We got a heads-up from ex-Written Road contributor Kelly Amabile, of some cool travel related events in NYC this October. Although the events do not talk about travel-writing directly, they involve some great travel-writers who will be talking about their books: WHAT: 1) Wednesday, October 8 at 7pm: Stephanie Elizondo Griest reads from her new […]
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Twitter Part Two: People You Should Follow And New Written Road Account
I still can’t believe I get paid to do this. Sometimes as writers it’s good to step back and count our blessings. Got rejected recently? Yeah, me too. But you know what? I went back with another pitch and landed an assignment. It’s a game of adversity and those who are willing to work, push […]
» Read more...Job Lead: New travel website Trazzler.com
Trazzler is a Tumblr-style new travel website that helps you decide where to go. It’s a new concept that gives you personalised, hand-picked travel options after analysing your travel history and even your personality traits. I recently wrote an intro on the site on Gadling, which you can read here. As posted on Media Bistro, […]
» Read more...World Travel Market 10-13th November – Free Press Registration Open
WTM (World Travel Market) arrives at London’s Excel exhibition centre from 10-13th November. If you’re scheduled to be in the UK around that time I’m guessing you’ll be making a beeline for the Excel exhibition centre too. The annual four day trade show is THE travel gathering of the year in the UK with more […]
» Read more...How Twitter Can Help You Get More Assignments
Just this past week I got an interesting note from a very savvy and forward thinking PR professional. Hi Tim, I noticed your HARO request a few weeks back on new media resources available for travel writers and wanted to let you know that the PR team at Fairmont Hotels & Resorts has created a […]
» 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...Take a train trip with Paul Theroux. For $12,795 only.
In case you are one of those handful of aspiring travel-writers who are living off an inheritance, married to a celebrity, or have a sugar-daddy (or mommy!) at their beck and call, perhaps you might be interested in taking a train trip with Paul Theroux for the grand sum total of $12,975. The journey covers […]
» 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...Solas Awards deadline just around the corner – September 21
After a three day weekend — two of which I didn’t even check my email — it’s a little difficult to get back into the swing of things. Plus Labor Day is always an annoying indicator that summer is almost over. But fortunately the end of summer means the coming of fall and you know […]
» Read more...The British Guild of Travel Writers launch NEW website
Founded in 1960, the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) is an association of over 270 professional writers, editors, photographers, producers, radio and television presenters involved in the world of travel. You’ll find Guild members names in by-lines to articles featured everywhere throughout the British press, on imprint pages of countless guidebooks and increasingly across […]
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