Reader Scores Published Articles and Freebies
Dear Right Way to Travel Reader, Jennifer Blair, one of your fellow readers, attended our Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop last July in San Francisco. Ninety days later, she got published (and paid for her article) in Brave New Traveler e-zine. Even better... she used her travel writer status to score free entry for herself and [...]
3 Quick Story Tricks to Sell Travel Articles
Learn tips for how to write the best travel articles and sell for cash.
Four Things I Thought I Knew About Travel Writing
I went to the Ultimate Travel Writer's Workshop in Portland last July to see what I could do with a journal full (six months' worth) of travel stories and thousands of photos. I desperately wanted to be a travel writer but I didn't know where to start. I thought about it and read about it [...]
How I Earned $5,950 from My Last Three Assignments
The sun is creating an impossible glare on my laptop screen here in the front seat of our 2005 Toyota Sienna minivan. Behind me, strapped into their car seats, my three boys have their heads tilted to the left or right, eyes closed. Three hours ago, we put them gingerly -- and still in their [...]
Get Paid to Travel: Can anybody be a travel writer?
Let me give it to you straight: I think anybody can be a travel writer.
3 Myths about In-flight Magazines
In-flight magazines represent the Holy Grail for a lot of travel writers. They pay well. They provide beautiful clips. And getting your by-line in one immediately elevates you to pro.
From Health Care Professional to Travel Writer
LA: Before we get started, Wendy, why don't you tell us a little about yourself. WENDY: For over 15 years, I was a health care administrator overseeing a large network of medical clinics. Then two years ago I became a victim of downsizing, but a generous severance allowed me to pursue other career options. A [...]
How to Get Out Of the Way When You're Telling Your Own Story
Too much "I" and "we" -- the most common mistake I see in articles by new travel writers. It's not that you shouldn't tell your own story from your point of view. Successful travel writers do that regularly. In last Sunday's Travel section of the New York Times, for instance, six of the seven feature [...]
