We got a heads-up from ex-Written Road contributor Kelly Amabile, of some cool travel related events in NYC this October. Although the events do not talk about travel-writing directly, they involve some great travel-writers who will be talking about their books: WHAT: 1) Wednesday, October 8 at 7pm: Stephanie Elizondo Griest reads from her new […]
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Meet the Frugal Traveler in New York
Here are two chances to meet one of the most known travel-writers in the industry today: NY Times Frugal Traveler Matt Gross will be telling stories of his experience traveling around the world and writing. 1)What: A talk at Idlewild Books about the Grand Tour, literary travel, frugal travel and so on. When: Thursday, September […]
» Read more...Take a train trip with Paul Theroux. For $12,795 only.
In case you are one of those handful of aspiring travel-writers who are living off an inheritance, married to a celebrity, or have a sugar-daddy (or mommy!) at their beck and call, perhaps you might be interested in taking a train trip with Paul Theroux for the grand sum total of $12,975. The journey covers […]
» Read more...The Frugal Traveler On Travel Writing
A quote from Rolf Pott’s interview with Matt Gross: “Go into travel before you go into travel writing. You should know how to cross a land border, book plane tickets in a language you don’t speak and befriend the old lady who squints evilly from the second-story window at everyone who passes by. In other […]
» Read more...Travel-Writing Getaway In Norway: 10% Off For Written Road Readers!
Creative Escapes, leaders in providing writing and photography holidays (recently even voted by the Guardian as one of the top 5 companies offering writing holidays), has just announced its next writing escape which will take place from 25–28 September in western Norway. Alongside the fantastic team at Creative Escapes (check out profiles on the About […]
» Read more...Writing for Suite101.com and About.com: Is It Worth It?
Again and again I get questions about whether it is worth it to write for websites such as Suite101.com or About.com, so I thought I would breakdown my experience with Suite101 and what I have heard about About.com. Suite101 I began writing for Suite101 about two years ago when very few people had heard about […]
» Read more...How Important Is Blogging For Your Career As A Travel-Writer?
To blog or not to blog, that is the question (sorry for the awful rendition of a cliche). The upsurge and success of blogs in the online travel-publishing industry, has posed a hot question in the minds of accomplished and aspiring writers alike: what importance do we need to give to blogging (be it general […]
» Read more...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 […]
» Read more...Making Money As A Writer. Good Money.
“It’s possible to make a good amount of money as a writer. Most writers don’t. You should assume, strictly for business purposes, that you won’t, or at the very least, won’t for a very long time. It’s not all about you, it’s also about the market. Don’t get defensive. The median personal income in the […]
» Read more...Guest Article: Ten Tips For Landing Great Features In Your Home Area
Off and on, we here at Written Road get the privilege of published writers sharing their expertise. Sean McLachlan, book author and freelance journalist (and Madrid Writer’s Group buddy! 🙂 was kind enough to allow us to reproduce a piece of his, originally published on www.writing-world.com; the one you will read below is an updated […]
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