Well…it’s time for the final edit. Part of which I’ll be doing this weekend, and then I’ll be doing the rest in San Francisco with Larry Habegger on Monday & Tuesday. We’ve got story selections to finalize which will probably mean cutting nearly 10 stories from the last go round, writing teasers, adding sidebars and […]
» Read more...Year: 2002
It’s Time To Write
Last Friday someone on the WorkforWriters listserve posted a whole bunch of market leads and links to submission guidelines. I got excited thinking about story angles that I could work on for many of them. I was really motivated…though the 16oz cup of coffee could’ve had something to do with it, too. I planned some […]
» Read more...Adventure Travel Writing Contest
Knowing what it costs to put an anthology together, The Narrative Press seems to have the right idea for making the most of a small budget — A contest. The Best True Adventure & Exploration Stories of 2003 Contest 30 winners will be selected to be included in “a collection of over 30 adventures, from […]
» Read more...Combat training for journalists
“WASHINGTON (AP) – The Pentagon is offering to train journalists in the basics of military combat as part of its contingency planning for media coverage of a possible war with Iraq.” Read the full Guardian Unlimited article.
» Read more...SATW 2002 Awards announced
“If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much room,” can often be heard from award winning photographer and writer Alison Wright. Ali got her due respect this week from the Society of American Travel Writers. Yesterday they had their award ceremonies in Hawaii and Ali won SATW’s Gold Award for Photographer […]
» Read more...On a personal note…
It’s a bad week to not be in SF Jamie Oliver was in town
» Read more...Travel writing groups on Yahoo
I can’t believe I’m making the time for these listserve writing groups, but I love hearing other peoples’ news in our field, and there’s good info to be found in them. Here is a link to Yahoo’s groups on travel writing. I’m not sure how many of them are public since I saw the Wild […]
» Read more...Panic
I woke up this morning thinking it was after the 31st and that I’d forgotten to write up and turn in an entry for the Bakpak Travelers Guide Travel Writer Essay Contest. I just can’t pass up an opportunity to try and get a free trip to Oz. Especially if the reward would be getting […]
» Read more...So, it’s the author’s job?
When I worked at Travelers’ Tales, we submitted several of our books for awards every year. And we won awards every year. The titles that did win often got award stickers to place on the covers and it was good press for us as publishers. Needlesstosay it was an ego boost for the authors as […]
» Read more...Story angle after story angle
I’m fascinated by this web site: Infiltration A zine about going places you’re not supposed to go. Such as abandoned sites, hotels & hospitals, transit tunnels, buildings and offices. This could be just the thing to satisfy my crime fantasies without actually taking any gems. And as a writer, just think of the multitude of […]
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