travel editors Archive

7 Mechanical Mistakes Most Writers Make (and I’m guilty of #4)

I’m a freelance writer and blogger, but I’m also an editor. The kind of editor that pays people for quality travel stories they write, for a publication that wins awards year after year, plus

Five Things Writers Should Stop Doing in the ’20s

Old habits die hard with writers. We get into routines without thinking. We keep doing what worked before even when it doesn’t now. We get sloppy when we’re rushed to hit a deadline. We

Lavinia Spalding: Anthology Editor, Author, and Travel Writer

I first “met” Lavinia Spalding by e-mail when a story from Perceptive Travel online magazine made the cut for an edition of The Best Women’s Travel Writing, which she edits and chooses the articles

The Future of Press Trips for Travel Writers and Destinations

What will future press trips look like? I asked that question when the pandemic was in full swing, back in the late spring of 2021. As time went on, some of the forecasts were

Help Wanted: Travel Writers and Editors

If you are a freelance travel writer, you’ll hear plenty of your old-timer peers groaning about what a tough time this is. But then if you talk to the younger (or more adaptive) freelancers