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Post» Falling In Love With A Destination May Not Translate Into Selling Travel Stories

Posted: March 21, 2022 Roy Stevenson

As a travel writer, I’ve visited plenty of destinations that I just itched to write about. These were places that excited me and that I connected with on some emotional level. After my first visit […]

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Post» Marketing Tasks To Establish & Promote Your Travel Writing Brand

Posted: February 21, 2022 Roy Stevenson

The multitude of marketing tasks it takes to promote ourselves and our freelance writing these days, is daunting. So much to do, so little time! When we’re overloaded, we tend to freeze up and not […]

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Post» Travel Writing Ethics & The Dilemma Of Complimentary Travel

Updated: Feb 20th, 2022Posted: January 12, 2022 Roy Stevenson

Travel and Tourism Is One Of The World’s Largest Industries In the global economy the total contribution was $7.6 trillion (USD) in 2016. And direct revenue from international tourism, according to Statista.com, was $1.6 trillion. […]

Post» Pitching, Selling, & Writing Historic Destination Travel Articles

Posted: November 30, 2021 Roy Stevenson

I’ve visited plenty of exciting historic places and events on travel writing assignments. I never get tired of visiting these destinations and writing about them. I find it easy to vividly imagine what happened there. […]

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Post» Sell Museum Articles To Break Into Travel Writing

Posted: November 8, 2021 Roy Stevenson

Museums are staple tourist attractions around the world. And, in fact, writing about them has helped me break into the competitive travel writing arena. My museum stories are one of the keys to my rapid […]

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Post» Are You Just Launching Your Travel Writing Career?

Posted: August 31, 2021 Roy Stevenson

Have you been sending your queries out and receiving . . . dead silence like they went into a black hole? Are you receiving a constant stream of rejections from editors?  Half the battle to […]

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Post» Patience Will Get You Everywhere In Travel Writing

Posted: July 26, 2021 Roy Stevenson

“I want to be a travel writer and do what you are doing.” “How can I get my stories published in high paying travel magazines and land those travel perks? What do I need to […]

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Post» To Sell More Articles and Make More Money, Think Globally

Posted: May 25, 2021 Roy Stevenson

People often ask me how it’s possible to earn a decent income with freelance travel writing, …when pay rates for magazines are all over the map (sorry, pun). One technique that freelancers use to increase […]

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Post» Pitch Your Travel Stories Before You Write Them

Posted: April 19, 2021 Roy Stevenson

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 […]

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Post» Magazines That Don’t Pay For Your Work?

Posted: March 1, 2021 Roy Stevenson

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. […]

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