I fell in love with photography as a little kid… But it wasn’t until I was in my 50s–after I’d joined The Breakfast Stock Club and attended The Ultimate Money-Making Photography Workshop in 2013–that I realized just how many types of photography exist… and that I could make a nice little side income pursuing any […]
In 2013, when I attended the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Boston, Mass., I had no idea what to expect… other than it was a sold-out event, and 150 hopeful travel writers would be attending this three-day class with the same hopes and dreams I had for this travel writing lifestyle… Success, freedom, money, travel, […]
In late 2012, I was still trying to recover from a nasty divorce—one that had left me floundering under a mountain of bills, desperate to figure out a way to support myself… fast. One night, while surfing the internet, I stumbled across the Breakfast Stock Club. It claimed to be more than just a free […]
“Tell me why you should be one of the four we invite to be wined and dined here, Theresa. I’m staring at a list of 50 bloggers, vloggers, and travel writers who’ve also applied.” Before attending The Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in 2013, those words would have scared the pants off me. How do you […]
Let’s be honest. Everyone feels “stuck” at some point. I’ve experienced it a gazillion times—when I struggle to find writing inspiration—and I’m betting you have too, right? It doesn’t seem to matter who we are, or where we live, how much money or how many toys we possess—even what we do for work or pleasure—no […]
At the New Year, I wrote down a few promises to the photographer in me, then tacked them to the wall in my office. They take me back to when I was a 4-year-old kid who followed her dad around the yard with her first Kodak Brownie. After all, I’m still growing in this skill. […]
OK. I’ll admit it. When I started out on my travel-writing journey, I wrote for free. I can’t even tell you how many articles I submitted to non-paying publications—there were that many. I was thrilled to land some bylines. I loved seeing my name attached to a story so much that I felt it was […]
When I was a young girl, my parents made goals. Once, there was talk of us taking a summer vacation together down on the sandy beaches of Rhode Island. Mom and Dad spent the year saving money toward a house we could rent. That vacation never happened. Dad suffered a horrible cut on his ankle. […]
I love the holidays, mostly because of my parents. They didn’t have much but always managed to make the winter celebrations extra special for my sisters and me. Photographing Christmas brings back a flood of fond memories and all of the sweet nostalgia for my childhood and for when I was a young mom with […]
When I was in high school, I had an English teacher who thought I’d hung the moon. Well, maybe not quite, but she sure made me feel like I had. She seemed to love everything I submitted during her creative writing class, jotting notes of encouragement in the margins of my papers. Once, I asked […]
