“People will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” -Maya Angelou For more about how you can get started with travel writing today, visit: new.greatescapepublishing.com/travelwriting. This week on Great Escape Radio, host Jody Maberry and Director, Lori Allen, discuss trends for 2017. Lori shares her thoughts on what […]
By the time I’d been the travel editor for The Denver Post for 9 years, I was ready for a change. For those three years prior to my leaving in August 2014, though, I had spent considerable time and energy trying to save the Travel section and my role in it. As anyone who’s been […]
“Travel writing and photography help memorialize chunks of your life.” –Lori Allen For more information on how you can get started with travel writing, visit: new.greatescapepublishing.com/start/travelwriting. Host, Jody Maberry is joined by Director, Lori Allen, to talk about life… Is life too short? Or is it something that’s long and requires a long term plan? […]
As I sat in the seats of the 2015 Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver, I had doubts of my success. That little voice of “You can’t be a travel writer because you have no training” kept rearing its ugly little head. The article queries I’d sent out over the preceding nine months had mostly […]
There are a few items that are essential for every emerging travel writer, and had I known about them when I was starting out, it would have made life easier and my progress swifter. A couple of the things I have listed here are obvious, but there are one or two that are perhaps less […]
I’ve cried at least three times in the last four months… The first was sitting atop the red sand dunes in Namibia. The beauty was overwhelming. I felt blessed but undeserving and wished someone was with me to feel what I was feeling. The second time was over something horrific. My daughter had an anaphylactic […]
Editors are busy. If you want to sell your travel articles and photos, you’ve got to stand out right away. One quick way to capture their attention is to use an old copywriting trick called “The 4 U’s.” They are: Unique, Useful, Urgent, and Ultra-specific. Together these elements will help you craft a strong travel […]
“Sitting on the red sand dunes in Namibia and watching the sun come up, it almost feels like you shouldn’t be allowed to see something so beautiful – it’s that amazing.” – Lori Allen To learn more about the workshops and expeditions offered by us go to /menu/?type=event and check out the events listed. Host, Jody […]
What do editors want? How do you grab an editor’s attention? If I could definitively answer that question for each and every editor, that would be something, wouldn’t it? But the reality is that it’s hard to know what any given editor needs from day to day. However, there are several things that every editor […]
So, you’ve landed a coveted FAM trip. How exciting! You’re packed and ready to go. Hopefully, you’ve taken the time to review the itinerary your Tourism Representative has put together, both for you and other journalists traveling to said destination. You’re undoubtedly going to have a blast meeting new people, seeing new places, and staying […]
