Practically everyone these days needs a website, and this is especially important for freelance writers. Your writer’s website is meant to impress editors who may be interested in buying your stories. It’s a marketing tool […]
Most people think freelance writing—and travel writing in particular—is glamorous and exciting. Here, I give you an insight into the less glamorous side. One of the more disheartening problems I’ve encountered during my freelance writing […]
Did you know … you can sell travel stories from previous trips you’ve taken — even years ago? I prefer to sell my travel stories before I leave for my destination. But I’ve also sold […]
As a freelance writer, your time is your currency. Anytime you can get multiple stories from one place or attraction, you save yourself a lot of time. You research the destination only once. You make […]
In my third year of freelancing, I attended a Pacific Northwest travel writing conference. A discovery I made there rocked my world. It had a profound effect on my freelance writing career. And it would […]
Every vocation has its pros and cons. And this certainly applies to travel writing. However, the pros for successful travel writers far outweigh any disadvantages. I had some fun writing down the shortcomings of travel […]
Every year, thousands of aspiring travel writers try to break into this exciting field. They want to snag paying print media assignments in glossy magazines. They want to land press trips and get those glamorous […]
During my first few years of freelance writing, several magazine editors sent my manuscripts back to me, requesting rewrites. They liked my story ideas but wanted the articles rewritten, more detailed, or presented from a […]
Information gathering is fine but experience teaches us the best travel writing lessons. I know plenty of aspiring writers with superb writing skills and all the right education, who never quite get to the stage […]
If you want to break into travel writing, you need to understand that there’s far more to travel writing success than simply doing one task well, like writing. Getting your stories published, and getting paid […]
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