Posts Tagged ‘Travel Writing’

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 [...]

Travel Photography Tip: Create a Smile Circle
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 11 August 2010]
[Posted in: Tips & Tricks, Travel Photography]
[3 Comments]

Today’s Post is a re-print from professional travel photographer David Smith.
David has generously given us permission to publish an article that was originally featured on his own blog, Interface Images, titled “Cool Photographer Tip: David’s Smile Circle Group“.
Since most travel writers and bloggers these days are also serving double-duty as travel photographers, many of us [...]

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, [...]

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 [...]

Endless Vacation vs. Responsibility to Readers
By Susan Farewell
[Posted on: 6 July 2010]
[Posted in: The Ambidextrous Travel Writer, Travel Writer Op-Ed]
[24 Comments]

Years ago, I thought of writing a book called, “I left Paradise a Day Early” on the many hardships travel writers have to endure while on the road.
I “shelved” the idea back then because a colleague/friend said to me, “Susan, normal people won’t get this.”
Of course, how can staying in a pristine villa at [...]

Know How To Do Something? Enter This Contest!
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 1 July 2010]
[Posted in: Contests, Opportunities]
[2 Comments]

Here’s a way to turn your knowledge into cash..woo hoo!
To celebrate the launch of their new user submission service, How To Books (www.howto.co.uk), is running a contest through July 2010 for the best “how to” article submitted to their site, for which the winner will receive £200 (that’s roughly $300 USD), and that’s on top [...]

Q&A: How To Encourage Social Media Sharing
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 25 June 2010]
[Posted in: Getting Readers, Overcoming Obstacles, Q&A, Technology, Tips & Tricks]
[8 Comments]

One of the things that keeps me busiest is answering the many emails I receive.
Although I encourage travel writers to use our Forum, where we have some great writers, bloggers, and tech-geeks, in order to get a wider variety of answers than just mine.
However, I know that some folks are a bit hesitant to [...]

Ten Tips for Self Editing
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 22 June 2010]
[Posted in: Overcoming Obstacles, Writer's Education, Writer's Resources]
[15 Comments]

It’s a fact.
Writers must be good at self-editing to really succeed in print these days.
Many print publications – as well as some online news/magazine websites and large e-zines – have downsized their editing staff, and yet still want to maintain their high standard of editorial quality.
Thus, when faced with the choice of accepting submissions [...]

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 [...]

Your Knowledge is Valuable (So Why Not Sell It?)
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 5 June 2010]
[Posted in: General News & Info, Opportunities, Writer's Resources]
[7 Comments]

EDITOR’S NOTE: The links below are now going to a DIFFERENT (but still good) video – the prior program of free videos has NOW CLOSED. You can still watch the new video (it’s about an hour) to get some good information without any obligation to sign up for his course.
Every day I get [...]

The Power Of Print
By Trisha Miller
[Posted on: 31 May 2010]
[Posted in: General News & Info, Travel Writer Op-Ed]
[11 Comments]

As writers we are all very aware of what goes on in the publishing industry.
So no doubt you’ve seen or heard of the large and ubiquitous national ad campaign, announced in April by a joint venture between five giants of the publishing industry (Condé Nast, Hearst Magazines, Meredith Corporation, Time Inc., and Wenner Media) titled [...]



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