Travel Writing Sales Tip
The good and the bad of writing queries to editors. Check out these samples and make sure you're avoiding critical mistakes.
Free Report: What’s Working in Newspapers
The landscape for newspaper travel writing is shifting dramatically. But, amid all the predicted doom and gloom, lie some intriguing new opportunities for freelancers. What follows are the trends I see for 2009. By the way, everything (or almost everything) I say about newspapers applies also to magazines, albeit to a lesser degree right now. [...]
3 Quick Story Tricks to Sell Travel Articles
Learn tips for how to write the best travel articles and sell for cash.
How Restaurants Are Changing Across the U.S.
The economic downturn is affecting restaurants. Learn what you can expect the next time you're dining out.
Free Bonus Report Series: On-the-Ground Reports from Shanghai
Lori Allen reports from Shanghai and explains how learning Mandarin can help with Chinese communication, and also improve your musical abilities. Find out how the language can give you the perfect pitch.
Olympic Fuel Tip #13: Are You Writing With Voice?
Learn tips on how to establish your own voice in your writing to distinguish you from other writers. Find out how to capture editor's attention from the beginning. Find out more...
Olympic Fuel Tip #11: 3 Must-Have Travel Writing Tools (For Less Than $1)
Jen Stevens shares the three travel writing tools she can't work without. Find out more...
Olympic Fuel Tip #9: It's Easy Being Green
Lori Allen shares how to help the environment by doing something you probably already do! Find out more...
Olympic Fuel Tip #7: 5 Easy Ways to Write Stronger Headlines
Jen Stevens shares five tips on how to write stronger headlines and get your story published. Learn more...
Find a Restaurant in Four Seconds
Lori Allen shares how your phone can do more than just make calls on your next trip.
Cash in on the charticle trend
Jen Stevens explains how "charticles" - shorter, chipper articles with more graphics are more likely to get published. Learn how to write one...
How to power up your sentences with strong verbs
Jen Stevens shares how to make your writing more powerful and get editors' attention.
The Five Restaurants to Include in Every Travel Article
Learn how to spot the five restaurants you should include in your next travel article.
Five Foodie Secrets
I write long. A 2,000-word article or even a 4,000-word article? No problem. What I have trouble with is saying everything I’d like to say in a limited space. That’s what I’ve been forced to do recently in two stories I’ve written, one on my hometown of Colorado Springs and one on Omaha, Nebraska. Each [...]
