My friends think I’m nuts, but I usually just laugh them off. Don’t get me wrong; I pay for my arrogance by lugging around 15 lbs. of camera gear just about every time I go outside. The reason? Photography no longer requires a sugar mama or second mortgage, and as a writer also creating web-based […]
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Job Lead: Frommer’s volunteer vacations guide
Are you a writer that’s stoked on helping out the communities you travel in? Can’t get enough of organic WOOF farming? Love to write about doing it? Then this job just might be for you. John Wiley & Sons Canada is looking for a professional journalist/travel writer to pen an “ideas” book on volunteer vacations […]
» Read more...Hi, My Name Is Tim, And I Am An Alcoholic
Okay not really, but if the expense account is big enough…. Last night while smashed up against the uber-fit writing crowd of Boulder, Colorado (read: I just ran a marathon and decided to swim a mile to cool down), I kept hearing the theme of online journalism popping up. Now I’m no newbie to technology, […]
» Read more...Travellers’ Tales Announce Three Break-through Master Classes
To continue the theme of Abha’s latest post, there’s lots to gain from one of Travellers’ Tales Travel Writing and Photography workshops; even if you’ve already nailed some paid commissions. They offer practice, practice and more practice, professional and peer appraisals and the chance to add a few more industry contacts to your address book. […]
» Read more...Travel-Writing Getaway In Norway: 10% Off For Written Road Readers!
Creative Escapes, leaders in providing writing and photography holidays (recently even voted by the Guardian as one of the top 5 companies offering writing holidays), has just announced its next writing escape which will take place from 25–28 September in western Norway. Alongside the fantastic team at Creative Escapes (check out profiles on the About […]
» Read more...Market Lead: World Swirl Press
Travel writer Erik Trinidad is putting together a guide and anthology under a micropublishing venture, World Swirl Press. They are looking for contributors with narrative and service-y pieces about travel scams – pickpocket scams, bait and switches, frauds, false accusations…1,000 words or less. Right now there isn’t a whole lot of information about when the […]
» Read more...Job Lead: WCities intern
The internet is the place to be when it comes to travel writing, and if you are in the San Francisco area, there is an internship at WCities which may be a great place to start. The intern will be working with one of the Assistant Editors who is in charge of managing a network […]
» Read more...Job Leads: Urban Daddy, Budget Travel, & Gayot
Three quick links to new travel publishing jobs: – Urban Daddy is loooking for an editor of their National Edition for their New York office. –Budget Travel is looking for someone who speaks fluent Japanese to fact check an article either from their New York office or via telecommuting. A great way to break in […]
» Read more...Introducing Anna, Kelly, and Tim…
I want to formally introduce our three new writers here at Written Road: Kelly Anne Pipes, Tim Shisler, and Anna Brones. You will see their post here on the site begining next week. You can learn more about them and read their bios on our profile page. Each brings their own unique background in travel […]
» Read more...August Is Travel-Query Writing Month!
Friends over at Almost Fearless have put together an initiative to help push ourselves to get our work published. The idea is to write a query letter a day, throughout the ENTIRE month of August, and keep an open log of it. Ok, ok, we’re already 6 days into August, but it’s never too late […]
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