Happy New Year Everyone! So, what are your goals? Are you making any fantasy resolutions of writing more, pitching more, finally dusting off the manuscript you were working on last year and giving it a fresh look? Are you going to move from department blurbs to magazine features? Maybe you want to try out for […]
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Jen Leo’s Favorite Links
Hey, I just wanted to let you know that since we’ve made the site look a bit cleaner, I also updated my Favorite Links. Before, we had a very short list on the left column, but now I fleshed it out some and it has it’s own page. You’ll find: Writing Resources Resources for Book […]
» Read more...Booking Buddy: Written Road’s First Sponsor
Hey Written Roadies…you’ll notice we’ve launched a new sponsorship section. What are we doing you might ask? Well, we are trying to take Written Road to the next level of service. We’ve got a bunch of cool travel writing-related agendas in store for you in 2006. In order to make those things happen we’ve sought […]
» Read more...New Look for Written Road
Hey Hey Hey! The tech-savvy lads at BootsnAll cleaned up Written Road. They brought us into the newer version of Moveable Type so we can breathe a little easier, and have less hinderance from the spammers. There shouldn’t be any confusion in the translation. But feel free to hollar at me if you need anything […]
» Read more...Frommer’s Favorite Travel Blogs
There’s nothing like getting kudos at the same time as all your friends! BootsnAll, WorldHum, Vagablogging, Gadling, and I all got props for our blogs….and I love that they put Rolf and me together. Nice. Hey Rolf, they called us smart, fun, travel experts! And they like our personal voice… So, you want some inside […]
» Read more...Introducing Kelly Amabile
I am pleased to let you know we have a new writer joining Written Road, Kelly Amabile. Kelly has been a long time WR reader and approached me a few weeks ago after I exposed my overful plate with starting the new Vegas blog. Then she came to the NYC Travel show where we were […]
» Read more...Having Trouble Commenting on WR?
We've been having some technical difficulty with the comments section. We’re working on it and they should be open. If you have trouble uploading a comment, just use the Email WR link and we’ll get it sorted. Thanks for your patience.
» Read more...Happy Holidays Written Roadies
For a girl who traveled to more than a dozen countries and eight states in the past twelve months, writing Written Road has been one of my favorite highlights of the year. (Not to mention a much needed and appreciated source of structure). From the dark and chilly mornings in Belgium, to arriving in Prague […]
» Read more...Blogalicious…who me?
Damn I wish someone could come over here and take a picture of me. I think I'm blushing. Gadling just gave me some pretty big props and I just might be glowing for the next 48 hours. “Blogalicious Feature – Jen Leo’s Written Road” Oh great, now we have to think of the word for […]
» Read more...WrittenRoad.com works!
Two recent reports have come in from travel writers who got bylines from the leads on this site. Woohoo! Congratulations to Leif Pettersen whose efforts with iTravelSyndicate have made him some moooolah! Read the previous post. And more hoorahs to a BootsnAll fan who got to write for Transition Abroad. ” It was really a pleasure […]
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