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

Date: April 17th, 2008 |

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]

Frommer’s Travel Writing 101

Date: March 16th, 2008 |

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For those of you who missed this, at end of last year, Frommer’s came out with a Travel Writing 101 series of articles, written by Robert Haru Fisher: a contributing editor and columnist for Frommers.com, a former editor-in-chief of the Fodor Travel Guides, a former president of the Society of American Travel Writers and director [read more]

What Travel-Writer Personality Are You?

Date: January 28th, 2008 |

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For those of you who haven’t seen this already, Rucksack Wanderer Tim Patterson over at Brave New Traveler has come up with 6 most original travel-writer personalities:
-The Intrepid Monk
-The Epic Adventurer
-The Naked Introvert
-The Walking Party
-The Public Relations Professional
-The Guidebook Writer
Read and and have a giggle over the descriptions, he plays with numerous interesting characteristics of [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]

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]

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]

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]

Best Travel Books Of All Time

Date: September 3rd, 2007 |

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Condé Nast Traveler has just come out with a list of 86 Best Travel Books Of All Time, and I am absolutely ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I have read none of them (NONE OF THEM!!), and was only familiar with a handful.
*Sigh*
Condé Nast Traveler asked 45 of it’s favorite writers to come up [read more]