This year’s BookExpo America/ Writer’s Digest Book Writer’s Conference will be held Wednesday, May 17, 2006. Registration: $189 Location: Washington Convention Center Time: 7:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. Featured workshops include something for both published and unpublished, experienced and inexperienced writers and authors. A few notables include: Travel Writing: People and Places Speaker: L. Peat […]
» Read more...Month: April 2006
East Coast Author Appearances
Anastasia Ashman and Jennifer Eaton Gokmen, authors of Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey Tuesday, April 25, 2006 at 6:30 pm Candida’s World of Books, Washington D.C. In “Tales From the Expat Harem”, 29 women reveal their tales of cultural conflict and discovery spanning the entire country of Turkey over 4 […]
» Read more...Write for travel sites HotelChatter and Jaunted
A while back I did a post called Are You Writing For a Travel Blog Yet? Well, the news is in that both HotelChatter.com and Jaunted.com are looking for writers. And these are paying gigs, while most blog positions are not. Blogging in general doesn’t pay like a magazine article, but for the amount of […]
» Read more...New Marketplace on Written Road
Hey everybody, I’m really excited to show you our new Marketplace. See that colorful button on the side? That’s for you. I get lots of inquiries from publishers and travel companies that want me to talk about their product. Well, now, they can say what they want to say. The Marketplace is a page where […]
» Read more...Gather.com 2006 Travel Writing Contest
I know this is late, but I wanted to let you know about Gather.com’s travel writing contest. The deadline is Monday, April 17, 2006. Guidelines: Submit an unpublished, original, first-person travel story. U.S. residents only. Multiple entries are accepted Length: Submissions should not exceed 3,000 words Prize: A 7-day cruise for two (valued at $7500) […]
» Read more...Tracking Your Billable Hours
So, now that I’m doing more consulting, it’s a must to use a billable hours tracker. Here’s one I found for Apple users. (via TUAW) Stunt Software – On The Job I’m using the FREE trial download right now. I’m not sure how long it’ll last but I love that it also has an invoice […]
» Read more...New York Travel Writing Workshops
For those of you based in New York, here are two spring travel writing workshops. The editors of National Geographic Traveler are offering the last of their one-day travel writing seminars in New York on May 7, 2006. Topics include: learning the different styles of magazines, conceiving and pitching a story, basic reporting, writing the […]
» Read more...Lovely By Surprise
Is it a book? is it a movie? It’s Marian. Daily Candy wrote up a bit about Marian Walker and LovelyBySurprise. All I know, is that I need a big sponsor like Lincoln to tout my books and make me a cool flashy website with a movie trailer, and and and. Or just give me […]
» Read more...Put a States Map on your Blog, Website
My friend Leigh shows me all sorts of cool stuff. Luckily she doesn’t mind me finding the gems on her site, and showing it to you over here on WR. Here’s the latest. Visited States Map These are the only states I could remember having been to. Sorry Alabama.
» Read more...Paper Source: Cool and Hip Stationery
Waste Not Paper has great stationery. Because, you know, us writers can’t correspond on just any kind of paper. Well, unless it’s for a love letter. Given. However, this is a wholesale store. So, pretty much the only way to use them is if you have a retail license. Retail shoppers can check out Paper […]
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