It's Easter, and between eating chocolate eggs and watching it pour outside, nothing much has happened. No writing, no travelling, no nothing. So while I'm enjoying Madrid, some good cinema and my sofa,…
Read more →I'm on assignment in Costa Rica at the moment and wanted to share just a general thought or feeling you could say about travel writing. It can be an absolute pain in the ass. At times it canI spent about…
Read more →The Globe Corner bookstore has announced several upcoming speakers for its Adventure Travel Lecture Series. Events are free and reservations are strongly urged. TUESDAY, MARCH 20TH LONELY PLANET COSTA…
Read more →Award-winning travel writer and editor Don George has just begun editing a new monthly online trave-lit-zine called ¨ RECCE : Literary Journeys for the Discerning Traveler." Sponsored by travel adventure…
Read more →I found a few full time travel editing jobs in the past few days that I'm sure a few of you might be interested, particularly if you live in California or Colorado. A company in Monterey is looking for a…
Read more →Last week I talked about the Travvies - Upgrade Travel's travel blogging awards for 2007. The competition ran over a month, voting closed yesterday and the winners have just been announced! In total 2306…
Read more →Here is another tale of an Ohioan like myself setting off into the far unknown, this time to find the origins of his wardrobe. BootsnAll is sponsoring Kelsey Timmerman's new blog, WhereamIwearing , which…
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 →Upgrade Travel's travel blog awards were launched early this month by opening floor for nominations of what you think are the best travel blogs. The categories were: best travel blog, best destination…
Read more →I always get an inexplicable kick when I hear of new magazine launches by prominent figures in the publishing industry, although I am not sure why. Guess it's all about the 'scoop value', as I'd like to…
Read more →Take photos, travel, write, interview world renowned photographers, get to critique new camera equipment on the market, get helicopter flying lessons, AND get paid for all of it. Yes, these opportunities…
Read more →Some may consider searching for jobs on Craigslist to be the bottom of the barrel, however, you can find some rare gems if you dig hard enough. I'll admit though, I've landed some fairly lucrative jobs…
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