Soon Soon Soon
Last night I worked on coding some of the content for SandInMyBra.com which will be launching fairly soon. That makes me sound like some kind of programmer, but really it means I know how to push a few…
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1321 postsGlobalTravelWriters.com
Who? I just started using this superstrength search engine tool called, Copernic Agent and did a search for travel writers. #4 was a site I'd never heard of, GlobalTravelWriters.com. They look like the…
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Someone on my WorkforWriters list serve asked for help on an article about the 50 best web sites for writers. Here were the first 9 off the top of my head. There are a ton of Blist sites, but I didn't…
Read more →Foghorn Outdoors
I went to check up on Avalon to see if they were still accepting submissions for their Moon Metro guides, and saw that Foghorn Outdoors has a call out for submissions. Do you have experience in any of…
Read more →Money for Travel Writers
The idea fairy came yesterday and slapped me across the face - hard. I credited it to the fact that I needed a means to the end if I was going to start trying to make more money from writing than all my…
Read more →Ka-ching
Props to Susan Brady at Travelers' Tales for her patience and negotiating skills - but mostly for her patience in handling the permissions for Sand In My Bra. Negotiating contracts with publishers,…
Read more →Anne Lamott in The Writer
She's the coolest, isn't she? I love her style even if I am way behind in keeping up with her books. In the April issue of The Writer, editor Ronald Kovach interviews Anne Lamott. Straight Shooter: Anne…
Read more →mba Jungle
Oooh a new magazine for me to follow! I haven't been enamoured with any of the usual suspects for the past few years, but a trip to the newstand yesterday got me excited about this one... mba Jungle What…
Read more →Could I Be Changing?
Sure, why not. We change millions of times throughout our lifetime. Just ask the little invisible bugs that feed off our decaying skin. Hey biologist, back me up here. I met a woman on the plane today and…
Read more →Road Writes
Congratulations to WR fan Deborah Garner who got her travel blog published on Boston.com, the online site for The Boston Globe. Debbie's blog features her trip "Across America." Her writing casts colorful…
Read more →One More Month!
The publicist side of me screams as I look at the mounting to-do list til launch, the editor in me wails wondering if the book is really free of all typos, and the author in me whoops it up as I sit on…
Read more →Bay Area Events
We've just booked author events at my three favorite book stores in the Bay Area! That makes four events so far, and now to contact the contributors and invite them to participate too. May 2 Writers…
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