Five Punctuation Tricks for Travel Writers
Punctuation, says one newspaper style guide, is “a courtesy designed to help readers to understand a story without stumbling.”
Can You Pitch Multiple Article Ideas in One Query Letter?
Pitching a whole bunch of article suggestions to an editor is definitely a bad ideas. For starters, a well-thought-out query letter shouldn’t really be any longer than a page.
How One Never-Before-Published Travel Writer Sold 3 Articles in Less Than 8 Weeks
An Interview with Great Escape Publishing’s attendee Maigii Sterling in Toronto, Canada. Read how a never-before-published travel writer sold 3 articles in less than 8 weeks. Get right down to it. Do not procrastinate.
A Travel Writer’s Gear Guide: From Paper to Processing Power
By John Forde in Paris, France The more you travel, the more you realize it pays to travel light. The good news for travel writers is that you don't need much equipment to get by. (And of course, you're most important writing tool resides between your ears!) Just the...
Most Important Months of Your Career
New Year signals the start of a five-month period that I think of as the Window-of-Opportunity Sprint. If you’re serious about accomplishing your objectives, you had better come out of the starting gate fast on Monday, January 3 — and keep going at full speed through at least the end of May.