Regular readers will know that my professional transition from print guidebook publishing to the web is still very much in its infancy. My experience is rooted in a world of well-established publishing…
Read more →We got a heads-up from ex-Written Road contributor Kelly Amabile , of some cool travel related events in NYC this October. Although the events do not talk about travel-writing directly, they involve some…
Read more →In case you are one of those handful of aspiring travel-writers who are living off an inheritance, married to a celebrity, or have a sugar-daddy (or mommy!) at their beck and call, perhaps you might be…
Read more →Founded in 1960, the British Guild of Travel Writers (BGTW) is an association of over 270 professional writers, editors, photographers, producers, radio and television presenters involved in the world of…
Read more →If you're in the city Wednesday July 23 , you might want to go to the first Restless Legs Reading Series. You'll hear writer Tony Perrottet talk about his quest to find Napoleon's penis, and Cullen Thomas…
Read more →To blog or not to blog, that is the question (sorry for the awful rendition of a cliche). The upsurge and success of blogs in the online travel-publishing industry, has posed a hot question in the minds…
Read more →I subscribe to a million (not exaggerating) RSS feeds, from EVERYWHERE. I enjoy most I subscribe to, and I subscribe to new ones almost every day (yes, I'm obsessed) which is precisely why I often miss…
Read more →Good friend, fellow traveler and writer Sean McLachlan (who has shared his advice for us here before), has entered the blogging world to share his writing experiences. Sean has been to 20 countries on…
Read more →For those of you who missed this, at end of last year, Frommer's came out with a Travel Writing 101 series of articles, written by Robert Haru Fisher: a contributing editor and columnist for Frommers.com,…
Read more →"It's possible to make a good amount of money as a writer. Most writers don't. You should assume, strictly for business purposes, that you won't, or at the very least, won't for a very long time. It's not…
Read more →For those of you who haven't seen this already, Rucksack Wanderer Tim Patterson over at Brave New Traveler has come up with 6 most original travel-writer personalities : -The Intrepid Monk -The Epic…
Read more →Celebrating its 7th anniversary, Feature Well (an international syndication) is holding an essay reading session called 'Going Places: Revelations from the Road,' where renowned writers will read their…
Read more →One of the most respected and unconventional writers in the travel-industry -- Pico Iyer -- has just published his 9 Commandments of Travel Writing on Condé Nast Traveler. As you will see, they are not a…
Read more →Condé Nast Traveler has just come out with a list of 86 Best Travel Books Of All Time, and I am absolutely ashamed and embarrassed to admit that I have read none of them (NONE OF THEM!!), and was only…
Read more →Britan's Mike Gerrard is one of the world's most prolific guidebook writers and has been one of the lucky few to have a steady career in travel writing. He was kind enough to grant Written Road an…
Read more →As the author to a few guidebooks, maybe I should be somewhat offended by this, but for some reason I want to buy it. Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev (AKA British comedian Sacha Baron Cohen), has inked a…
Read more →Lonely Planet founders Tony and Maureen Wheeler will be in several spots in California this week to promote two of their new books: A Tourist in the Axis of Evil and The Lonely Planet Story . Admission is…
Read more →Check out a great interview on Gadling with founder or Seal Press Barbara Sjoholm. The interview has been done by our very own Kelly Amabile , and is in the context of one of Barbara's latest books…
Read more →Tony and Maureen Wheeler , founders of the Lonely Planet have just released two new travel literature books: 1) Bad Lands , by Tony Wheeler: Tony talks about his experience traveling through 9 countries…
Read more →Michael Luongo is the author of Frommer's Buenos Aires guidebook and a contributor to publications such as Out Traveler, The Advocate, The New York Times, The Chicago Tribune, Town & Country Travel,…
Read more →A question I have wanted to ask Rolf Potts , ever since I read his book Vagabonding (which, I can safely say, was key in encouraging me to quit my job and venture abroad) is finally answered on his blog .…
Read more →Travelers' Tales has just released 100 Places Every Woman Should Go , which arrived in bookstores on February 25. Author Stephanie Elizondo Griest wrote Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing and…
Read more →In case you hadn't heard, Don George left Lonely Planet. He celebrated the new year with new beginnings and stepped away from his position of six years as their Global Travel Editor. Today, he launched…
Read more →When I used to work in public relations (a corporate job that I recently quit, to live abroad and write) I never seemed to have time to read. 9am to 7pm-high stress job, 2-hours in traffic, need to go out…
Read more →Gina Trapani , the kick ass editor of Lifehacker and the author of Lifehacker: 88 Tech Tricks to Turbocharge Your Day opens her guru vault to share tips on how to get your own wisdom spun from blog to…
Read more →Hey authors, before you sign that book deal, make sure to ask your publisher if their marketing plan includes doing a book video. Also called Vid Lit, it should be no surprise that with YouTube being the…
Read more →Bill Bryson's memoir The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid goes on sale October 17. The comical tale re-creates Bryson's middle America upbringing with the help of his superhero persona. Tom Brokaw…
Read more →Imagine having the opportunity to travel around the world. Imagine writing about your experiences. Imagine having those experiences published in the New York Times . Welcome to Matt Gross' life as the…
Read more →Thanks, to World Hum , I just found out that the new Troost is out! I loved the Sex Lives of Cannibals—Troost's wit is hard to beat. He is F--U--N--N--Y! Here's some info on the new book: Getting Stoned…
Read more →What a cool writer! Sure, we all say we should start doing this, but Donna actually is. She's making a concentrated effort to get more bylines. Her new blog, Query a Day: A Freelancer's Quest for…
Read more →I know that some of you are in the process of building your author websites and I wanted to show you another one that I came across. I met Gina at the New York Times Travel Show, and she recently sent me…
Read more →This is more fun than responding to email. Literature Map Who else do Pico Iyer's readers read? Type in Pico Iyer and see what other authors come up. The result is a map of additional authors that are…
Read more →Rolf Potts likes to shit. Well, who doesn't. But I just wanted to say that as I was laughing at the opening of his latest work. Rolf just launched a new travel column with Yahoo! Yahooooooooo! It's called…
Read more →The new issue of Tim Leffel's travel lit ezine, Perceptive Travel , is here. Featured authors this month include: David Farley The Coast of Bohemia Jeff Greenwald Bringing Coral Reefs Back from the Dead…
Read more →On Saturday night after the New York Times Travel Show ended, a group of travel writers met for drinks. On this night, inspiration crashed with experience. Some of the writers to note were: Don George…
Read more →One of the highlights of the New York Times Travel Show, was being witness to David Farley and Jessie Sholl's genuine excitement at the sight, sale, and signing of their new book Travelers' Tales Prague .…
Read more →Speaking of Get Lost, there's going to be a great Cuba event there tonight! ES CUBA: During her ten months in Cuba, Lea Aschkenas fell in love with the country and, then, one of its compatriots. In her…
Read more →Amazon.com is launching an ingenious feature today. Amazon Connect allows authors to post messages (or blog) to their audience from their book pages. Here's my page so you can see what it looks like. Or…
Read more →Big congrats to our friend Don George who was interviewed today in USA Today ! Jayne Clark wrote a bunch of articles addressing the employment ins and outs of those lucky few with great travel jobs . Top…
Read more →I just read the entire article, "A Word (Or Two, Or Three) About Persistence" by Lucas Conley. If you are in the process of promoting your book, it'd be good for you to read it, too. And I used the word…
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