Since I’m primarily a radio guy, it was only a matter of time until I got around to this topic. Believe it or not, there is a spot out there on the airwaves for travel writing. National Public Radio and other public program’s like PRI’s “The World” are always looking for commentaries, “audio postcards” or […]
» Read more...Month: August 2006
Jan Morris at the New York Public Library
This exciting LIVE from the NYPL event is still two months away but since tickets go on sale soon, I though it best to let you know about it ASAP. Don’t miss a rare opportunity to see this acclaimed travel author — no excuses to miss it, especially with this advance notice to Written Road […]
» Read more...MSNBC Travel Quiz
Think you know everything about travel? Do you know what a billabong is? Or where Pike’s Peak is located? Part of travel writing is identifying new and emerging trends and hot destinations. More than that, also having prior travel on existing ones. Of course you know simple things like the city the Eiffel Tower is […]
» Read more...Longitude’s Favorite Books About Place
Here’s another place to wander if you’re looking for something to read during these last lazy days of summer. In their just released August newsletter, the guys at Longitude Books have compiled a top 25 list of their favorite books about place, which they describe as a mixture of travelogues, history, memoir and literature. It’s […]
» Read more...Working on a 2nd Draft
Sitting down to rewrite an intro for a piece that has already been accepted, my memory calls up a time when a friend in a writers group said to me, “maybe you’re not meant to be a writer.” Sometimes I think about that and ponder the question. I’m actually thinking about it right now, and […]
» Read more...Adventure Travel Professional Symposium
It’s no secret interest in adventure travel is increasing. Peruse your local newstand and you’ll find entire magazines dedicated to the genre (National Geographic Adventure and Outside). Even non-travel related magazines are jumping on the bandwagon. Esquire has a column The Restless Man—Real Adventures for Regular Guys and Men’s Journal has shifted editorial focus to […]
» Read more...Coverage of the New Airline Travel Rules
My folks are flying tomorrow, so I’m reading up on the latest rules regarding air travel to help them with a few packing pointers. Here’s a quick roundup of some of the major media coverage, plus links to what certain travel blogs are talking about: The TSA explains Where We Stand and provides a comprehensive […]
» Read more...Written Road Newsletter August 15, 2006
Hello everyone. I’m on my way up to San Francisco to celebrate What Color Is Your Jockstrap?, my fourth humor title with Travelers’ Tales. We’re having a special event at Book Passage with the one and only Tim Cahill tomorrow night. If you didn’t already know, his stories in Outside magazine more than a decade […]
» Read more...Beginner’s Guide to Adventure Travel
Not quite sure what to make of this site just yet, but I think it’s worth keeping an eye on. Beginner’s Guide to Adventure Travel is one of dozens of Beginner’s Guide sites, constructed in a style somewhere between About.com and the “for Dummies” series of books. The Adventure Travel site reads a bit like […]
» Read more...BootsnAll Call for Writers: Blog for $$$
BootsnAll has been in the business of making travel dreams come true, and now they are bound to make your writing dreams come true, too. Today, Bootsnall launched their “Logue it!” program. And guess what? They want to pay you to write. Who they’re looking for.Writers who are passionate about the city they are living […]
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