writing advice Archive

Travel writing instructor and prize winning author Linda Lappin joins us today to talk about common mistakes made by inexperienced writers and to share a few writing tips from her new book from Travelers’ Tales, The

 Jim Cheney didn’t start out as a writer, he started as a traveler.  But his traveling reports home to family and friends spurred his interest in writing and he has managed to forge a

We could probably run a fun psychology experiment on what comes to mind when you see that headline above, but in this case the P-word is rather mundane: “persistence.” This spelling bee favorite was

Melanie Votaw is a successful freelance writer working in several genres.  We caught up with her recently to find out how she got started, how she sustains her steady stream of work and what

Roy Stevenson has forged a second career as an internationally acclaimed travel writer.  Formerly a gym teacher, Roy began his career in travel writing in 2007 after attending a travel writing workshop – and