So I'm walking out of the bathroom of the NY Times Travel Trade Show and almost run into some guy. Holy crap, that's Rick Steves , wearing his signature gecks, walking in to the mens room. Other Sightings…
Read more →Travel Writer and Editor Michael Luongo , who we interviewed at Written Road last April, will be holding several travel writing workshops in the coming months: New York University's Global Traveler…
Read more →The New York Times Travel Trade Show is set for this weekend, Friday February 29 to Sunday March 2, at the Jacob K. Javits Convention center in Manhattan. The show is one of the largest trade and consumer…
Read more →Is this the start of things to come? Last August we reported that Lonely Planet began offering certain chapters of their South America guides for download -that can be printed out when needed or viewed on…
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 →Dreaming to write for the Lonely Planet is often where your inspiration to become a travel-writer comes from. I remember I frequently used to spend time in a book shop reading and taking down notes from…
Read more →Check out my post on Gadling as to why I'm thrilled about this merger! Ian Mackenzie and Tim Patterson from BNT have joined Matdor's editorial team and I'm really looking forward to seeing more great…
Read more →I am now officially a Brooklynite. About two weeks ago I relocated to Greenpoint, in the northwest corner of Brooklyn. It's a mostly Polish community, but has recently seen an influx of hipster types…
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 →Avalon Publishing is looking for authors for a number of Moon guidebooks and their Moon Living Abroad Series: - Moon Cleveland - Moon Minneapolis/St. Paul - Moon Living Abroad in Great Britain - Moon…
Read more →Off and on, we here at Written Road get the privilege of published writers sharing their expertise. Sean McLachlan, book author and freelance journalist (and Madrid Writer's Group buddy! :) was kind…
Read more →Last year was a big writing year for me. An awfully disorganized one, but a big one nonetheless. I continued writing for Gridskipper ; did a short stint at globorati ; and began writing here , for…
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