The New York Times Travel Trade Show is set for this weekend, Friday February 29 to Sunday March 2, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention center in Manhattan. The show is one of the largest trade and consumer travel shows in the country with more than 30,000 attendees and 500 exhibitors. This year’s keynote speaker […]
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Making Money As A Writer. Good Money.
“It’s possible to make a good amount of money as a writer. Most writers don’t. You should assume, strictly for business purposes, that you won’t, or at the very least, won’t for a very long time. It’s not all about you, it’s also about the market. Don’t get defensive. The median personal income in the […]
» Read more...Job Lead: Freelance Travel-Writers Globe Pequot Press
Give some insight on life of a travel-guidebook writer, and voila, a relevant job lead comes flying in! Globe Pequot Press is looking for freelance travel-writers. Wanted: 1) A cruising expert/writer/editor wanted to update a book of advice for cruise travelers. 2) Local writers in South Carolina and in the San Diego area The work […]
» Read more...The Harsh Realities Of Life As A Lonely Planet Travel-Writer
Dreaming to write for the Lonely Planet is often where your inspiration to become a travel-writer comes from. I remember I frequently used to spend time in a book shop reading and taking down notes from the biographies of the writers of each LP edition: what their background was, what they aspired to, and if […]
» Read more...Matador Travel Merges With Brave New Traveler
Check out my post on Gadling as to why I’m thrilled about this merger! Ian Mackenzie and Tim Patterson from BNT have joined Matdor’s editorial team and I’m really looking forward to seeing more great content. Also, mergers means expansions, which for us translates into more paid writing opportunities at Matador! They did a great […]
» Read more...Traveling Stories Magazine Writing Contest
Here’s another travel-writing contest, this time by Traveling-Stories website, for those always up for a challenge: Submissions: -300-1000 words -Should be concise and creative without being destination based. -Must include a brief bio (you may include a website if you have one) which will be added to the end of your travel story or article. […]
» Read more...Guest Article: Ten Tips For Landing Great Features In Your Home Area
Off and on, we here at Written Road get the privilege of published writers sharing their expertise. Sean McLachlan, book author and freelance journalist (and Madrid Writer’s Group buddy! 🙂 was kind enough to allow us to reproduce a piece of his, originally published on www.writing-world.com; the one you will read below is an updated […]
» Read more...End Of Year Travel-Writing Contest
Hope you all had a wonderful Christmas and got some time to unwind. I certainly did and am having trouble getting back into the swing of things. On that note, here’s something for those who want to do one last productive thing before the end of 2008 (oh my goodness, 2008!!), or start the year […]
» Read more...Job Lead: Travel Writers Wanted For Asia
The Internet is rapidly moving into audio-visual content, the future is definitely podcasting and more so video-casting, so if you have the skills to write and produce audio and/or visual content for the Internet, now’s the time to start. Podasia is a company that does travel podcasts covering a wide range of travel topics and […]
» Read more...Interview: Ross Borden
As we continue our series of interviews in travel media, co-founder of Matador Travel Ross Borden sits down to answer questions on creating their rapidly expanding site, The Traveler’s Notebook, the Bounty Board , his personal travel preferences, and much, much, more. Enjoy! Written Road: How did you first become involved in travel writing/publishing? Ross […]
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