I found How Well Traveled Are You?”How Well Traveled Are You? on Kelly’s Lost in Place…she’s preparing to bump up her travel averages. What you do is fill out a list of places you’ve been (they don’t have all of them), and then it calculates percentages for you. I don’t think this means much but […]
» Read more...Month: November 2005
The Book Tour Diaries, Seattle
The Seattle area remains one of my favorite areas for doing author events. There are so many indie bookstores within driving distance, and each has their own book loving staff. As you know, the tour has been more miss than hit, so I was crossing my fingers that Seattle would turn it around. And it […]
» Read more...BootsnAll is Looking for Interns
I’m always in favor of writers getting their start as interns, because that’s how I started. And my fave travel enthusiasts over at BootsnAll are offering up this opportunity right now. So, if you’re interested in becoming a travel writer, and just starting out, this is a terrific way to get your feet wet. The […]
» Read more...Jen Leo’s Favorite Links
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that since we’ve made the site look a bit cleaner, I also updated my Favorite Links. Before, we had a very short list on the left column, but now I fleshed it out some and it has it’s own page. You’ll find: Writing Resources Resources for Book […]
» Read more...So Many Travel Websites to Write For…..
Travel Travel Travel. Writing Writing Writing. We do them together, we do them separately, and right now I’ve got both of them staring me in the face each morning. I’m on a quick break from the book tour, and I don’t leave town again for a week and a half, but it is impossible for […]
» Read more...Glimpse Quarterly
I went on a binge at a Chapters bookstore while I was in Vancouver. One of the mags I picked up was Glimpse. I’d never seen it before. glimpse: it’s your world. get acquainted It is a quarterly mag associated with the Glimpse Foundation. I love the tag… It’s Your World. Get Acquainted. How true […]
» Read more...Booking Buddy: Written Road’s First Sponsor
Hey Written Roadies…you’ll notice we’ve launched a new sponsorship section. What are we doing you might ask? Well, we are trying to take Written Road to the next level of service. We’ve got a bunch of cool travel writing-related agendas in store for you in 2006. In order to make those things happen we’ve sought […]
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