
This is why it’s important for me to join a writer’s workshop as I consider it both as a treat to myself and a career investment.
Going to a three day workshop allows me to have a break from the daily stream of news that passes through my inbox [...]

Writing The Perfect Lodging Review
By Nancy Brown
[Posted on: 13 August 2010]
[Posted in: Enhance Your Writing, Guest Blog Posts]
[11 Comments]

My name is Nancy Brown and I have a confession to make: I sleep around a lot.
Now don’t take that wrong. I’m a lodging editor.
I review two properties a week and I’m paid to sleep in other people’s beds.
While this may sound like an ideal job, the type of travel writing I [...]

When Good Press Trips Go Bad
By JoAnna Haugen
[Posted on: 6 August 2010]
[Posted in: First Person Experience, Guest Blog Posts, Overcoming Obstacles]
[10 Comments]

 
When we go on press trips, we hope that we’ll have fun, eat the local food, meet interesting people and pick up a story or two along the way that will knock the socks off of our editors.
Unfortunately, there will be press trips that are unorganized, boring and uninspiring … and finding a story to [...]

Travel Writers, Are You Service Minded?
By Susan Farewell
[Posted on: 2 August 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, The Ambidextrous Travel Writer]
[4 Comments]

One of the very first things I had to accept about the kind of travel writing I do is that it’s a service.
While I was inspired by the likes of Lawrence Durrell, Paul Theroux and Jan Morris, I was writing for a Condé Nast magazine.
Articles had to be short and to the point, [...]

PR/Blogger Relations Manifesto
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 21 July 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Overcoming Obstacles, Tips & Tricks]
[7 Comments]

Today’s Post is a re-print of a terrific article I found that I believe every travel blogger should read.
The author, Lisa Gerber of Big Leap Creative, graciously agreed to let me re-publish her wonderful advice to bloggers, which was inspired by her trip to TBEX10 last month.
So without further ado, here is Lisa’s article – [...]

Freelance Writer’s Rights
By Jill Pertler
[Posted on: 16 July 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Overcoming Obstacles, Writer's Resources]
[3 Comments]

Most writers have a certain ownership of their words.
Of course we do! As professionals, we also expect others to pay us for our words.
When publishers or editors purchase an article or story, they often request or require certain rights to that work.
In other words, the author may not maintain complete ownership of his [...]

Learn How To Work With Tourism Boards
By Mariellen Ward

There’s no such thing as a free lunch – but who wants to eat alone anyway?
One day during the summer of 2009, I picked up the phone and Vibhava, an IndiaTourism officer I knew, said: “I have been reading your blog. You really love India. The next time you go to India, you will [...]

Lost Work: A Life Lesson in a Bottle
By Susan Farewell

A couple of years ago, I came across a treasure.
At least I think it was a treasure. Unfortunately, its real value I’ll never know.
What I found, while taking a break in my boat (I’m a sculler as well as a travel writer) was a bottle bobbing in the waves. I paddled over to [...]

Make the Most of Your Business Card
By Wendy VanHatten
[Posted on: 24 May 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Tips & Tricks]
[4 Comments]

Congratulations…you are now a travel writer.
Do you have a business card that says you are a travel writer? You should.
Your business card is just a tiny piece of paper, but its value is disproportionate to its size. Because space is limited, the weight of each word on your card is exponentially greater than it [...]

To Be Successful at Writing, Make Time to Write
By Maralyn Hill
[Posted on: 26 April 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Overcoming Obstacles]
[14 Comments]

Where do you find the time to write?
That is a question most writers ask themselves at one time or another, or all of the time.
I’ve taken more time management classes than I can count and always pick up a hint or two that I can incorporate.
However, I discovered most people taking these classes are [...]

Write as if Your Life Depends On It
By Dianne Sharma Winter
[Posted on: 21 April 2010]
[Posted in: First Person Experience, Guest Blog Posts, Overcoming Obstacles]
[13 Comments]

The first time I walked into a writer’s workshop, I had a story to tell and thought it was ready to rock and roll.
After all, hadn’t I just spent six months crouched over my laptop in the garage of my cousin’s house, wrapped in a blanket and writing my story?
Hadn’t the publisher agreed also [...]

Take Advantage of Google’s Free Tools
By Janice Waugh
[Posted on: 14 April 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Technology, Tips & Tricks]
[14 Comments]

 
Google offers a wide variety of free products, services, and tools.
Some of these tools are designed to help websites become successful.
I use Google Analytics and Google Webmaster tools on a regular basis to gather the information I need to improve my blog.
Yes, I look at how my numbers are doing – it’s nice to know. [...]

Ten Tips for Hunting Down Stories on the Road
By Dianne Sharma Winter

It can happen to us all, eventually.
Dare I admit it in public though?
That travel writers and traveling can jade the adventurous spirit, that you can be in a dream location and suddenly have nothing to write about.
That you don’t want to write about coconut trees swaying in the tropical and scented breeze because [...]

Recording Phone Interviews as Podcasts
By James Hills
[Posted on: 2 April 2010]
[Posted in: Guest Blog Posts, Technology, Tips & Tricks]
[6 Comments]

While we are all travel “writers”, you may also want to consider adding podcast interviews to your repertoire.
Or even if you don’t want to use these recordings to publish on your site it is a great way to have a record of your conversation to listen to again as you write your article.
There are [...]



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