So the Guardian has a new travel-blog spy on board – Benji Lanyado. Looks like the Guardian is diverting new focus to the blogosphere, and this dude is doing the honours. He is not a typical reviewer though – hard to please and not afraid to say what he thinks. So he doesn’t rave about […]
» Read more...Year: 2007
Market Lead: Editor at Avalon Travel Publishing
Avalon Travel Publishing has an opening for an Editor in their Emeryville, California office. The editor will be responsible for acquiring 20–28 travel guidebook titles per year, search out and screen potential authors, research competing titles, review and edit proposals, negotiate contracts, etc. Ideal candidates: -have experience hiring writers for long-term projects -have established contacts […]
» Read more...Join A Writers Group
“Hi my name is Abha and I’m a writer,” is what I said when I walked into my first writer group meeting. Not to sure what I would get from it, I decided to go anyway. I was lacking inspiration and didn’t have anyone to brag to, so thought I’d see how other writers were […]
» Read more...Interview with Mike Gerrard
Britan’s Mike Gerrard is one of the world’s most prolific guidebook writers and has been one of the lucky few to have a steady career in travel writing. He was kind enough to grant Written Road an interview: Written Road: How did you first become involved in travel writing? Mike Gerrard: I had to go […]
» Read more...Outside Buyer’s Guide Summer 2007
In the past I swore off buying expensive clothes to travel with from North Face and Mountain Hardware or whichever other company was trendy at the time. I always thought that the best equipment wasn’t essential and was inspired when local porters and guides used the most basic equipment possible to hike or raft or […]
» Read more...Writing Travel Guidebooks Seminar in NYC
Media Bistro is offering a Guidebook Writing Seminar at their HQ in NYC hosted by Lonely Planet author Robert Reid. The course is $65 ($50 for Avant Guild Members). In the seminar you will learn: -The setup of this quirky publishing sub-industry -Which guidebook series appeals to which travel market — and which is the […]
» Read more...50 Travel Magazines that Accept Freelancers
For those that haven’t seen it, Brave New Traveler just compiled a handy list of 50 Travel Magazines that accept freelancers. Most of the mags are small, little known publications outside of their respective coluntries or cities. There’s also inflights as well as the major players such as Outside and National Geographic Traveller. If you […]
» Read more...New Perceptive Travel
Perceptive Travel has released its latest issue, July/August. The ezine is published by World’s Cheapest Destinations author Tim Leffel and features the work of travel (and other) writers with at least one book in print. For those of you who haven’t seen it yet, check it out. There’s a great piece by Bruce Northam, “Sobering […]
» Read more...Job Lead: Chicken Soup For The Soul
For those of you who would like a bang at writing an emotionally driven story for a change, the famous Chicken Soup publishers are looking for contributions. What would we do without them. *Sigh*. Although they generally accept articles year round, word is that they are currently yelping for stories for their Chicken Soup for […]
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