Great Escape Radio Episode 79: Start where you are
“The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.” – Ellen Parr For more information about getting started with travel writing, visit dev.greatescapepublishing.com/start/travelwriting. Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, and Director, Lori Allen,...
Great Escape Radio Episode 78: Write Around Portland
“We know how powerful the written word is and how that experience of writing and being heard can really change your life.” -Allison Specter For more information about getting started with travel writing, visit dev.greatescapepublishing.com/start/travelwriting. On this...
How To Score Your First Travel Writing Assignment
One of the most important things writers and photographers can do for their careers is to master the art of self-marketing—especially during these times of great change in the publishing industry. While it’s certainly important to nurture current client...
Traveling With A Writing Buddy Can Increase Your Free Travel Perks (And Double The Fun)
In 2016, fellow travel writer, Theresa St. John and I were headed to the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in New Orleans as guest speakers. We’d each been to a workshop in the past… used what Jen Stevens taught us to become travel writers… and when we met at a prior...
From Local Stories To Writing For Fodor’s: My Success In Travel Writing
This story is about how I found success in travel writing, but it begins in a place you might not expect—a congested Barnes & Noble parking lot in the Beltway suburb of Rockville, where I was crying my eyes out. I worked as an assistant editor (for long hours and...