Michael Luongo’s award-winning travel writing earned him the 2011 LGBT Journalist of the Year for the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association and the 2010-2011 Grand Prize in Travel Journalism Award Winner for NATJA. His work, which he characterizes as largely focused on travel, culture, and human rights, is always out of the ordinary (not [...]
This week, we’re highlighting travel writer Amanda Castleman, known for her adventure writing and popular new media and travel writing online classes. To honor her work as a mentor and teacher, Kristin Mock asked Amanda a series of questions for writers just getting their careers off the ground. Amanda, whose work has been featured in [...]
I made the point several times in the book that Travel Writing 2.0 is not a lesson on how to become a good writer. There are plenty of other books that do that very well already. Mine is about making money from the craft instead of being a starving artist. Having said that, I am [...]