I went on a binge at a Chapters bookstore while I was in Vancouver. One of the mags I picked up was Glimpse. I’d never seen it before. glimpse: it’s your world. get acquainted It is a quarterly mag associated with the Glimpse Foundation. I love the tag… It’s Your World. Get Acquainted. How true […]
» Read more...Year: 2005
Booking Buddy: Written Road’s First Sponsor
Hey Written Roadies…you’ll notice we’ve launched a new sponsorship section. What are we doing you might ask? Well, we are trying to take Written Road to the next level of service. We’ve got a bunch of cool travel writing-related agendas in store for you in 2006. In order to make those things happen we’ve sought […]
» Read more...BootsnAll Wordsmith
Just in case you’re not signed up for any BootsnAll Newsletters, here’s a quick FYI about Wordsmith, a travel writers’ newsletter that premiered this week. The periodic guide will feature interviews with Boots writers, share behind the scenes info on how they process submissions and point out places that need your travel content!! Two quick […]
» Read more...The Book Tour Diaries, Seattle
I’ve been to Seattle several times, mostly for tour. But today she’s really shining. Last night I was a bit sad to leave my new home and had to mentally gear up for all the energy it would take to make this week of events fly. But this morning I woke up in a pretty […]
» Read more...Happy Monday Market Leads
1) If you have lotsa juicy hotel stories to share, Hotel Chatter wants you to blog about ’em! Writers must have basic HTML and photoshop skills. 2) Via Inkygirl, the yet-to-be launched English-speaking online mag The Parisian seeks reviews, raves and travel writing. 3) And for all you travel bloggers in need of a vacation, […]
» Read more...The Book Tour Diaries, Las Vegas
Dear So and So, You know you’re on a book tour when it’s 8am and you say to yourself, I need a drink. But realizing that a statement like that could be miscontrued into your whole fanbase thinking you have a drinking problem, you quickly revise (even though it’s an internal dialogue), and say…I need […]
» Read more...Determined to Write a Book
Farbeit for me to start planning ahead. I don’t know what’s gotten into me. But I am turning into a planner. Seriously. I want everything planned out. It’s crazy. And at the top of my list in this whole thinking ahead metamorphosis is that I want to write a book next year. True I’m already […]
» Read more...Ask Rick Heads Up
Tomorrow at 4 pm Pacific time, Rick Steves will discuss “How newspaper travel sections work” with a San Francisco Chronicle travel editor. This pre-recording will be part of a future segment on his radio show, but Rick often solicits questions and comments from listeners ahead of time, to make the interviews that much more valuable. […]
» Read more...Rejection Letter Toilet Paper
Sick of getting rejection letters from editors? Well, instead of telling them where they can stick it and losing a chance to write for them in the future—consolidate your collection of idiotic responses (that probably came from an assistant instead of an editor anyway)—and wipe your ass with it. How cool is that? Rejection Letter […]
» Read more...Dutch Book Reviews
The first book reviews for The Thong Also Rises are in! Only….they’re in Dutch. I think…. My Google News Alert sent me to a BookCrossing link from Holland. If any body can translate, please let me know if they liked it. I think someone might’ve—I saw a smiley face and some exclamation points.
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