Tuesday night I got a visit from Mike Yessis, co-founder/editor of WorldHum.com. He and his girlfriend Sarah are currently on a road trip from Los Angeles to Seattle. I met Mike nearly a year ago when I found their site and submitted a story that never actually edited itself onto the front page. (Don’t you […]
» Read more...Month: July 2002
Motionsickness–a new and different travel magazine
The other day a letter arrived from Steve Wilson, a writer we’ve published in a couple Travelers’ Tales books and a fine fellow who dropped in once on his way through San Francisco to pitch me on a book idea. I liked Steve right away from his story about being down and out in Honolulu […]
» Read more...New-Larry Habegger posts on Written Road
Hi Everybody, I just wanted to let you know that I’ve invited Larry Habegger to be a guest poster on the blog. He is the Exectutive Editor at Travelers’ Tales, and the co-author of World Travel Watch, a weekly syndicated column that has appeared in newspapers throughout the United States since 1985. He will post […]
» Read more...TT Deadline
Well, today is the deadline for the women’s humor book for Travelers’ Tales. I still have to think of a better title and pile through submissions that are coming in at the last minute. I will say this….the writing in the submissions seems better than when I was doing this for A Women’s Path. Back […]
» Read more...KhaoSanRoad.com
KhaoSanRoad.com Wow this is a cool web site! I found it through World Hum’s Weblog, and I definitely need to spend more time going through it. They’ve got practical info for staying on the road, book reviews, an interview with Joe Cummings, the sounds of the Khao San Road, a history, missing persons, travellers’ tales, […]
» Read more...Paying travel markets for your stories
If this doesn’t get you excited, stop writing. While searching around for resource links for the last post on writing a novel, I ran into a great database that searches paying and non paying markets–AND gives you the direct link to the publication’s website, contact info, and link to their guidelines. Paying Nonfiction Travel Markets […]
» Read more...the first novel
My friend Lisa, who is on a six month RTW honeymoon, just let me and a few friends know that she has started writing a novel. She’s currently in Dublin, inspired by the literary history there, and pounding out the beginnings of her book. Lisa is a lawyer, not a writer, and it’s all pretty […]
» Read more...Consumer Reports Travel Letter
Consumer Reports Travel Letter does an interesting comparison of the six largest independent travel web sites, but still couldn’t recommend a one stop shopping tool. Maybe they shouldn’t be looking at the biggest, eh? If you haven’t been to CheapTicketsLinks.com, please take a look at this very simple resource for comparing prices at all the […]
» Read more...Travel/Outdoor related markets from WritersWeekly.com
Hey travel writers, Looking for publications that pay? WritersWeekly.com has a good free newsletter that lists jobs for writers as well as current paying markets with full submission info. This month there are some leads from Nevada Magazine, Outdoor California, AMC Outdoors, Menasha Ridge PRess, and Sierra Magazine. Submit, submit, submit! 🙂
» Read more...Getting the Writing Done: Sunday practice
I wrote a full story today. It seems like it has been a very long time since the last one, but I don’t care to count the months. The story I talked about writing in the “Independence Day blog,” is still percolating, and needing proper research from a library and bookstore. I will follow through, […]
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