A couple of months ago, I had the privilege to join the Matador Travel Community. I first found it talked about on Craigslist as a community for people interested in travel, music & art, writing & photography, sports, and positive global development. It sounded interesting and it got me in touch with young, friendly travel […]
» Read more...Month: January 2007
A Real-Time Luxury Package
You will probably read the most informative yet interesting 250 words on this newly launched travel website-cum-blog called Globorati. What I particularly liked about the site is that it not only tells you about the newest hospitality developments from Timbuktu to Toronto, but it cleverly weaves in carefully researched and up-to-date information on the destination […]
» Read more...Self-Publishing: Baby Steps
An earlier post with Gina Trapani’s wisdom on turning your blog into a successful book was very insightful. Because she has done it herself, she is a success story we can all take invaluable tips from, should we want our blog, or any sort of writing for that matter, to turn into a well-selling book. […]
» Read more...Job Lead for Business-Travel Bloggers
A ‘high profile publication’ calls for business-travel bloggers through the Perrin Post. Unfortunately the job lead offers no more details, but since posted on Condé Nast Traveler, definitely worth responding to if interested. For those not familiar – the Perrin Post is a blog written by Wendy Perrin, award winning travel-journalist, and current consumer editor […]
» Read more...Perceptive Travel’s 1st Anniversary Travel Photo Contest
Tim Leffel’s travel narrative website Perceptive Travel is celebrating its 1st anniversary by hosting a photography competition. Take a photo from any Asian country profiled in the Lonely Planet’s new set of Citiescape Guides (Mumbai, Delhi, Hong Kong, Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City/Saigon, Tokyo, Sydney, Kathmandu, Singapore, or Bejing), and you could win the whole […]
» Read more...For Us Travel Writing Beginners: Collecting Clips
Trying to get my feet wet in the travel publishing industry, through my daily random and restless online search for inspiring travel sites, market leads and story ideas, I recently came across UK based TravelMag. Self-tagged as The Independent Spirit, the site has been up and running since 1997, and focuses on encouraging people to […]
» Read more...Read. No Excuses.
When I used to work in public relations (a corporate job that I recently quit, to live abroad and write) I never seemed to have time to read. 9am to 7pm-high stress job, 2-hours in traffic, need to go out and socialize, come home dead and ready for bed. Besides, I read a plethora of […]
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