How To Become A Travel Writer – The Easy Way
“Tell me you have a headlamp,” my friend Sarah says as I’m packing up all my things. I shake my head no. The sun will come up long before I reach the summit. Why do I need a headlamp? “You need a headlamp, sister. You can buy one at Wal-Mart for $10 bucks. It’s dark...
5 Tips For Ensuring Your Travel Writing Success
It was New Year’s 2014 and time to figure out what I wanted to do for the rest of my life. Thirty-plus years into a successful nursing career, I was ready for something different. Something fun for my retirement years. A friend told me about the Ultimate Travel...
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...