Pitch Your Travel Stories Before You Write Them
One of the most common questions novice travel writers ask is, “Should I write my article first and then send a query to the magazine editors,… …or should I query my story to the editor [...]
First Person Experience
Post» Magazines That Don’t Pay For Your Work?
Posted: March 1, 2021
In my first couple of years in the freelance writing game, I would occasionally discover magazines that did not pay their contributors. In fact, you’d be surprised at how many magazines don’t pay their writers. […]
First Person Experience
Post» Clinch More Assignments with Your Travel Writer’s Website
Updated: Jan 21st, 2021Posted: January 20, 2021
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 […]
First Person Experience
Post» Extracting Your Money from Deadbeat Editors and Publishers
Updated: Feb 8th, 2021Posted: December 17, 2020
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 […]
First Person Experience
Post» You Can Sell Travel Stories After You Return
Posted: November 16, 2020
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
Post» Sell Multiple Stories About Your Destinations
Posted: October 22, 2020
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
Post» Create Your Own Freelance Writing Sales System
Updated: Jan 20th, 2021Posted: September 21, 2020
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 […]
