I seem to be having many a over-blogging and under-blogging phases here on Written Road. Phases of being swamped, uninspired, hungover; phases of my eyes wanting to bleed from the number of hours glued to the screen; phases of sitting those number of hours and watching the best of YouTube leaving me tired and brain […]
» Read more...Month: September 2007
Interviews
Sorry it’s been awhile. I’ve been drowning in work and having things to do for my brother’s wedding, which was last Saturday, so I haven’t had a chance to post. Very quick…I just want to let everyone know that there is now an Interviews tab at the top of the page now which I hope […]
» Read more...Pico Iyer: Breaking The Rules Of Travel Writing
One of the most respected and unconventional writers in the travel-industry — Pico Iyer — has just published his 9 Commandments of Travel Writing on Condé Nast Traveler. As you will see, they are not a typical set of rules you expect to read from an article like this. In summary he says: -A travel […]
» Read more...Best Travel Books Of All Time
Condé Nast Traveler has just come out with a list of 86 Best Travel Books Of All Time, and I am absolutely ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I have read none of them (NONE OF THEM!!), and was only familiar with a handful. *Sigh* Condé Nast Traveler asked 45 of it’s favorite writers to […]
» Read more...The Beginning Of Travel-Publishing?
Ever wondered when the travel-publishing industry began, in what form, by whom, how, and with what intention? Honestly, I never did until I came across this piece on an exhibition that is displaying a set of Europe’s first printed travel images and maps from the Middle Ages and Renaissance period. In those days, traveling to […]
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