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Post» Weird, Eerie, and Strange Places I’ve Visited on Travel Writing Assignments

Posted: October 2, 2017 Roy Stevenson

Travel writing can take us to some bizarre places. I’m always on the lookout for extraordinary places to visit and write about. Here are a few of the most unusual places I’ve covered, all in […]

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Post» Travel Writing: Are You Niche Enough?

Posted: May 20, 2013 Janice Waugh

You’re a travel writer. You don’t write about food or gardening. You write about travel therefore, you have a niche. Unfortunately, unless you have star status as a travel writer, you’re not niche enough. Budget-strapped […]

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Post» Do Your Research to Become a Travel Writer

Posted: September 24, 2012 Rose Walker

Research is the key for all writers, especially when you are a travel writer. Whether you are writing about exotic destinations, new hotel openings, the best restaurants or the most popular spa…you need to do […]

Enhance Your Writing

Post» Taking a Look at Your Own Backyard

Posted: January 23, 2012 Karen Gibson

Victorian towns with a touch of the Old West swaggering out the saloon doors. Stickball in a 19th century Native American village. Discovering over 500 varieties of soda. A wildlife refuge where Teddy Roosevelt […]

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Post» What Makes You an Expert Anyway?

Posted: May 2, 2011 Susan Farewell

Over the last several weeks, I received a couple of e-mails from writers who told me they were experts in various parts of the world. One fancied himself an Asia expert; another, an Israel expert. […]

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Post» Finding Inspiration to Write About Far Off Places

Posted: February 21, 2011 Jessica Spiegel

Some of us have the good fortune of living in the place we love most in the world… … So that when it comes to writing about that place, all we have to do is […]

First Person Experience

Post» The Importance of Finding Your Travel Niche

Posted: January 18, 2010 Mariellen Ward

I write about “all things India”. I write about India in newspaper and magazine articles, on Facebook and Twitter, in emails and essays and, of course, especially on my travel blog, Breathedreamgo.com.   Every one […]

First Person Experience

Post» How “Canada’s Adventure Couple” Came to Be

Posted: September 21, 2009 DaveAndDeb

Starting up a travel blog can be a great way to share your stories and adventures from the road.  But how does one transition their travel blog from having a few family and friends checking […]

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Post» Why Travel Writers Really Need A Niche

Posted: July 17, 2009 Trisha Miller

Earlier this week Rebecca did a great job of reviewing ExcellentGuide.com. She made a point about the fact that they were trying to be too many things, instead of just focusing on one and actually […]

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