This is the third in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my five month European backpacking trip. Bob Dylan played softly in the background as we leafed through magazines and dunked homemade chocolate chip cookies into our hot tea. After about an hour, I went wandering through the […]
» Read more...Month: September 2006
Job Lead: Travel & Leisure
Travel & Leisure is looking for a freelance book editor to begin research on its annual world’s best spas, hotels, and restaurants. And if you read or subscribe to Travel & Leisure you know this annual issue is extremely large and detailed. The right candidate should have previous book editing experience, along with line editing […]
» Read more...Mastheads.org Intern
Mastheads.org. The excellent writer’s resource is looking for a editorial intern to start immediately. Job responsibilities include contacting magazines and data entry. It’s non-paying, but they offer school credit and a flexible schedule as payment. To apply, send a resume and a brief bio here. The position will be filled this week. We’ve posted about […]
» Read more...Travels in Europe: Reading on the Road
This is the second in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my recent five month European backpacking trip. I’ll start each post with questions about the topic. Please share your own ideas and experiences below. Topic Two: Reading on the Road Questions: What do you like to read […]
» Read more...Fall Internships: Brides & Eurocheapo
This is always my favorite time of the year. I love the comfortable temperatures, falling leaves, and rows of school supplies autumn bring. And for those not heading back to school, here are a few fall internships to apply for. Brides magazine is looking for a intern to assist the travel editorial department. Responsilibities include […]
» Read more...New AdventureLogue from BootsnAll
Greetings, all. In the name of shameless self-promotion and keeping it all in the BootsnAll family, I’d like to officially announce the unofficial launch of the Adventure Travel Logue at www.adventurelogue.com. You may remember from a few weeks back that BnA was looking for travel guides for their new series of Logues. In fact, they’re […]
» Read more...Travels in Europe: Guidebooks
This is the first in a series of posts about how travel, reading, writing and communicating intersected during my recent five month backpacking trip through Europe. I’ll start each post with questions about the topic. Please share your own ideas and experiences in the comments section below. Topic One: Guidebooks Questions: How easy or difficult […]
» Read more...Travels in Europe: One Writer’s Perspective
As mentioned here previously, beginning this week I’ll be publishing a series of posts about my recent European travels. I hope that by sharing my personal perspective on certain aspects of the journey, the Written Road community can exchange ideas, strategies and stories related to topics such as journaling, pitching queries, sending postcards and managing […]
» Read more...The Writer’s Almanac and On the Road
Each morning a piece of poetry or prose greets me when I check my email inbox, courtesy of Garrison Keillor’s The Writer’s Almanac. I like this daily dose of literature because it often introduces me to writers and poets I am not familiar with, and inspires me to make sure I carve out time each […]
» Read more...Pauline Frommer’s Guidebooks
The Frommer name has been coupled with travel since 1957 when Arthur Frommer published Europe on $5 a day. Since, millions of tourists (including myself) have used the Frommer’s travel guidebooks as a useful tool when planning an overseas trip. After perusing Frommer’s Dollar a Day books when I was 18, I realized I could […]
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