Resources for Writers

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

Date: February 7th, 2008 |

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 reading and taking down notes from the biographies of the writers of each LP edition: what their background was, what they aspired to, and if [read more]

Traveling Stories Magazine Writing Contest

Date: January 19th, 2008 |

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Here’s another travel-writing contest, this time by Traveling-Stories website, for those always up for a challenge:
Submissions:
-300-1000 words
-Should be concise and creative without being destination based.
-Must include a brief bio (you may include a website if you have one) which will be added to the end of your travel story or
article.
- Can include a photograph. [read more]

End Of Year Travel-Writing Contest

Date: December 28th, 2007 |

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Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got some time to unwind. I certainly did and am having trouble getting back into the swing of things.
On that note, here’s something for those who want to do one last productive thing before the end of 2008 (oh my goodness, 2008!!), or start the year with [read more]

Interview: Ross Borden

Date: December 14th, 2007 |

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As we continue our series of interviews in travel media, co-founder of Matador Travel Ross Borden sits down to answer questions on creating their rapidly expanding site, The Traveler’s Notebook, the Bounty Board , his personal travel preferences, and much, much, more. Enjoy!
Written Road: How did you first become involved in travel writing/publishing?
Ross Borden: Matador [read more]

Job Lead: Write Scripts for Audio and Video Travel Guides

Date: December 2nd, 2007 |

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Podasia.net, a website that allows you to download free travel guide podcasts, is expanding into providing video content for guides and integrating with online and print travel publications.
For this, they are looking for freelancers interested in generating content for specific theme-based travel guides. Current countries of interest are:
-India
-China
-Vietnam
-Japan
-Singapore
Basic job description: Translate, research, write, compile and [read more]

Matador Travel Merges With Brave New Traveler

Date: February 1st, 2008 |

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Check out my post on Gadling as to why I’m thrilled about this merger! Ian Mackenzie and Tim Patterson from BNT have joined Matdor’s editorial team and I’m really looking forward to seeing more great content.
Also, mergers means expansions, which for us translates into more paid writing opportunities at Matador! They did a great job [read more]

Guest Article: Ten Tips For Landing Great Features In Your Home Area

Date: January 9th, 2008 |

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Off and on, we here at Written Road get the privilege of published writers sharing their expertise. Sean McLachlan, book author and freelance journalist (and Madrid Writer’s Group buddy! was kind enough to allow us to reproduce a piece of his, originally published on www.writing-world.com; the one you will read below is an [read more]

Job Lead: Travel Writers Wanted For Asia

Date: December 17th, 2007 |

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The Internet is rapidly moving into audio-visual content, the future is definitely podcasting and more so video-casting, so if you have the skills to write and produce audio and/or visual content for the Internet, now’s the time to start.
Podasia is a company that does travel podcasts covering a wide range of travel topics and is [read more]

Job Lead: Quebec City Guide Writer

Date: December 4th, 2007 |

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Globe Pequot Press is looking for a travel-guide writer to cover Quebec City, Canada.
The book will be 64-pages and will include the regular categories of sights, shopping, entertainment, restaurants and hotels.
A few travel-guide writers, including Written Road’s very own travel-guide expert Nicholos Gill and Moon Handbook author Sean McLachlan, told me that once you [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]