I'm in Amsterdam
Just wanted to let you know where I was. I'll be here tonight and tomorrow night researching part of an article for Student Traveler. The past few weeks I've noticed everyone has their head in a cell…
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1321 postsTravel Blogs in USA Today
If you follow the BootBlog , World Hum , or Rolf Pott's Vagablogging - you already know about their recent coverage in USA Today. Just in case you don't, here's Laura Bly's Virtual Voyager article: "Travel…
Read more →An End to Bookpeople
Well this is sad news. Dated news since they filed for Chapter 11 last August, but it just crossed my plate over here in London. Bookpeople, the wholesaler for independent presses, has shut its doors. I…
Read more →Learn By Example, Steve Hendrix at the Washington Post
I was really impressed with Steve Hendrix's article on Vienna, "Waltz This Way". It was published March 7, in the Washington Post. The article is a perfect blend of personal travel story, humor, and…
Read more →PLANET Release Party
PLANET magazine is having a party in San Francisco for the release of their sixth issue. This is the same magazine that we gave writers guidelines for last November. From the looks of the invite, it seems…
Read more →Travel Savvy
Thanks to Dan E for giving us the heads up on Travel Savvy. I didn't have the proper membership to get into the How-to-Pitch article on Travel Savvy that came out yesterday. But that was a good reminder…
Read more →Hey Green Tortoise Fans!
Green Tortoise is looking for submissions for their newsletter. You don't need to have already been on a Green Tortoise adventure, so don't dismiss it just yet. In fact, this seems like a perfect way to…
Read more →CNN Traveller Magazine
I recently picked up CNN Traveller and am enjoying their different take on travel writing. It's quite informative. Editor Dan Hayes was quick to get back to me re submission guidelines. Though they seem…
Read more →Women Bloggers
The NY Daily News recently published an article on New York women bloggers. "I am woman, hear me blog" And it seems natural that I would only hear of this article because of a blogger. Of the ten women,…
Read more →Travelers' Tales is 10 Years Old: Come Celebrate!
That's right, Travelers' Tales is celebrating one whole decade in travel book publishing! It's shocking. I met Larry Habegger at Book Passage where he was reading from their 2nd book, Mexico. I became…
Read more →NYT Travel Expo Report from Ayun Halliday
I attended the first annual New York Times Travel Expo at the invitation of Avalon Publishing Group (who also provided the rather considerable hangover I tied on the night before the show). The show was…
Read more →Happy Birthday Jeff Greenwald!
Jeff Greenwald is celebrating his 50th in Israel and blogging about it on Things Asian. Travelers' Tales did a nice write up about their relationship with him on their homepage, but I thought I'd make…
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