Recently, a new member of our forum who plans to attend college in Canada asked us a question about creating a single travel blog to write about two different travel writing niches.
He has an idea about blogging about college life, with a focus on the perspective of a foreign exchange student living abroad. [...]
Unless you’re a Stephen King or a Dan Brown, the chances are really high that you’ll do most, if not all, of the marketing for your books yourself if you want to sell them.
This is especially so if you’ve self-published your own travel guides, such as I have.
Self-publishing is, after all, a do-it-yourself [...]
Writing a travel review helps ensure that future travelers select the right destination and accommodations for them.
Whether you’re planning to write a professional travel review for an offline or online publication, or you’re writing a consumer travel review to submit to one of the popular travel reviews sites, follow these simple steps:
Step 1 – [...]
Many of you know that I’m on vacation this week (in Jamaica), which explains why I’ve been a bit less active online the past few days – internet access can be challenging to find here, sometimes expensive, and not as fast as I’d like, but hey when you’re in Paradise it’s hard to complain too [...]
Writing guidebooks is a dream of many travel writers, but if publishers aren’t knocking on your door begging you to write one for them, write your own and self-publish it.
That’s what I did.
My first mini-guide grew out of an article I was writing for a newspaper travel section in 1996. They wanted 750 words [...]
Every Freelance Travel Writer should ideally have two websites.
A travel writer’s primary website should be a travel blog, focused upon a specific travel niche about which you are passionate and knowledgeable, and to which you regularly add new and interesting content. Your travel blog should include an “About” page which explains what it is [...]
On Tuesday I had the privilege of interviewing David Miller, a Senior Editor at Matador and one of the creators (and instructors) of MatadorU, their new Travel Writing Program.
In the interview, David opens up about the backgrounds of the team behind MatadorU, discusses the evolution – and future – of travel writing, explains some of [...]
It’s really clear that the folks behind the hugely successful MatadorNetwork have put a lot of thought and work into how they’ve structured MatadorU, their new Travel Writing Course.
Theirs is an amazing success story – Matador began with just an idea back in 2006, and it’s grown it into one of the top online travel [...]
Many travel writers opt to backpack all over the world, as it’s a great way to travel inexpensively and immerse yourself into a new culture.
If you’re a backpacking travel writer, the day will come when you’ll need a new backpack, however, a good, well-constucted backpack can be expensive.
You can overcome this expense [...]
