4 Tips For Capturing The Right Images For Your Travel Story
Over the years, I’ve found that the key to capturing the right images and having enough photos after a trip to satisfy an editor is to follow these four easy steps: 1. Come up with as many ideas as you can beforehand I’ve discovered that my cache of images is so much...
No Experience Required – What An Editor Is Looking For
Editors are interested in sourcing the best possible stories for their readers. They’re much more concerned with getting a story that excites them, and which they feel will engage their readers, than they are with the level of experience the writer has under his or...
6 Types Of Travel Article That Sell Best
As an editor, one thing I try to hammer home with new writers is that a story can take many different formats. There’s no one-size-fits-all, and that can be freeing. Just thinking of how to present a story differently can turn a marginal idea into a great one. The...
A Surprise Encounter On My Caribbean Travel Writing Assignment
The most beautiful thing about noticing a person’s good work is that it makes me feel good, too. I learned that it’s amazing when you stop to acknowledge the flowers. My travel writing assignment was to experience an 11-bedroom villa on the island of Anguilla. I found...
Becoming A Travel Writer Means I Can Sail Full-Time Around The Caribbean
As a self-confessed lover of travel and all things related, it’s little wonder the idea of living on a yacht and sailing the world appealed to me. I wasn’t a sailor when I watched the documentary that changed my life. I was a government employee, living the 9-5...