How Important Is Blogging For Your Career As A Travel-Writer?

By Abha | April 17th, 2008 |

To blog or not to blog, that is the question (sorry for the awful rendition of a cliche). The upsurge and success of blogs in the online travel-publishing industry, has... [Read this entry]

Get Your Writing Critiqued For Free

By Abha | April 8th, 2008 |

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Over at Nerd’s Eye View you have an opportunity to write 200 words and get them critiqued by Angela Nickerson, traveler, photographer, and author of ‘’A Journey into Michelangelo’s Rome“... [Read this entry]

Frommer’s Travel Writing 101

By Abha | March 16th, 2008 |

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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... [Read this entry]

Writing Online: What You Write Vs. How You Write

By Abha | March 9th, 2008 |

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I don’t know about you guys, but with the explosive growth of the online publishing industry and the constant debate over the authority definitions when it comes to journalists, bloggers... [Read this entry]

Making Money As A Writer. Good Money.

By Abha | February 13th, 2008 |

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“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... [Read this entry]

The Harsh Realities Of Life As A Lonely Planet Travel-Writer

By Abha | February 7th, 2008 |

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Dreaming to write for the Lonely Planet is often where your inspiration to become a travel-writer comes from. I remember I frequently used to spend time in a book shop... [Read this entry]

Vagabondish Travel-Writing Tips

By Abha | November 18th, 2007 |

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Vagabondish, a great portal full of travel-resources,tips and commentary, last week launched their ‘guide to better travel-writing’ which gave 23 habits of a good travel-writer.
Today they released the 2nd... [Read this entry]

Should You Write For Free? WR Asks The Experts…

By Abha | July 27th, 2007 |

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Since my last post generated a bit of an uproar about whether or not writers starting out should write for free, I thought I’d knock on some doors and get... [Read this entry]

Advice From A Travel Writer Who Has Made It, To Another Who Wants to Make It…

By Abha | June 19th, 2007 |

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Apologies for the scanty posts on my end these days. Between trying to write queries, procrastinating and trying to write queries and procrastinating - I have been caught up in... [Read this entry]

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