travel editors Archive

Freelance Writer? Assume Your Editor is a Demanding Jerk
The professional endures adversity. He lets the bullshit splash down his slicker, remembering that it comes clean with a heavy-duty hosing. He himself, his creative center, cannot be buried, even beneath a mountain of

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
