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Make The Most Of Magazines You’ve Broken Into

by Roy Stevenson in First Person Experience

Dating from 2011, I had a productive relationship with Lost Treasure magazine—22 published travel articles. A few were cover stories. I plied this magazine with pitches, meeting with a 100% acceptance rate. Lost Treasure focused [...]

Don’t Let Feedback On Your Writing Sting Your Ego

April 20, 2020

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 […]

Experience Counts in Travel Writing

March 18, 2020

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 […]

One of My Most Potent Travel Writing Secrets: Research Before You Pitch

February 13, 2020

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 […]

Can We Make a Living and Support Ourselves Solely from Freelance Travel Writing?

January 13, 2020

I received this question via email some time ago. It’s a valid question and one that provokes all sorts of evasive answers from travel writers, depending on where they lie along the travel writing spectrum. […]

The Self As Character: Writing In First Person Point Of View

December 16, 2019

Editor’s Note: The following article about narrative essay-style travel writing is a reprint from the author’s website, The Writer’s Workshop, our thanks to Nick for his permission to share it here! First person point […]

What Novice Travel Writers Need to Learn . . . Fast!

November 18, 2019

I know that I make freelance travel writing look easy. I’ve had more than 1,000 articles published in 200+ regional, national, and international magazines, newspapers, trade journals, custom publications, specialty magazines, in-flights, on-boards, and online […]

Make The Most Of Magazines You’ve Broken Into

Don’t Let Feedback On Your Writing Sting Your Ego

Experience Counts in Travel Writing

One of My Most Potent Travel Writing Secrets: Research Before You Pitch

Can We Make a Living and Support Ourselves Solely from Freelance Travel Writing?

The Self As Character: Writing In First Person Point Of View

What Novice Travel Writers Need to Learn . . . Fast!

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