Apologies for the scanty posts on my end these days. Between trying to write queries, procrastinating and trying to write queries and procrastinating – I have been caught up in a slightly depressing hole where I land up doing everything but writing. Any empathy guys? This is when I start to look online frantically for […]
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Meet and Greet with Lonely Planet Founders
Lonely Planet foundersTony and Maureen Wheeler will be in several spots in California this week to promote two of their new books: A Tourist in the Axis of Evil and The Lonely Planet Story. Admission is free and on a first come first served basis 45 minutes in advance. The talks will last about an […]
» Read more...Call From National Press Club For Travel Writers
If you are an editor, photographer, a writer, trying to be a writer, or whatever, as long as you are waddling in the travel-publishing industry, and want to share your experiences with a crowd who will listen to what you have to say, this opportunity may be yours. The event is being sponsored by the […]
» Read more...How Traveling Made Her a Writer…
Check out a great interview on Gadling with founder or Seal Press Barbara Sjoholm. The interview has been done by our very own Kelly Amabile, and is in the context of one of Barbara’s latest books “Incognito Street: How Traveling Made Me A Writer”. The interview is inspiring and full of bits of advice and […]
» Read more...An All New Gridskipper: Snazzy and Spreadout
Gridskipper re-launched yesterday and the result is a completely new look, expanded features, wider focus, more contributors and detailed maps with hotspots marked out per city. New focus cities include: Berlin, Los Angeles, New York, Paris, San Francisco, and Sydney. Although now it looks more obviously part of ‘Gawker’, the changes and extras are all […]
» Read more...Call For Unusual Travel Stories
Brothels on a farm, airports designed like footballs, a visit to a kimchi museum, a midnight party with extras on a film set in Brazil — that’s the kind of stuff that will be online soon on Meander Magazine. The new e-zine is set to launch in July, and is looking for stories on all […]
» Read more...Job Lead: BUG Europe Travel Guide
The Backpackers Ultimate Guide (BUG) is looking to fill 12 one-month long travel research positions for a Europe travel guide. The job would involve: -reviewing hostels (100-150 words per hostel) -couple of introductory paragraphs for each destination (100-500 words each) -writing about eating & drinking sections for the larger destinations (100-500 words each) The work […]
» Read more...US Launch Tour: Lonely Planet Books
2)Unlikely Destinations:The Lonely Planet Story, jointly written by both Tony and Maureen Wheeler: Clear from it’s title, this book talks about the 36-year evolution of Lonely Planet from a barely stapled guide written by two travelers on the road, to the world’s largest independent guidebook publisher. When: The couple will be hopping around the United […]
» Read more...The Travel Channel Acquires World Hum
The word has just gotten out, and it’s already been covered considerably. The Travel Channel has acquired World Hum. Taken over!? Gobbled-up by the fierce and firey bigshots at Discovery? Log on to World Hum now and you can already see embedded into the page The Travel Channel orange ‘T’ on the top right corner. […]
» Read more...Interview: Pauline Frommer
Pauline Frommer, daughter of American Travel writing legend Arthur Frommer, has built a successful career in her own right and last year began releasing her own line of guidebooks, which have been highly acclaimed for her “Spend less, see more,†approach. She was kind enough to grant Written Road a candid interview. See articles, podcasts, […]
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