You Can Sell Travel Stories After You Return
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 [...]
Enhance Your Writing
Sell Multiple Stories About Your Destinations
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 […]
Enhance Your Writing
Create Your Own Freelance Writing Sales System
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 […]
First Person Experience
The Best & Worst Things About Being a Freelance Travel Writer
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 […]
First Person Experience
If I Can Do It, You Can Do It!
If you asked my New Zealand Elementary and Intermediate school English teachers which of their students were the most promising,… …and who had the best chance of becoming an internationally published freelance writer, my name […]
Getting Started
Pitching – You’re Doing it Wrong
These days my inbox is inundated with some of the worst queries ever. If you’re pitching article ideas but getting rejections (or not getting any responses at all), then this post is for you — […]
Enhance Your Writing
Outdated Travel Writing “Rules” That Should Be Broken
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 […]
