For those of you who missed this, at end of last year, Frommer’s came out with a Travel Writing 101 series of articles, written by Robert Haru Fisher: a contributing editor and columnist for Frommers.com, a former editor-in-chief of the Fodor Travel Guides, a former president of the Society of American Travel Writers and director […]
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Making Money As A Writer. Good Money.
“It’s possible to make a good amount of money as a writer. Most writers don’t. You should assume, strictly for business purposes, that you won’t, or at the very least, won’t for a very long time. It’s not all about you, it’s also about the market. Don’t get defensive. The median personal income in the […]
» Read more...What Travel-Writer Personality Are You?
For those of you who haven’t seen this already, Rucksack Wanderer Tim Patterson over at Brave New Traveler has come up with 6 most original travel-writer personalities: -The Intrepid Monk -The Epic Adventurer -The Naked Introvert -The Walking Party -The Public Relations Professional -The Guidebook Writer Read and and have a giggle over the descriptions, […]
» Read more...Essay Reading:Revelations From The Road
Celebrating its 7th anniversary, Feature Well (an international syndication) is holding an essay reading session called ‘Going Places: Revelations from the Road,’ where renowned writers will read their stories about life-changing trips. When: 8 p.m. on Tuesday, October 9th Where: Rapture Café & Books, 200 Avenue A (between 12th & 13th Streets, New York City) […]
» Read more...Pico Iyer: Breaking The Rules Of Travel Writing
One of the most respected and unconventional writers in the travel-industry — Pico Iyer — has just published his 9 Commandments of Travel Writing on Condé Nast Traveler. As you will see, they are not a typical set of rules you expect to read from an article like this. In summary he says: -A travel […]
» Read more...Best Travel Books Of All Time
Condé Nast Traveler has just come out with a list of 86 Best Travel Books Of All Time, and I am absolutely ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I have read none of them (NONE OF THEM!!), and was only familiar with a handful. *Sigh* Condé Nast Traveler asked 45 of it’s favorite writers to […]
» Read more...Interview with Mike Gerrard
Britan’s Mike Gerrard is one of the world’s most prolific guidebook writers and has been one of the lucky few to have a steady career in travel writing. He was kind enough to grant Written Road an interview: Written Road: How did you first become involved in travel writing? Mike Gerrard: I had to go […]
» Read more...Wow Wow Wee Waa; Borat to pen Travel Guide
As the author to a few guidebooks, maybe I should be somewhat offended by this, but for some reason I want to buy it. Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev (AKA British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen), has inked a deal with Flying Dolphin Press, an imprint of Random House Inc.’s Doubleday Broadway Publishing Group, to write a […]
» Read more...Meet and Greet with Lonely Planet Founders
Lonely Planet foundersTony and Maureen Wheeler will be in several spots in California this week to promote two of their new books: A Tourist in the Axis of Evil and The Lonely Planet Story. Admission is free and on a first come first served basis 45 minutes in advance. The talks will last about an […]
» Read more...How Traveling Made Her a Writer…
Check out a great interview on Gadling with founder or Seal Press Barbara Sjoholm. The interview has been done by our very own Kelly Amabile, and is in the context of one of Barbara’s latest books “Incognito Street: How Traveling Made Me A Writer”. The interview is inspiring and full of bits of advice and […]
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