Tag Archive

blogging blogging success book publishing conferences content mills Debbie Dubrow e-books ebooks Everything Everywhere Examiner.com expatriate writers freelance writing guidebooks Lonely Planet Luxury Latin America magazine publishing monetization Moon Handbooks narrative writing new media newspapers Nicaragua online publishing Perceptive Travel photography print on demand six-figure-writing social media TBEX travel authors travel bloggers travel books travel editor travel editors Travelers' Tales travel industry travel writers travel writing Travel Writing 2.0 travel writing classes writer interviews writing advice writing courses writing teachers writing workshops

What’s it take to be a Lonely Planet Guidebook Writer? An Interview with Brice Gosnell

Published on May 1, 2012 By Kristin

Brice Gosnell, publisher of the Americas for the Lonely Planet guidebook series, talks to us today about what it takes to make it as a guidebook writer. His top three tips? Learn to take criticism, don’t email your editor a million and twenty times a day, and don’t, under any circumstances, annoy your publisher (i.e., [...]

An Interview with Leif Pettersen

Published on April 10, 2012 By Kristin

If you’ve ever been to Eastern Europe, Italy, or Spain and touted a Lonely Planet guidebook in your luggage, you were probably traveling–in a small way–with Leif Pettersen. Having just finished updating the latest edition of Europe on a Shoestring, Leif  Petterson has worked on over two dozen guidebooks as well as written for many [...]

An Interview with Robert Reid of Lonely Planet

Published on March 27, 2012 By Kristin

As the U.S. Travel Editor for Lonely Planet, Robert Reid–who is also a writer and blogger himself–knows the ins-and-outs of the travel industry! In this interview, he talks about how he weaseled his way into his first job, how he landed his first gig with The New York Times, and how it feels to be [...]

An Interview with Tom Brosnahan

Published on July 5, 2011 By Kristin

When Tom Brosnahan left for the Peace Corps in 1967, he couldn’t have begun to imagine the career that would develop after his travels! Beginning with his iconic Frommer’s Turkey on $5 a Day, his guidebooks (he has authored 40 of them!) have now sold over four million copies and are translated into a dozen [...]

A Conversation with Anja Mutic

Published on March 22, 2011 By Kristin

The title of Anja Mutic’s website, Ever the Nomad, couldn’t describe her lust for travel any better. As she tells it, she’s “a traveler who writes, and a writer who travels.” She has written for internationally recognized publications for the past 10 years, and has a particular expertise in her homeland, Croatia, and the neighboring [...]