One of the highlights of the New York Times Travel Show, was being witness to David Farley and Jessie Sholl’s genuine excitement at the sight, sale, and signing of their new book Travelers’ Tales Prague. I’ve been with Travelers’ Tales since book three, India, and Prague is sure to be in the 100+ count. I’ve […]
» Read more...Month: February 2006
Worldwide Freelancer Market Database
We’ve talked about Worldwide Freelancer before and their cool newsletter of market leads. I wanted to let you know they also have a FREE markets database. Search the Markets Database for any genre of publisher you’re looking for. I just tried travel and it worked just fine. It’s not the end all be all of […]
» Read more...Sumbission Call: Canadian Non Fiction
Hey, just wanted to let you know there’s a new publication coming to the west coast of Canada. They’re just in their preliminary stages, but are looking for articles. And they pay. Not a lot, but something is better than nothing, writers. Travel Time News What they want: Non-fiction travel stories containing up to 1000 […]
» Read more...New York Times Travel Show 2006
If you’re going to be in the New York City area next weekend, come on by the New York Times Travel Show. Daniel and Darrel, the great guys at Longitude Books have put together a swell line up of travel writers and seminars. There’s an impressive list of travel writers giving workshops. Here’s the full […]
» Read more...Gotham Writers Spring Travel Writing Workshop
Jen mentioned David Farley’s March NYU writing workshop recently, but I wanted to be sure to remind New York-area writers about the in-depth ten week class offering also taught by David this spring: What: Gotham Writers’ Workshop: Travel Writing Level 1 Workshop When: Begins on Tuesday, April 18, 2006 and runs for 10-weeks from 7-10pm […]
» Read more...Travel Writing Seminar at 826 Valencia in San Francisco
826 Valencia is a legend in San Francisco. They are doing amazing work to nurture young writers, and they’ve got a bunch of SF literati behind them. 826: Valencia The Writing Center, which has now gone national, is most known for it’s founder Dave Eggers. Eggers used earnings from his from his bestseller, A Heartbreaking […]
» Read more...Airtroductions
Hey, are there any of you single travel lovers out there taking a flight in the next few days? Check this out: Want a free lifetime membership to Airtroductions? A major TV news show wants to follow two people meeting on Airtroductions in the next 48 hours. If you are one of them, they will […]
» Read more...Amazon Connect is Working
Just a quick note to say that the Amazon Connect program is working for me. I had my first random book buyer comment on my section. Thankfully, it was positive. Even though I’ve had two happy commentors, one of which was my friend, I still can’t help but wonder how many people are confused and […]
» Read more...U.K. Travel Writing Workshops in March
Hi Roadies! As Jen mentioned last month, I’m getting ready to head out on a big trip, so posts from me will be few and far between. But I’ve got several items to share before I leave, so l’ll get right to it with this one — yet another excellent learning opportunity for travel writers, […]
» Read more...Lea Aschkenas at Get Lost Tonight!
Speaking of Get Lost, there’s going to be a great Cuba event there tonight! ES CUBA: During her ten months in Cuba, Lea Aschkenas fell in love with the country and, then, one of its compatriots. In her new book, Es Cuba: Life and Love on an Illegal Island she documents the contradictions, isolation and […]
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