MSNBC Travel Quiz

Date: August 17th, 2006 |

Think you know everything about travel? Do you know what a billabong is? Or where Pike’s Peak is located? Part of travel writing is identifying new and emerging trends and hot destinations. More than that, also having prior travel on existing ones. Of course you know simple things like the city the Eiffel Tower is [read more]

Written Road Newsletter August 15, 2006

Date: August 15th, 2006 |

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Hello everyone. I’m on my way up to San Francisco to celebrate What Color Is Your Jockstrap?, my fourth humor title with Travelers’ Tales. We’re having a special event at Book Passage with the one and only Tim Cahill tomorrow night. If you didn’t already know, his stories in Outside magazine more than a decade [read more]

The Urbanite: What Makes a Place Memorable?

Date: August 8th, 2006 |

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One of my favorite city reads when I lived in Baltimore was The Urbanite, which has evolved into an even more engaging publication now that I’ve left Charm City (So much so that it teases me to return for more than just a weekend visit!)
Yesterday I devoured a copy of their August issue, which [read more]

Road Recovery

Date: July 23rd, 2006 |

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Hey Written Roadies…
I’m fresh off a five month jaunt through Europe and am currently recovering at my folks place in New York while I plot my next moves. The journey was incredible…and I’ve got memories (and stories!!) to last a lifetime…that means a lot more writing in my future.
This is just a quick heads up [read more]

Doug Lansky’s Signspotting Best Sign Contest

Date: June 6th, 2006 |

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I just got Doug Lansky’s Signspotting book this week, and it’s crazy fun. You know, all those weird signs you see when you’re traveling- the kind that don’t quite fit with the scenery, in or out of context? Well, funloving travel vet Doug Lansky has compiled a book of them with Lonely Planet.
Signspotting: Absurd & [read more]

Coverage of the New Airline Travel Rules

Date: August 15th, 2006 |

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My folks are flying tomorrow, so I’m reading up on the latest rules regarding air travel to help them with a few packing pointers. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the major media coverage, plus links to what certain travel blogs are talking about:
The TSA explains Where We Stand and provides a comprehensive list [read more]

Job Leads: National Geographic Traveler & AOL Cityguides

Date: August 8th, 2006 |

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While researching Book Passage’s 2006 Travel Writers and Photographers Conference, I realized we post very few job leads for travel photographers. Well, it’s time to show you some love!
My favorite travel magazine (second only to its sister publication, National Geographic Adventure), National Geographic Traveler is looking for a assistant photo editor to select, scan, [read more]

Scouring the earth for travel video

Date: July 26th, 2006 |

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>For those of you that are technologically inclined (or obsessed) enough to lug a camcorder along on your travels, you might be interested in what the boys at scourist.com are doing. The bare-bones site publishes short travel videos on a regular basis. Be sure to check out the Namibia safari soundtrack in the “Biltong [read more]

Introducing Terah Shelton

Date: June 9th, 2006 |

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I’ve been promising the addition of new volunteer writers on Written Road so we can expand this community, and we finally got it going! Kelly Amabile was our first and is off seeing the world with more than 100 days under her belt. Now, Terah Shelton is here and she’s already been at it [read more]

Travelers’ Tales Podcasts: Hear Tim Cahill and Simon Winchester

Date: June 2nd, 2006 |

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Travelers’ Tales has joined up with ApplauseCast and entered the world of podcasting. For those of you just tuning in, a podcast is a broadcast that you can listen to on the internet, or download on to your iPod for listening to later when you’re on the go.
To launch this new arm of TravelersTales.com, they’re [read more]