Merry Xmas!
Just wanted to check in and wish all you guys a very Merry Christmas from us here at Written Road! As for me, working from home updating numerous blogs is hard and is taking its toll. It's difficult to…
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1321 postsInterview: Ross Borden
As we continue our series of interviews in travel media, co-founder of Matador Travel Ross Borden sits down to answer questions on creating their rapidly expanding site, The Traveler's Notebook , the…
Read more →Travel-Writing Getaway in Spain!
I have never been on a travel-writing getaway where you take a trip to do a short intensive course. I'm normally in the wrong continent or have been stuck in a cubicle working; now my life is different…
Read more →Moving to NYC
I'm married now, been everywhere, and finally earning enough scratch to stay afloat, so my wife and I are relocating to New York City, home of all my childhood hopes and dreams. Are plan was to buy a…
Read more →Vagabondish Travel-Writing Tips
Vagabondish , a great portal full of travel-resources,tips and commentary, last week launched their ' guide to better travel-writing' which gave 23 habits of a good travel-writer. Today they released the…
Read more →Travel-Writing Web 2.0
For those who haven't seen this already, there is a great interview with Tim Leffel done by our friends at Brave New Traveler . With everything under the sun moving online at an incredibly fast pace, the…
Read more →Swamped But Loving It
Sorry from my end also for being a bit lax on posting here. I've been over my head blogging (not writing :)) Other than Written Road, I now write for Gadling , Vagablogging , Gridskipper , and Map…
Read more →Market Leads
Sorry I've been slacking on my posts lately, I'm up to my neck in guidebook work, not to mention took a few days off to run to Vegas, and have had to put a few other projects to the side for the time…
Read more →Guest Article: Tips For Your First Press Trip
Here at Written Road, we have the privilege of being in contact with some great travel-writers who want to share their expertise. Sometimes, we get even luckier and they offer to write something for us!…
Read more →2007 Lowell Thomas Award Winners
The results are in for the Society of American Travel Writer's 2007 Lowell Thomas Awards . This year the record high 1,490 entries submitted for categories such as Travel Jourmalist of the Year and…
Read more →Upcoming Guidebook Writing Boot Camps
Viva Travel Guide Books is holding a couple of week-long guidebook/travel writing crash courses over the next few months. They're looking to train a select group of writers to be travel-writers; if you…
Read more →First Book Signing Recap
Before I give the details, let me first say that I did try to arrange a book signing at my favorite independent book store, The Book Loft , in Columbus, Ohio, but they never got back to me. Anyway, I'll…
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