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In October: Travel-writer events in NYC

Date: September 27th, 2008 |

We got a heads-up from ex-Written Road contributor Kelly Amabile, of some cool travel related events in NYC this October. Although the events do not talk about travel-writing directly, they involve some great travel-writers who will be talking about their books:
WHAT:
1) Wednesday, October 8 at 7pm: Stephanie Elizondo Griest reads from her new travel memoir [read more]

Take a train trip with Paul Theroux. For $12,795 only.

Date: September 10th, 2008 |

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In case you are one of those handful of aspiring travel-writers who are living off an inheritance, married to a celebrity, or have a sugar-daddy (or mommy!) at their beck and call, perhaps you might be interested in taking a train trip with Paul Theroux for the grand sum total of $12,975.
The journey covers 4,200 [read more]

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

Date: August 14th, 2008 |

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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]

Meet the Frugal Traveler in New York

Date: September 15th, 2008 |

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Here are two chances to meet one of the most known travel-writers in the industry today: NY Times Frugal Traveler Matt Gross will be telling stories of his experience traveling around the world and writing.
1)What: A talk at Idlewild Books about the Grand Tour, literary travel, frugal travel and so on.
When: Thursday, September 18 at [read more]

The Frugal Traveler On Travel Writing

Date: September 9th, 2008 |

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A quote from Rolf Pott’s interview with Matt Gross:
“Go into travel before you go into travel writing. You should know how to cross a land border, book plane tickets in a language you don’t speak and befriend the old lady who squints evilly from the second-story window at everyone who passes by. In other words, [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]

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