six-figure-writing Archive

What’s Going to Work in Travel Writing Going Forward

What's going to make you a successful travel writer or blogger in the 2020s? What's going to work in travel writing going forward? I'll answer that question in more detail when I put out

Why Face-to-face Communication Brings More Success to Writers

If you're stuck in your career and you constantly get stressed by other writers seemingly earning money far more easily than you do, you might just need to get out and try more face-to-face

A Travel Blog or a Travel Content Business?

If you're a travel blogger, there's a question you should probably be asking yourself on a regular basis: Are you running a travel blog or are you running a travel content business? If it's

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

11 Ways to Be a More Productive Writer (Who Makes Real $$)

I once did a presentation at the travel bloggers convention TBEX with a range of slides on succeeding as a productive travel writer in the digital age. Some of them got a chuckle, some