The April 15 deadline for the Lowell Thomas Awards will be here before we know it. Given by the Society of American Travel Writers, I think it’s one of the most prestigious travel writing awards. Sand In My Bra will miss the date requirements by a week, but Wild Writing Women: Stories of World Travel […]
» Read more...Month: March 2003
Writers Market Encyclopedia
Not sure about writers jargon or trade lingo? Or maybe you’ve always wanted a brief overview of travel writing before you quit your job, buy a RTW ticket, and tell your friends and family that you’re the next Bill Bryson. Check out the Writers Market Encyclopedia. This is one comprehensive resource.WritersMarket.com is pretty damn cool […]
» Read more...Want a career in publishing?
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. do a good job of explaining the different departments in a publishing company. A Career in Publishing They offer great opportunities for those seeking entry level positions, too.
» Read more...Lonely Planet Images
Hey photographers, Think you’ve got what it takes to shoot for Lonely Planet? Download their Information and Submission Guidelines and give it a go!
» Read more...GlobalTravelWriters.com
Who? I just started using this superstrength search engine tool called, Copernic Agent and did a search for travel writers. #4 was a site I’d never heard of, GlobalTravelWriters.com. They look like the Aussie version of TravelIntelligence.net, a chosen collection of travel writers that use the site as some kind of online agent or booking […]
» Read more...Web sites for Writers
Someone on my WorkforWriters list serve asked for help on an article about the 50 best web sites for writers. Here were the first 9 off the top of my head. There are a ton of Blist sites, but I didn’t want to spend an hour typing in all the URLs. Do you have any […]
» Read more...Foghorn Outdoors
I went to check up on Avalon to see if they were still accepting submissions for their Moon Metro guides, and saw that Foghorn Outdoors has a call out for submissions. Do you have experience in any of these categories? Florida Fishing Mid Atlantic Camping New England Fishing Oregon Fishing Washington Hiking Here’s the link […]
» Read more...Money for Travel Writers
The idea fairy came yesterday and slapped me across the face—hard. I credited it to the fact that I needed a means to the end if I was going to start trying to make more money from writing than all my other misc efforts. But she could’ve also felt the fire beneath her butt from […]
» Read more...Ka-ching
Props to Susan Brady at Travelers' Tales for her patience and negotiating skills — but mostly for her patience in handling the permissions for Sand In My Bra. Negotiating contracts with publishers, agents, and authors is one of Susan’s least fave tasks at TT, but she did such a good job on Sand that this […]
» Read more...Anne Lamott in The Writer
She’s the coolest, isn’t she? I love her style even if I am way behind in keeping up with her books. In the April issue of The Writer, editor Ronald Kovach interviews Anne Lamott. Straight Shooter: Anne Lamott succeeds with honest writing It’s pretty darn cool that The Writer puts this up on their site. […]
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