• Facebook
Travel Writers Exchange
Travel Writing Overdrive Self Study Course
  • Home
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Contributors
  • Submit an Article
  • Advertise
HomeAuthorsPrime Sarmiento

Articles by Prime Sarmiento

About Prime Sarmiento

Prime Sarmiento is a southeast Asia-based journalist, travel blogger and expert on solo female travel. Her blog, The GypsyGals, offers inspiring stories and practical advice to women who want to craft their own journeys.

You can Follow Prime on Twitter, or connect with her on Facebook and Linkedin.

Website Twitter
Enhance Your Writing

Post» Finding New Angles For Your Travel Stories

Posted: June 17, 2013 Prime Sarmiento

Learning how to write stories from different angles is essential skill for any travel writer. Most of us have to operate on a shoestring budget, hence the need to make the most of our working […]

Enhance Your Writing

Post» The Art of Interviewing: 5 Tips to Get Great Quotes

Posted: March 21, 2011 Prime Sarmiento

Interviewing another person is one of the important skills that any travel writer may wish to develop. Interviewing anyone – whether a tour guide, a celebrity, hotelier or a fellow traveler – will give you […]

Guest Blog Posts

Post» Finding Time to Write While On The Road

Posted: October 30, 2010 Prime Sarmiento

For most travel writers, finding the time to write while on the road is a challenge. Everything is a distraction – the excitement of going to a new place, meeting new friends, experiencing a culture […]

Enhance Your Writing

Post» Preparing for a Writer’s Retreat

Posted: September 27, 2010 Prime Sarmiento

Travel writers can be a restless lot. You have this urge to spend long hours exploring a place, and it doesn’t matter if it’s a new exciting one or a familiar favorite. You just need […]

Enhance Your Writing

Post» Make the Most Out of a Writing Workshop

Posted: August 23, 2010 Prime Sarmiento

Writing is my passion and my livelihood. This is why it’s important for me to join a writer’s workshop as I consider it both as a treat to myself and a career investment. Going to […]

Join Our Community

Powered by EmailOctopus
  • The WORST Travel Writing Advice I’ve Ever Received
  • Pitching After You Return = Rookie Mistake
  • Do You Keep Your “Story Antenna” Up When You’re Traveling?
  • Keeping Your Travel Writing Mojo: Maintaining Interest In Your Stories
  • Spend Money To Invest In Your Travel Writing Career
  • How This Travel Writer Deals With Rejection
Advice Case Study Don't Give Up Education Free Travel Get Published Improve Your Writing Interviews Making Money Media Trips Mistakes To Avoid Networking Rejection Roy Stevenson Social Media Social Networking Success Susan Farewell Technology Travel Blogging Travel Journalism Travel Niche Travel Tips Travel Writers Travel Writing
  • Trisha Miller: Great advice, and also a good reminder to writers to be sure they read their contract and know what rights…
  • chaman duggal: I love slow traveling! It really allows you to get to know the people, the culture, and the environment. I…
  • Trisha Miller: Anyone who has been in this business for any length of time has likely run into some deadbeat publishers who…
Rock Star Travel Writers

Find us on Facebook

Get Started

  • Travel Authors
  • Travel Bloggers
  • Travel Editors
  • Travel Journalists

Get Published

  • Article Marketing
  • Article Submission Sites
  • Newspaper Travel Sections
  • Opinion-Editorial Articles
  • Press Releases
  • Travel Publications
  • Travel Websites

Find Jobs

  • Career Templates
  • Top Travel Writing Job Sites
  • Tips on Finding a Job

Monetize

  • Affiliate Programs
  • Google Adsense
  • Selling Travel

Tools & Tips

  • Top 10 Photography Tips
  • Top 10 Travel Writing Books
  • Top 10 Travel Writing Courses
  • Top 10 Travel Writing Jobs
  • Top 10 Travel Writing Tips
  • Top 10 Travel Writing Workshops
  • Best Ways to Get Web Traffic
  • Best Road Warrior Tools

Networking

  • Travel Writer Blogs
  • Travel Writer Forums
  • Travel Writers Conferences
  • Travel Writers Organizations

Problems

  • Earning Your Rent
  • Paying For Travel
  • Writer’s Block

You Should Know

  • Legal Issues
  • Tax Issues
Topics
  • Book Reviews (12)
  • Case Studies (23)
  • Confessions of an Optimistic PR Chick (3)
  • Contests (9)
  • Enhance Your Writing (115)
  • First Person Experience (84)
  • General News & Info (31)
  • Getting Readers (73)
  • Getting Started (174)
  • Guest Blog Posts (195)
  • Interviews (17)
  • Opportunities (164)
  • Overcoming Obstacles (156)
  • Podcasts (8)
  • Q&A (5)
  • Reviews (37)
  • Technology (30)
  • The Ambidextrous Travel Writer (27)
  • Tips & Tricks (167)
  • Travel Blog Reviews (2)
  • Travel Photography (3)
  • Travel Shows (2)
  • Travel Writer Op-Ed (7)
  • Travel Writing Books (12)
  • Writer's Education (50)
  • Writer's Resources (64)
  • Year End Reflections (3)
Archives:
  • April 2024
  • January 2024
  • December 2023
  • September 2023
  • July 2023
  • June 2023
  • May 2023
  • April 2023
  • March 2023
  • January 2023
  • October 2022
  • September 2022
  • August 2022
  • July 2022
  • April 2022
  • March 2022
  • February 2022
  • January 2022
  • November 2021
  • September 2021
  • August 2021
  • July 2021
  • June 2021
  • May 2021
  • April 2021
  • March 2021

  • Browse Older Posts
Travel Writers Resources:
  • Approach Guides
  • Brave New Traveler
  • Everywhere Magazine
  • Horizon Guides – Paying Writing Assignments
  • International Food, Wine, & Travel Writers Assn.
  • Journalism Degrees
  • Learn Life Skills
  • Lonely Planet
  • SuperStar Blogging Course
  • Transitions Abroad
  • Travel Writers News
  • Travel4Press
  • TravelDividends
  • TravelWriters.com
  • Writers Resources Online
Stay connected
  • Facebook
Travelers Corner:
    Social Media on Travel:
    • Twitter Job Search
    • WanderListing
    Travel Blog Networks:
    • Global Bloggers Network
    Travel Podcasts:
    • Amateur Traveler
    • Indie Travel Podcast
    • This Week In Travel
    • World Footprints
    • Home
    • About
    • Contact Us
    • Editorial Policies
    • Privacy Policy
    • Advertise
    • Site Map

    All material on this site is subject to Copyright © 2008 - 2019. All Rights Reserved. No reprint/republication of any materials from this site without written permission from TWE.