I’ve become increasingly worried about the state of the media as newspapers cut staff and magazines fold left and right, so I have felt a growing urge to begin posting something significant on the web. It has been a long time coming, but I finally have my own independent ezine to launch: New World Review. […]
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Why You Should Start Your Writing Career in College
I came across the Transitions Abroad Student Travel Writing Contest this morning and it got me thinking about writing at a younger age. There is information on the contest at the end of this post, but I wanted to start with this: It’s never too early to start your writing career, and there are several […]
» Read more...The Death of the American Newspaper Travel Section
So, after countless times of hearing a reply from a newspaper travel editor that goes something along the lines of “we are only doing regional stories now†or “are budget has been cut back and I really don’t buy many stories from freelancers these days†I have come to this conclusion: the American newspaper travel […]
» Read more...Too Much Time Online?
Because of a trip down to San Francisco this weekend, I didn’t get online for a whole four days… four days! Well, that’s not entirely true — I did have to check my work email and send some things out Monday morning — but for the rest of the time I didn’t do any blogging, […]
» Read more...Meet the Frugal Traveler in New York
Here are two chances to meet one of the most known travel-writers in the industry today: NY Times Frugal Traveler Matt Gross will be telling stories of his experience traveling around the world and writing. 1)What: A talk at Idlewild Books about the Grand Tour, literary travel, frugal travel and so on. When: Thursday, September […]
» Read more...The Frugal Traveler On Travel Writing
A quote from Rolf Pott’s interview with Matt Gross: “Go into travel before you go into travel writing. You should know how to cross a land border, book plane tickets in a language you don’t speak and befriend the old lady who squints evilly from the second-story window at everyone who passes by. In other […]
» 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 […]
» Read more...Writing for Suite101.com and About.com: Is It Worth It?
Again and again I get questions about whether it is worth it to write for websites such as Suite101.com or About.com, so I thought I would breakdown my experience with Suite101 and what I have heard about About.com. Suite101 I began writing for Suite101 about two years ago when very few people had heard about […]
» Read more...Scarce Posting
Sorry about the scarce posting over the last few weeks, looks like both Nick and I have been swamped with different things. I’ve been wrapping up things here in Madrid before I leave for Dubai to spend 3-weeks with my family; I haven’t been home in 18 months. My brother and cousin arrived here two […]
» Read more...Trying To Be A Travel-Writer: My Story So Far…
One of our recent posts here stirred up many comments and thoughts. Although I assure you we’ve never meant to be impersonal, some of the commenters have expressed that this site lacks a personal touch, and many often ask for Jen. Unfortunately, as Nick has mentioned, Jen has retired from this site. She can be […]
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