Check out theAtlanta Photojournalism Seminar. Can’t say I’m not keeping an eye out for my photo friends. A N D, JetBlue has some great flights to Atlanta.
» Read more...Year: 2003
The Other Side of Writing
Does the outside world think that writing is just writing? Are you visualizing a clean desk with a solitary chair and state-of-the-art computer set up? Today I’m on a twin bed in the house that I grew up in. I’m surrounded by the more important papers that were on my desk at TT. Expense reports, […]
» Read more...We’re All Turkeys
I just got back from last minute food shopping with my dad. I call him Bah, short for Bah Bah, which is “father” in Chinese. He's 58. Bah was on a mission to find King’s Hawaiian rolls. We all try to pitch in for Thanksgiving dinner and this is what my aunt had assigned him. […]
» Read more...Attaché Magazine
I recently did a search on WritersMarket.com for consumer magazines that accept non fiction travel + essays. Attaché was one that caught my eye. It’s the inflight for US Airways. I was pleased to see their 2003 editorial calendar, but will have to email to ask them when they’ll release the goods for next year. […]
» Read more...Hang on Folks!
Sorry for the delay in posts and for not telling you sooner that I'd be on hiatus. I was packing up my belongings in SF like a mad woman. Trip after trip to the storage unit, but I’m quite pleased that it’s almost all together. Then I went up to Portland for a big party […]
» Read more...Travel Writing Events in New York
It's not all about the West Coast. Ayun Halliday is doing events for the zany and wildly entertaining No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late Three chances left to go to a reading. Get out there, you won’t want to miss her read from this hilarious book. AND it’d be a great […]
» Read more...Jobs
If you want to get a job in publishing, these two websites will make you drool. MediaBistro.com and NewsJobs.net I haven’t been to MB in a long time, but just went now. Here’s one that caught my eye: Assistant Editor for Travel + Life magazine in Seattle NOTE: These sights are not just for writers. […]
» Read more...The Realities of Writing
Sometimes the story has to keep cooking. Last week I was working on my article for BREAK, the magazine for STA Travel. Earlier in the week I had done the research, but it was time to write my rough draft. The first night, it just wasn’t coming so I had a drink and relaxed with […]
» Read more...Longitude’s Best of 2003
There's a whole lot of reading to do… Check out Longitude.com's Best of 2003 Did you like any of these titles? I’ll admit I haven’t read any of them. But the ones that pique my interest the most are Monster of God: The Man Eating Predator in the Jungles of History and the Mind, by […]
» Read more...The Winning Bra!
And the Winner Is….. The “Tropical Delight” bra! Joyce Block from Chicago who donated her bra at The Savvy Traveller on October 9 is the winner of ten free autographed copies of Sand in My Bra and Other Misadventures and ten Travelers’ Tales t-shirts. Just in time to give to ten friends (or twenty!) over […]
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