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… […]
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?
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 […]
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 […]
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… […]
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.
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 […]
By freelance travel writer and editor, Roberta Beach Jacobson, in Karpathos, Greece I was assigned to cover a small island for a weekly newspaper. It was the sort of tranquil spot you’d go to get away from it all. You’d swim, fish, or hike. There wasn’t much there beyond pebble beaches to help me reach […]
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 […]
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.
