


Post» To Improve Your Travel Writing You Must Do This One Thing
During my Travel Writing & Photography Retreats I emphasize one easy and fun way aspiring travel writers can quickly improve their writing. I recommend you read stories by top shelf travel journalists. Of course, the […]

Post» You Need Plenty of Initiative To Be a Travel Writer
I field emails every week from aspiring travel writers who want to do what I’m doing; travel freely, write about it, and get paid for it—and get cool press trips to exciting, exotic, luxury destinations. […]

Post» Finish Your Travel Writing Projects!
“Starting is not most people’s problem; staying, continuing and finishing is.“ ~ Darren Hardy Many novice travel writers get started on their travel writing stories with great gusto, and then fizzle out. They fail to […]

Post» Pitch Surefire Travel Stories
Most successful travel writers sell 25% – 40% of the stories they pitch. I sell 90% of the stories I pitch. Why is my success rate so high? One of the reasons I sell so […]

Post» Travel Writing Workshops: “Beware The Bearers of False Gifts and Their Broken Promises”
So goes the famous saying. And boy, does this phrase ever apply to travel writing courses! Many unwary novices have been lured to hyped up, half-baked travel writing courses that deliver little in return. A […]

Post» Do You Write Tourist, Traveler or Adventure Stories?
It’s helpful to know what travel mode your stories fit into because it determines what types of magazines you’re going to pitch. Versatile travel writers flip back and forth between tourist, traveler, and adventurer […]