Press Trip Etiquette: How to Get Invited Back
By freelance travel writer, Jerre Repass in Brinkley, AR It’s pretty much like your mother told you: “Act nicely so they’ll invite you back.” The first press trip invitation a new writer gets is a real milestone, but when you get the second one, well that’s something to celebrate. You must’ve done something right! Press…
How to Make Real Money Writing Travel Articles: Part One
There are two secrets to making real money writing travel articles. The first is to write articles you can sell more than once. The second is to support your articles with stunning photographs.
Five Punctuation Tricks for Travel Writers
Punctuation, says one newspaper style guide, is “a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.”
Can You Pitch Multiple Article Ideas in One Query Letter?
Pitching a whole bunch of article suggestions to an editor is definitely a bad ideas. For starters, a well-thought-out query letter shouldn’t really be any longer than a page.
How One Never-Before-Published Travel Writer Sold 3 Articles in Less Than 8 Weeks
An Interview with Great Escape Publishing’s attendee Maigii Sterling in Toronto, Canada. Read how a never-before-published travel writer sold 3 articles in less than 8 weeks. Get right down to it. Do not procrastinate.
A Travel Writer’s Gear Guide: From Paper to Processing Power
By John Forde in Paris, France The more you travel, the more you realize it pays to travel light. The good news for travel writers is that you don’t need much equipment to get by. (And of course, you’re most important writing tool resides between your ears!) Just the same, I get asked all the…
Most Important Months of Your Career
New Year signals the start of a five-month period that I think of as the Window-of-Opportunity Sprint. If you’re serious about accomplishing your objectives, you had better come out of the starting gate fast on Monday, January 3 — and keep going at full speed through at least the end of May.
Avoid Words like Remote, Quaint, and Cozy and Write Better Descriptions
The descriptions that editors like — the ones they pay for — are those that paint pictures so vivid, readers see and feel and taste right along with the writer.
Advice on Organizing
ADVICE ON ORGANIZING By Freelance Travel Writers Jennifer Stevens, Steenie Harvey, John Forde, and Lori Appling FROM JENNIFER STEVENS When I travel I keep a 1-gallon Ziploc back in my suitcase and throw everything I pick up into it — business cards, menus, brochures, etc. It’s handy. When I get home I make a file…
The One Simple Truth Behind All Published Travel Articles – Know Your Audience
Your goal as a professional travel writer is to sell the articles you write. But doing that — selling your stories — requires more than simply writing “good” or even “great” articles.
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