The Lucrative Traveler’s Toolkit
[Ed. Note: This offer is no longer available. Please visit http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/catalog to view our current offers and products.] I want to be perfectly frank here. If I told you it would be a snap to take home six figures a year writing travel articles, I’d be lying. The truth of the matter is: For many…
FEATURED PUBLICATION: German Life
Here’s a publication that might be interested in an article from you. Freelance travel writer, Roberta Beach Jacobson sent this to me, and I’ve asked her to send me a few dozen more. I’ll pass them along each week. Happy Saturday! Lori Appling Director, Great Escape Publishing P.S. You don’t have to travel to Germany…
SPECIAL SECTION: San Antonio Workshop – Day One
On-The-Ground Reports from the Lucrative Traveler Conference in San Antonio, TX Ten new (and overlooked) places to get published… FAST! By Sue Wright Dear Travel Writer, Our first annual Lucrative Traveler Conference has begun. And I have to tell you, we sure wish you were among the 55 folks here with us. It’s interesting… at…
2005 Year in Review — Successes Abound
SPECIAL EDITION: 2005 YEAR IN REVIEW — SUCCESSES ABOUND SANDRA KENNEDY (Tualatin, Oregon) Sandra’s been racking up press trips and by-lines this past year, most recently a five-day stay at the Eco Tulum Resort and Spas in Mexico, including comped accommodations overlooking the Caribbean, meals, massage, and renewing her marriage vows with a Mayan Shaman……
How Much Can You Really Earn As a Travel Writer/Photographer?
Read from freelance travel writer, guidebook author, and photographer, B. Howard in Cleveland, TN, How much can you really earn as a travel writer/photographer?
Two Famous Copywriting Tricks You Can Use to Get an Editor’s Attention
By Tom Schueneman, Editor, The Traveler in San Francisco, CA I’m writing from Florida City, near the southeast entrance to Everglades National Park, where I’ll spend the day exploring before I move on down through the Florida Keys. This next week I get to do what I love — explore new places, write down my…
How to Write Humorous Travel Stories: Seven Ways to Ensure Something Goes Wrong On Every Trip
By freelance travel writer, Stan Sinberg There’s a whole lot of travel writing I can’t, for the life of me, do: I get bored silly writing long, adjective-laden descriptions of hotel rooms I’ve stayed in or of restaurants where I’ve eaten. Historical facts cloud my head, and I could barely tell you the difference between…
Writer’s Guidelines Decoded: 22 Terms Every Writer Should Know
By Freelance Writer, Roy Barnes Every publication has guidelines that answer the questions freelancers like you have about things like article length… departments… style… and so on. Last week, we talked about where to find these guidelines. (http://www.thetravelwriterslife.com/?p=86) This week, let’s take a look at some of the terms you’ll typically find in Writer’s Guidelines……
Specific Details: How to Write Descriptions That Mark You As a Pro
I’m going to show you one of the most important things you can do to ensure that your descriptions help your articles stand out in an editor’s mind.
From Retired English Teacher to Travel Writer
An Interview with Steve Weisman Like many of our readers, former high school English teacher and coach Steve Weisman launched his freelance writing career so that he would have something to keep him occupied (and paid) when he retired. Now, two years since that retirement, he’s downright busy as outdoor editor for three newspapers in…
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