James O’Reilly, publisher of Travelers’ Tales sent an email today to the TT staff, raving about M.F.K. Fisher. I thought I’d pass it on since there are several of you out there who email me asking how to improve your writing. “Reading M.F.K. Fisher for Travelers’ Tales Provenceand DAMN is she good! I’d forgotten how […]
» Read more...Year: 2002
A House Somewhere: Tales of Living Abroad
I missed Don George’s book release party tonight at Book Passage! He was reading with Isabel Allende from his latest anthology A House Somewhere: Tales of Life Abroad. This collection is “filled with stories of folks who committed themselves to a place that wasn’t their own, but that became home.” If you’re not familiar with […]
» Read more...Free Travel = More Travel Writing Potential
Frommers.com announced in their newsletter last night that RyanAir.com is giving away 500,000 seats until Nov.18, 2002. It’s for flights in Europe–London, Paris, Rome, Dublin, Amsterdam, Brussels, Glasgow, Shannon-and any of their flight destinations within Europe. To look at their homepage is an instant rush —the kind you get from the excitement of possibility. You […]
» Read more...Everyone Wants To Work At National Geographic, Don’t They?
Come on, most likely if you’re a travel writer now, at some point in your life you dreamed of working with National Geographic. Well, here’s your chance. I’m a firm believer that dreams come true…and they happen a little faster if you’re willing to put in a great deal of hard work, dedication and persistence. […]
» Read more...Google Travel Heavyweights & Featherweights
Have you seen Google Fight yet? It does Google searches for keywords and lets you know who has how many. For example, when Mac Donalds fights Burger King…here are the results. So…I’ve put some travel notables in the ring. Pen In Hand Bill Bryson vs. Tim Cahill…and the winner is Paul Theroux vs. Peter Matthiessen…and […]
» Read more...Almost done
The editing session for Sand In My Bra & Other Misadventures was fairly productive even if we didn’t get as far as we’d hoped. A couple of things… 1) We’ve got 36 stories and I’d say they’re 96% nailed down. Only 6 of those are from books. This is great because I thought originally we […]
» Read more...Travel stories I don’t want to read
I would love to do an anthology of the worst submissions ever. The mass market wouldn’t understand the humor, but I think editors would. It’d be the perfect bathroom book for any travel editor/writer. Here are a four types of cliche stories that I would be happy to never read again: 1.It took forever to […]
» Read more...Curious about publicity? Get your name out there!
Here’s a quick overview of publicity. One of the members from WorkforWriters sent it in and it grabbed my eye. I love this listserve. More info at: WorkForWriters@onelist.com
» Read more...2 more travel magazines
Here are two travel magazines that I came across this week. They’re new to me. Audience? Travel + Life: This magazine looks good visually, but I have yet to sit down and read it. It is put out by a company called Virtuoso. Elite Traveler: For the luxury set…they have a cool looking web site, […]
» Read more...Sand in My Bra
I rode the dog down to SF for a whirlwind edit session with Larry on the humor book. It’s coming along. Getting closer. We added five stories today and cut two. I think we’re over 35 stories but still under 200 pages, or right there abouts. It takes a lot more to get me to […]
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