writing advice Archive

Freelance Pitching Tips From Top Travel Media Editors

What if you could sit in a room with four travel magazine editors who hire freelancers every month? What if you could get an hour’s worth of advice from them on how to study

Five Business Theories to Apply to Your Self-Employed Writing Life

If you listen to a lot of business podcasts, read magazines like Inc., or just chat with other business owners in Facebook groups, you’ll eventually start hearing a few theories that all in some

Matt Kepnes: Ten Years a Nomad and Making Money on His Own Terms

If asked to name 10 successful travel bloggers, almost anyone in our industry is going to have Matt Kepnes – better known as Nomadic Matt – in their list. Huge traffic, the kind of

6.5 Things That Will Make You a Better Non-fiction Writer

Is your writing kind of…blah? Are your articles just kind of laying there, not moving anyone to emotion or action? I made the point several times in the book that Travel Writing 2.0 is

4 Reasons to Leave Comments Enabled on Your Blog

If you want to get bloggers arguing about something in a hurry, ask them what they think of allowing comments on their blog. It can get heated—for good reasons—on both sides of the issue.