2014 was an extraordinary year for me.  Not only did I quit my six-figure job, but I also sold everything and moved to Colombia, South America with my husband. Adventurous? Maybe. Crazy? Not in the least.  I called it my leap of faith. A major life change in my 40s...

A critical key to successful travel writing is to stay inspired and motivated. Travel writers are a unique group of people who are acutely observant and independent and have a need for expression… but they can often suffer from lack of creative inspiration. Creative...

American writer Susan Sontag once said, “I haven’t been everywhere, but it’s on my list.” One of the reasons we become travel writers is because we love traveling to anywhere and everywhere. But the cost of everything we’d love to see and experience can be...

“I can give you ink, space for 300 words, a byline, and no money,” they told me. “OK,” I murmured, certain the editor of my small-town, entertainment tabloid could hear the disbelief in my voice. It was my first travel writing assignment. Before this, two friends had...