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Trying To Be A Travel-Writer: My Story So Far…

Date: March 29th, 2008 |

One of our recent posts here stirred up many comments and thoughts. Although I assure you we’ve never meant to be impersonal, some of the commenters have expressed that this site lacks a personal touch, and many often ask for Jen. Unfortunately, as Nick has mentioned, Jen has retired from this site. She can be [read more]

My New Digs: Brooklyn, New York

Date: January 30th, 2008 |

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I am now officially a Brooklynite. About two weeks ago I relocated to Greenpoint, in the northwest corner of Brooklyn. It’s a mostly Polish community, but has recently seen an influx of hipster types escaping the Manhattan-like rents of nearby Williamsburg. My wife and I were actually expecting to land in Manhattan, but begin looking [read more]

Merry Xmas!

Date: December 24th, 2007 |

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Just wanted to check in and wish all you guys a very Merry Christmas from us here at Written Road!
As for me, working from home updating numerous blogs is hard and is taking its toll. It’s difficult to ever switch off because you keep wanting to get things written. I worked hard over the weekend [read more]

My Interview On Write-To-Travel!

Date: November 21st, 2007 |

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I had the privilege of being interviewed (as a travel-writer!) by KiwiWriter for her wonderfully resourceful travel-writing blogs Write-To-Travel.
It’s my first proper interview and I’m thrilled. I must be doing something right!
Check it [read more]

First Book Signing Recap

Date: October 8th, 2007 |

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Before I give the details, let me first say that I did try to arrange a book signing at my favorite independent book store, The Book Loft, in Columbus, Ohio, but they never got back to me.
Anyway, I’ll exlain the process because I’m sure a few people are interested in doing the same sort of [read more]

Writing Online: What You Write Vs. How You Write

Date: 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 or writers, I am often left confused and lost as to 1) what I should be writing 2) how should I be writing about it [read more]

Learnings from 2007, Writing Goals for 2008?

Date: January 6th, 2008 |

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Last year was a big writing year for me. An awfully disorganized one, but a big one nonetheless.
I continued writing for Gridskipper; did a short stint at globorati; and began writing here, for Vagablogging, for Gadling, for European Vibe and for Map Magazine. Other than European Vibe, for which I’ve written numerous travel-sections (of [read more]

Moving to NYC

Date: November 21st, 2007 |

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I’m married now, been everywhere, and finally earning enough scratch to stay afloat, so my wife and I are relocating to New York City, home of all my childhood hopes and dreams. Are plan was to buy a house here in Columbus and stay for a few years and then head to NYC, but we [read more]

Swamped But Loving It

Date: October 25th, 2007 |

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Sorry from my end also for being a bit lax on posting here. I’ve been over my head blogging (not writing )
Other than Written Road, I now write for Gadling, Vagablogging, Gridskipper, and Map Magazine — am committed to doing a minimum of 26 posts a week (!!!!!!), that doesn’t include my own personal [read more]

Beer With KiwiWriter

Date: September 22nd, 2007 |

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I seem to love cross-continental networking with fellow travel-writers. It’s fun, inspiring and you can always take something away from it.
I recently had the privilege of meeting with KiwiWriter Liz Lewis of Write-To-Travel. She was on her way to NY to have lunch with Wendy Perrin of Conde Nast Traveler (she won it through a [read more]