Market Lead: Matador's Bounty Board
Matador recently released their Bounty Board , which has a list of articles without an author and the price per article. Right now they range from $50-200 on topics such as Surfing Central America and…
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1321 postsMarket Lead: Fresh Tracks
Fresh Tracks , a newly launched monthly online travel e-zine from a tour operator that is looking to turn in a new direction, is looking for contributing writers and photographers to feature in upcoming…
Read more →Journalism and Facebook
So who's not part of frightening Facebook yet? I'm the last to endorse networking communities, but Facebook is an exception. With 31 million users from every corner of the world, if you are not on it you…
Read more →Should You Write For Free? WR Asks The Experts...
Since my last post generated a bit of an uproar about whether or not writers starting out should write for free, I thought I'd knock on some doors and get some much needed pointers from people who have…
Read more →Book Addiction
I go absolutely gaga for books. The way they look stacked together. Even the way they smell. I'm addicted to buying them. I buy online. From book stores. From garage sales. From little stands that also…
Read more →Guardian's Weekly Top 10 Travel Blogs
So the Guardian has a new travel-blog spy on board - Benji Lanyado. Looks like the Guardian is diverting new focus to the blogosphere, and this dude is doing the honours. He is not a typical reviewer…
Read more →Market Lead: Editor at Avalon Travel Publishing
Avalon Travel Publishing has an opening for an Editor in their Emeryville, California office. The editor will be responsible for acquiring 20–28 travel guidebook titles per year, search out and screen…
Read more →Join A Writers Group
"Hi my name is Abha and I'm a writer," is what I said when I walked into my first writer group meeting. Not to sure what I would get from it, I decided to go anyway. I was lacking inspiration and didn't…
Read more →Interview with Mike Gerrard
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 →Outside Buyer's Guide Summer 2007
In the past I swore off buying expensive clothes to travel with from North Face and Mountain Hardware or whichever other company was trendy at the time. I always thought that the best equipment wasn't…
Read more →Writing Travel Guidebooks Seminar in NYC
Media Bistro is offering a Guidebook Writing Seminar at their HQ in NYC hosted by Lonely Planet author Robert Reid. The course is $65 ($50 for Avant Guild Members). In the seminar you will learn : -The…
Read more →50 Travel Magazines that Accept Freelancers
For those that haven't seen it, Brave New Traveler just compiled a handy list of 50 Travel Magazines that accept freelancers. Most of the mags are small, little known publications outside of their…
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