2004 Archive

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DECEMBER 2004

• Issue #49
  • Avoid F-Words: How to Replace "Filler" Words with Descriptions that Make You Sound Like a Pro
  • A Holiday Gift from AWAI
  • Get Big Bucks for Your Snap Shots
  • On Spec: Request for Articles on Argentina
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Travel Notes
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #48
  • Brochures, Menus, Magazines, Newspapers: What to Toss and What to File
  • Writing Travel-Related Real Estate Articles Can Be an Easy Paycheck
  • How Lori Makes Close to $150,000 a Year
  • On Spec: Request for Articles on Argentina
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Australian Geographic
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Write
    
• Issue #47
  • How (and When) to Follow-Up with an Editor
  • Can I Send My Article to Multiple Publications at the Same Time?
  • Are You Good At Persuading People?
  • On Spec: Request for Articles on Argentina
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Hana Hou!
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writer
    
• Issue #46
  • How One Never-Before-Published Travel Writer Landed a Bi-weekly Travel Column
  • From Virginia to Vancouver -- Here's What a Few of Your Fellow Readers are Doing to Land Bylines
  • Tax Savings Every Freelancer Should Take
  • On Spec: Request for Articles on Argentina
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Travelwise
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers

NOVEMBER 2004

• Issue #45
  • On Spec: A Paying Writing Gig for You
  • The #1 Easiest and Fastest Way to Get A By-Line and A Check
  • Request for Articles on Mobility-Challenged Travelers
  • How I Went from "Reading" Romance Novels to Selling My Own for a $97,500 Contract
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Arabella Magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #44
  • The Secret to Travel-Writing Success - Drink, Smoke, and Gamble
  • How to Handle Rejection when You Know You've Written a D*mn Good Article
  • Make Money Writing (and Put 23 New Computers in Your Local Elementary School)
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Road and Travel
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #43
  • The Curse of the Detail Trap: A Simple Way to Identify What to Keep and What to Cut
  • How a Dentist, a TV Producer, and a Lawyer Transformed Themselves into Travel Writers in Just Four Days
  • The ULTIMATE Course on Speed Writing!
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: AMC Outdoors
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #42
  • Writing Guideboks: How to Get Started and What You Can Expect To Get Paid
  • Take a Tax-deductible Trip to San Diego Next Thursday
  • Are You Good At Persuading People?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Adventure Kayak Magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers

OCTOBER 2004

• Issue #41
  • From Music Writer to Travel Writer: How Kevin Landed His First 2 Bylines
  • Halloween Parades, Ghost Tours, Fall Festivals -- Here's Your Big Chance to Score a Byline
  • Do You Have What It Takes to Write for This Market?
  • Attention AWAI-Trained Travel Writers -- TRAVEL EDITOR NEEDED!
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Adventure Cyclist
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #40
  • The One Simple Truth Behind ALL Published Travel Articles and How, Specifically, You Can Master It
  • Off-the-Beaten-Path Destinations Are Great for Travel. But What If I Live There and Can't Get Out?
  • Can You Write A Simple Letter?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Arthur Frommer's Budget Travel
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #39
  • 18 Must-Have Links Every Travel Writer Should Know About
  • Congratulations Wendy VanHatten! Another Byline and a Check.
  • Quick Tip: How to "Bookmark" a Website
  • Big Bucks for Snapshots: 53 Can't Miss Techniques for Becoming a Money-Making Freelance Photographer
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Islands Magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #38
  • Travel Writing on a Motorcycle: Advice from a Successful (and Adventurous) Student
  • More Writing Jobs.Building Wealth.and a Free Guide to Help Get Your Travel-Writing Career Started
  • Listen in as Jen Stevens Answers Questions from Would-Be Travel Writers
  • Congratulations Anita Ryan and Jessica L.!
  • Sail the Caribbean for Pleasure and Profit
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: The Lake Michigan Travel Guide
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #37
  • Those Pesky Negatives: How to Be Honest and Still Sell Your Story
  • A Trip to San Diego Could Land You Your First Byline
  • Congratulations Jessica L. - Her First Published Article and a Check
  • Retire This Year... Writing
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publications: Seattle Magazine and Country Connection
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers

SEPTEMBER 2004

• Issue #36
  • If, When, and How It's OK to Lie in a Travel Article
  • One Travel Writer's Tale: A Crooked Flipper, a Lost Mask, and a Near Shark Bite
  • Learn the Tango in Argentina
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: TravelGolf.com
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #35
  • Three Travel Articles... A Guided Tour of Yorktown... and a Free Lunch, All in a Day's Work
  • Travel Writing Student Karen Pevenstein Thinks She Can Beat Me
  • 53 Can't Miss Techniques for Becoming a Money-Making Freelance Photographer
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: The New York Times
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #34
  • How to Turn Your Previous Travel Experiences into Checks
  • Procrastination or Productivity? Here's How I'm Faring (Part 1)
  • How Lori H. Made $1,150 in Four Hours
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Travelers' Tales
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #33
  • How to Overcome Procrastination and Writer's Block
  • Meet Me in San Diego
  • When to Follow Up with an Editor and What You Need to Know About Buying Rights
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers

AUGUST 2004

• Issue #32
  • How to Find the Best Places to Publish Your Articles
  • Analogies as Bad as a Blue-Cheese Milkshake (stolen from John Forde)
  • Are You Good At Persuading People?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Dirt Rag
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #31
  • Master Dog Chef Turns Travel Writer: Here's How and Why
  • Belize and Back
  • Ever Wanted to Live or Work in France?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: America West
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #30
  • How to Prepare for the Tax Consequences of Being a Self-Employed Writer
  • Is It Possible to Become a Multimillionaire in 3 Days?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Alaska Magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #29
  • How to (Properly) Submit Photos for a Byline and a Check
  • In-the-Trenches Advice from Freelance Writers and Photographers
  • Tax Savings Every Freelancer Should Take
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: World Kid Magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers

JULY 2004

• Issue #28
  • Three Options for Selling Photos with Your Articles
  • Photo Basics 101: Finding the Perfect Light
  • Do You Have What It Takes To Write for This Market...
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Dandelion Magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #27
  • The Secret to Becoming a Prolific Writer -- How One Man Wrote 44 Novels in One Year
  • From Wisconsin to Utah and Malaysia to Mexico City: What Some of Your Fellow Course Graduates Are Up To
  • For These Proprietors, Success Means Grossing $1 Million a Year...
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: GreatestEscapes
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #26
  • Uncovering the Best Story Ideas: Three Keys to Writing Articles Editors Want
  • 39 (Funny) Tips to Improve Your Writing
  • Guarantee a Million-dollar Future for Your Child
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Above & Beyond
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #25
  • Four Steps to Perfect Persuasion (Part 2: How to Get Published Using a Cereal Box...A Tube of Toothpaste...and the Back of a Coke Can to Improve Your Query Letters)
  • It's Not Too Late to Pitch Season-Specific Articles
  • $95,000 in Prizes for Travel Photographer of the Year Competition
  • The Smartest and Best Way to Write for the Lucrative Health Market
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Tropi-ties
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #24
  • How to Get Published Using a Cereal Box...A Tube of Toothpaste...and the
    Back of a Coke Can to Improve Your Query Letters, Part 1
  • A New Baby... Three Published Articles... and Burger King in Baltimore
  • $95,000 in Prizes for Travel Photographer of the Year Competition
  • Start Your Own Business
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Real Money and Italy
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers

JUNE 2004

• Issue #23
  • Travel Editor, Randy Curwen's Six Pet Peeves about Working with Freelancers
  • Unexpected Attention Grabbers: Three Effective Twists on the Travel Lead
  • Another Recession-proof Writing Gig
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Travel Savvy
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #21
  • Less is More -- Confessions of a Word-a-holic
  • Meet Randy Curwin, Travel Editor for the Chicago Tribune
  • Are You Good At Persuading People?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: JourneyWoman
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #20
  • Three Ways to Broaden Your Focus and Bump-Up Your Travel Writer Income
  • A Night Out in Chicago
  • Do You Have What It Takes to Write for This Market?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Chicago Parent
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers

MAY 2004

• Issue #19
  • Five Things I Learned as an Editor That Helped Me Become a Better Freelancer
  • Seemingly Simple Yet Often Overlooked Guidelines for Dealing with Editors
  • Everything You Need to Build and Grow Your Successful Writing Business
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: The Plum Ruby Review
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #18
  • Seven Things New York Can Teach You About Great Travel Writing
  • Another Way to Live the Writer's Life
  • Start Your Own Business
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Clever Magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #17
  • What Two College Professors, a TV Producer, and a Goat Farmer Did to Transform Themselves into Travel Writers in Just a Handful of Days
  • 7 Places to Sell Your Real Estate Articles
  • Do You Have What It Takes to Write for This Market?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: The Good Life magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #16
  • Three Reasons to Add Real Estate Articles to Your Travel Writing Tool Belt
  • Another Way to Sell More: 8 Guidelines to Follow When You're writing About Real Estate
  • A Summer of Travel, Free
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Escape Artist
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers

APRIL 2004

• Issue #15
  • If Not Paris, Then Chicago
  • Four Feature Articles... A Dozen Smaller Ones... and a Monthly Travel Column: An Interview with Brian Norris and His Advice for New Travel Writers
  • Don't Get Caught Using These Cliches
  • A Summer of Travel, Free
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Insideout Travel Magazine
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #14
  • A 4-Part Guide to Writing Great Headlines
  • Congratulations John Forde!!
  • How to Get People to Love and Remember You
  • Be a Private Guest at the Exclusive Homes of These Top Celebrities
  • Note: Last Week's Featured Travel Publication Is No Longer Accepting Articles So This Week's Issue Includes Two Featured Travel Publications
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #13
  • Headlines Editors Can't Resist
  • How Do You Find the Time to Write?
  • Credibility and Credentials
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: The Carefree Enterprise
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #12
  • Practical Questions Answered: Mac or PC? Pen or Keyboard?
  • Should You Incorporate Your Freelance Travel Writing Business?
  • How a Once Complicated Profession Can Now Be Done on a Standard Computer
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: The Family Travel Files
  • More Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #11
  • Montreal-Bound... and Well-Prepared
  • How to Get More Articles Out of Every Trip: 5 Tips for Smart Digging
  • The Smartest Way to Write for the Lucrative Health Market
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Renaissance Magazine
  • Opportunities and Resources for Writers

MARCH 2004

• Issue #10
  • Now's the Time to Start Thinking About Holiday Stories
  • Halloween Articles: Where to Find Fodder for Frightful Tales
  • Can You Write A Simple Letter?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Mothering Magazine
  • Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #9
  • From Health Care Professional to Travel Writer: How Wendy Landed Her First 4 Bylines
  • Meet Travel Writer, Author, and Paris Expert Thirza Vallois this May
  • For These Proprietors, Success Means Grossing $1 Million a Year
  • EDITOR'S NOTE: Read this without laughing
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Bay Islands Voice
  • Opportunities and Resources for Writers
    
• Issue #8
  • How to Turn One Story into Three (or Thirty-three)
  • Two Free Issues of Writer's Digest Magazine
  • Why Krista quit her $81,000 a Year Job to be a Writer
  • Eunice Traske: Published Twice After Mexico and Heading Over to Fiji
  • Want to Write Adventure Travel for Ages 50 and Up? Here's One Free Issue of Marco Polo Magazine
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: 21st Century Adventures
    
• Issue #7
  • 10 Ways to Make a Six-Figure Income as a Freelance Writer (Part Two) by Bob Bly
  • Wasabi facial and the perfect spa for men
  • Gain Instant Credibility and Credentials
  • Travel Writer/Photographer of the Year
  • Brian Norris: Published overseas and a weekly column about local tourism
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: The Good Life

FEBRUARY 2004

• Issue #6
  • 10 Ways to Make a Six-Figure Income as a Freelance Writer (Part One) by Bob Bly
  • A Travel Writer's Wish List
  • How Lori Made $1,150 in 4 Hours
  • Meet Don in the Florida Keys
  • Editorial Note: Do You Live Overseas and Work as a Travel Writer?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Online Washingtonian
    
• Issue #5
  • Odd, Shocking, and Strange: What to Look for When You Travel
  • Meet John and Jen in Paris this May
  • Increase Your Productivity and Accomplish All Your 2004 Goals
  • What Frequently Published Writers Know That You Might Not
  • Editorial Note: Do You Live Overseas and Work as a Travel Writer?
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: British Columbia Magazine
    
• Issue #4
  • Do You Suffer from "Travel Speak?" Here's the Cure...
  • New Bonus Session (Led by Successful Freelancer Rose Burke) Adds Extra Value to May Paris Workshop
  • How to Gain Instant Credibility and Credentials
  • You May Want to Renew Your Passport Right Now...
  • This Week's Featured Travel Publication: Blue Magazine
    
• Issue #3
  • Never Been Published? Not to Worry...
  • Dates for Our Next Travel Writer Workshop in Paris, France: May 9-13, 2004
  • A Note to All Working Writers
  • Writing Under a Pen Name and Other Confessions...
  • A Great Site for Story Leads, Travel News, PR Connections, and Press Trips
  • This Month's Featured Travel Publication

JANUARY 2004

• Issue #2
  • Are You Good At Persuading People?
  • Where To Find The Power Words That Make Your Descriptions Rich, Sophisticated, And Professional
  • How an assignment could leave you broke...
    
• Issue #1
  • Can you write a simple letter?
  • Move over!!
  • A quick note before we kick-off this e-letter series for travel writers

 

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