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Get to Know Megan Jerrard of Mapping Megan

I traveled with Megan Jerrard while living it up on Boracay, Philippines many years ago. Earlier that decade, after a chance meeting on an airplane with one of the world's most successful bloggers at

The Best Travel Writing Book for the Digital Age

If you're on the Travel Writing Success Newsletter list, you already know this, but the brand new third edition of Travel Writing 2.0 book is out now across all platforms! I didn't post anything

Are You Creating Helpful Content, Entertaining, or Copying?

One big slap in the face that many entrepreneurs get too late is they find out that this great idea they've invested so much time and money in is one that makes people yawn.

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

Smithsonian, BBC, NPR – Laura Kiniry on Freelancing for Elite Publications

Laura Kiniry is an award-winning freelance journalist specializing in travel, food, culture, and the outdoors. She has gotten bylines in some of the most prestigious and well-respected publications a travel writer could dream of