Authors, Platform Profiles, Resources for Writers, Travel Books 1 comment on Get Your Writing Critiqued For Free

Get Your Writing Critiqued For Free

Over at Nerd’s Eye View you have an opportunity to write 200 words and get them critiqued by Angela Nickerson, traveler, photographer, and author of ”A Journey into Michelangelo’s Rome“, as part of her virtual book tour. The exercise is straight forward: write a 200 word (maximum) piece basis the prompt below and post a […]

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News, Resources for Writers 3 comments on Travel Channel Acquires Vagabondish

Travel Channel Acquires Vagabondish

Breaking news from the travel-publishing industry: Discovery’s Travel Channel has bought over Vagabondish. First it was World Hum, now this — both are great examples of small scale, personal projects making it big because of sheer dedication and quality content. Mike Richard, who created the blog-turned-magazine about 18-months ago, will remain the editor-in-chief and the […]

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Market Leads, Resources for Writers, Travel Books 2 comments on Call For Story Submissions: Traveling Mama

Call For Story Submissions: Traveling Mama

I hadn’t seen the Traveling Mamas website before and I think it’s pretty cool. Run by 4 mothers who are professional travel-writers, the site has a neat travel blog with focused advice on family travel; worth a visit if you haven’t already. Anyway, they are looking for 300-1000 word travel-themed stories for an anthology series. […]

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Authors, Publishers, Resources for Writers, Travel Books 0 comments on Interview With Robert Reid: The Rise Of Online Travel Guides

Interview With Robert Reid: The Rise Of Online Travel Guides

I subscribe to a million (not exaggerating) RSS feeds, from EVERYWHERE. I enjoy most I subscribe to, and I subscribe to new ones almost every day (yes, I’m obsessed) which is precisely why I often miss good stuff — that goes completely against the whole point of subscribing to feeds from cool sites. This interview […]

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A Writer's Life, Authors, Resources for Writers, Travel Books 0 comments on New Writing Website: The Midlist Writer

New Writing Website: The Midlist Writer

Good friend, fellow traveler and writer Sean McLachlan (who has shared his advice for us here before), has entered the blogging world to share his writing experiences. Sean has been to 20 countries on every continent (except Australia and Antartica), is author of Moon Guidebook to London, the Insider’s Guide to Phoenix, and Globe Pequot’s […]

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News, Resources for Writers 0 comments on NYC & Italy Travel Writing Classes w/Michael Luongo

NYC & Italy Travel Writing Classes w/Michael Luongo

Travel Writer and Editor Michael Luongo, who we interviewed at Written Road last April, will be holding several travel writing workshops in the coming months: New York University’s Global Traveler Writing Class When: Saturdays March 8 and March 15, 10am to 4pm Where: New York University How Much: $385 Luongo’s Global Traveler writing class is […]

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