Platform Profiles

Travel-Writing Getaway In Norway: 10% Off For Written Road Readers!

Date: August 14th, 2008 |

Creative Escapes, leaders in providing writing and photography holidays (recently even voted by the Guardian as one of the top 5 companies offering writing holidays), has just announced its next writing escape which will take place from 25–28 September in western Norway.
Alongside the fantastic team at Creative Escapes (check out profiles on the About [read more]

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

Date: April 17th, 2008 |

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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 posed a hot question in the minds of accomplished and aspiring writers alike: what importance do we need to give to blogging (be it general [read more]

Making Money As A Writer. Good Money.

Date: 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, 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]

A Few Blogging Tips

Date: September 29th, 2007 |

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Since most of you who read this blog are writers, or want to be writers, I’m assuming you all have blogs.
My turtle has a blog, so if you don’t and you want to be a writer, you are nowhere close to being one. In other words, start a blog now. For those who blog [read more]

Free New eBook: Comprehensive Travel-Writing Tips

Date: September 21st, 2007 |

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“If you are currently scribbling for free or can’t seem to move on from writing low paid SEO articles, this book will put you on the write track…”
And also if “…you are feeling out-of-the-loop and unqualified, or a ‘wannabe’ accused of being personally responsible for bringing down the level of the travel industry by supporting [read more]

Writing for Suite101.com and About.com: Is It Worth It?

Date: June 4th, 2008 |

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Again and again I get questions about whether it is worth it to write for websites such as Suite101.com or About.com, so I thought I would breakdown my experience with Suite101 and what I have heard about About.com.
Suite101
I began writing for Suite101 about two years ago when very few people had heard about it. I [read more]

Get Your Writing Critiqued For Free

Date: 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“, as part of her virtual book tour.
The exercise is straight forward: write a 200 word (maximum) piece basis the prompt below and post a comment [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]

Essay Reading:Revelations From The Road

Date: September 28th, 2007 |

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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)
Tel: 212-228-1177.
Journalists reading:
Tom [read more]

Pico Iyer: Breaking The Rules Of Travel Writing

Date: September 3rd, 2007 |

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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 book is a [read more]