Tips For Pitching To Print Magazines (That Pay For Stories)
Thanks to the internet, it’s a whole lot easier to get a byline these days relative to just a few short years ago. Literally thousands of websites, blogs, online magazines, and other outlets are looking for great content. But here’s the thing: There are also...
No More Goals: Promise To Become A Travel Writer This Year
When I was a young girl, my parents made goals. Once, there was talk of us taking a summer vacation together down on the sandy beaches of Rhode Island. Mom and Dad spent the year saving money toward a house we could rent. That vacation never happened. Dad suffered a...
4 Steps To Launch Your Travel-Writing Career In 2018
I’m not a fan of New Year’s resolutions. People make them, break them, and then feel guilty and regretful afterward. So when I began my travel-writing career in the fall of 2014, I set a professional travel-writing goal the following New Year that I called a “promise...
Great Escape Radio Episode 90: A new start with travel writing
“One’s destination is never a place, but a new way of seeing things.” – Henry Miller Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, and Director, Lori Allen, continue the series of introductions to the varying types of people who are attracted to travel writing and our...
Great Escape Radio Episode 89: Why we love stories
“Sometimes the best stories are the ones that are right in our backyard—and we overlook them because they’re in our backyards.” – Ian Aldrich, Yankee Magazine Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, and Director, Lori Allen, introduce us to Ian Aldrich, Deputy Editor...