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A Travel Blog or a Business?

Published on June 16, 2013 By Tim

As I’ve mentioned on this travel writing blog several times and in the travel writing newsletter, I was a speaker at the TBEX conference earlier this month in Toronto. My talk was titled “Beyond Your Blog: Expanding Your Publishing Empire.” If you missed it attending another one at the same time or couldn’t attend TBEX [...]

A Conversation with Kate McCulley

Published on March 12, 2013 By Kristin

Kate McCulley is the writer behind Adventurous Kate, the blog she’s been running since 2011. As someone who lives by the mantra “life’s too short to have regrets,” Kate has now been to over 30 countries and has made writing her full-time profession. In our interview today, we talk about her blog, what she hopes [...]

An Interview with Jodi Ettenberg

Published on March 5, 2013 By Kristin

Jodi Ettenberg is the face behind the Legal Nomads blog, a site about culture, food, and travel. She’s also the author of The Food Traveler’s Handbook, a book that will help travelers find cheap, safe, and delicious food all around the world. In our interview, Jodi talks with me about the history of her blog, [...]

A Conversation with Pam MacNaughtan

Published on February 26, 2013 By Kristin

Pam, tell us a little bit about yourself and your blog, Spunkygirl Monologues. What gave you the idea to start the blog? I’m a 30-something solo female traveler. I spent years dreaming about escaping my career in retail management and seeing the world, but it was always a dream. In late 2009 my Grandmother was [...]

From the Editor’s Mouth: Gary Lee Kraut of France Revisited

Published on January 29, 2013 By Kristin

Gary Lee Kraut is the author of five travel guides to France and Paris as well as numerous articles, essays, short stories, and op-ed pieces concerning travel, culture, cross-culture, and expatriate life. He is the recipient of FrancePress’s 1995 Prix d’Excellence for his guide to France published in the Fielding Guidebook Collection. He has been running [...]