Last month, in celebration of their five year anniversary, World Hum, with the help of Rolf Potts, Thomas Swick, and Michael Shapiro, reviewed the top 30 travel books of all time (see previous post here). Curious about the opinions of noted travel writers, Rolf Potts inquired, via email, Pico Iyer, Peter Hessler, Tony Horwitz, Tim […]
» Read more...Month: June 2006
July Author Appearances
Lea Aschkenas, author of Es Cuba: Life and Love on a Illegal Island Sunday, July 23, 7:00 pm Book Passage, Corte Madera, CA Love is the operative word in journalist Aschkenas’s intimate, detailed memoir of 10 months spent exploring life in Cuba—love for a young Cuban man whose devotion largely defines her journey. As a […]
» Read more...Building Your Platform With a Niche
I’m sure a bunch of people have told you that you need a platform in order to sell a book. What’s platform? I like to think of it as a foundation of experience and readership. For example, someone who has a newspaper column and/or a radio show has a stronger platform than someone with a […]
» Read more...Job Leads: Budget Travel & Seal Press
Here’s a few more job leads to keep you busy this week. Budget Travel Magazine, a subsidiary of Newsweek, Inc., is looking for a features editor to assign, write, and edit stories, oversee projects, represent Budget Travel, and make media appearances. Oh, but wait! Don’t just send your resume. The editor of Budget Travel, Erik […]
» Read more...TravelFish is looking for travel writers in Vietnam and Laos
Hey travelers, if you are already in Vietnam and Laos, and you’d like to get your feet wet trying some destination travel writing, check out Travelfish.org.https://www.travelfish.org/ They are building a site for travel to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. AND, they just happen to be looking for writers. The pay is low, but they do […]
» Read more...David Farley on the radio
Hey everybody, I just wanted to tell you David Farley, co-editor of Travelers’ Tales Prague and the Czech Republic, will be on the Pittsburgh talk radio show “On the Menu.” This may be one of the last times to check out Farley before he heads to Italy for six months to research and write a […]
» Read more...Platform Profiles: Ayun Halliday
Our friend and loyal WR fan, the fantastical Ayun Halliday, is out with another new book. You know her from No Touch Monkey, Job Hopper, and as a contributor to Travelers’ Tales anthologies. But, she was writing books and her zine, The East Village Inky, well before that. I thought this the perfect time to […]
» Read more...Job Leads: Boston.com
Boston.com is looking for a travel content producer to create features for their Travel section, with a New England focus. More details can be found on Journalism Jobs, a great resource for media pros on the hunt for a new job. To apply, send resume to resumes@boston.com with Travel Content Producer as the subject.
» Read more...Radio Interviews
We put an ad in RTIR and the radio interest is starting to come in. Sometimes they can wait a week, sometimes they can barely wait 24 hours to get our undies on the air. I’m about to talk to KFYR in Bismark, ND and shortly after that I’ll be interviewed on CBC in Canada. […]
» Read more...Writers Wanted: Fisher Travel SOS
Are you looking to be a part of a travel website from the ground up? Fishers Travel SOS is looking for you. I had a chance to chat with Julian Fisher about his project, and it sounds like a worthwhile venture. His aim is to create a global guidebook of local emergency services for both […]
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