Perceptive Travel Archive

A Conversation with Marco Ferrarese, Author and Travel Writer

Did you hear the one about the Italian living in Malaysia who was writing in English and got stranded in Peru during the Pandemic? It's not a joke: that would be Marco Ferrarese, a

9 Ways to Really Piss Off an Editor

I originally published a form of this article 10 years ago on here. Since that time I've been to multiple editors' panels, spoken to many other editors over a few drinks, and interviewed a

Modern Travel Blogging: How We Got Here and the Future of Storytelling

I provide regular rants on this blog in between interviews and have more than a few negative critiques about boring blogs in the Travel Writing 2.0 book and in my Travel Writing Overdrive course.

Chantae Reden: Guidebook Author and Adventure Travel Writer

Chantae Reden is a surfer, free diver, and resident of Fiji, which already makes her one of the most interesting people I know. She runs her own travel blogs, contributes to another, freelances, and

An Entertaining Conversation with James Dorsey

James Michael Dorsey is an award winning author, explorer, photographer, and lecturer who has traveled extensively in 46 countries. He has spent the past two decades researching remote cultures around the world. James has