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Travel Writing and Editorial - one print editor’s utopian view of online travel content

Date: November 30th, 2008 |

Regular readers will know that my professional transition from print guidebook publishing to the web is still very much in its infancy. My experience is rooted in a world of well-established publishing schedules, editorial style guides, procedures and decades of travel writing experience embodied by a community of writers, plus translators, editors, photographers and factcheckers [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]

NYC: Travel-Writing Reading Series

Date: July 22nd, 2008 |

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If you’re in the city Wednesday July 23, you might want to go to the first Restless Legs Reading Series.
You’ll hear writer Tony Perrottet talk about his quest to find Napoleon’s penis, and Cullen Thomas ead from his account of being in a South Korean prison. It’s at happy hour and it’s free!
Where: [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]

Interview With Robert Reid: The Rise Of Online Travel Guides

Date: March 25th, 2008 |

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I subscribe to a million (not exaggerating) RSS feeds, from EVERYWHERE. I enjoy most I subscribe to, and I subscribe to new ones almost every day (yes, I’m obsessed) which is precisely why I often miss good stuff — that goes completely against the whole point of subscribing to feeds from cool sites. This interview [read more]

In October: Travel-writer events in NYC

Date: September 27th, 2008 |

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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]

The British Guild of Travel Writers launch NEW website

Date: August 29th, 2008 |

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Founded in 1960, the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) is an association of over 270 professional writers, editors, photographers, producers, radio and television presenters involved in the world of travel. You’ll find Guild members names in by-lines to articles featured everywhere throughout the British press, on imprint pages of countless guidebooks and increasingly [read more]

Job Lead: Travel Journalist For Stonesong Press

Date: June 21st, 2008 |

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Stonesong Press is looking for a travel journalist to be the lead author on a series of books that will detail the best movies and books that capture the feel of a foreign country/city.
The series is as much for armchair travelers as it is for globetrotters. Each title will cover a specific country [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]

New Writing Website: The Midlist Writer

Date: March 19th, 2008 |

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Good friend, fellow traveler and writer Sean McLachlan (who has shared his advice for us here before), has entered the blogging world to share his writing experiences.
Sean has been to 20 countries on every continent (except Australia and Antartica), is author of Moon Guidebook to London, the Insider’s Guide to Phoenix, and Globe Pequot’s [read more]

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