writing advice Archive

There’s No Instant Success in Travel Blogging

Here’s something most beginning travel bloggers don’t want to hear but it’s the truth. If you start your blog today, you’ll probably hit the level where you are making real money that pays all

How NOT to Pitch an Editor

One advantage of belonging to professional travel writers organizations like NATJA or SATW, or going to professional conferences like TBEX or IMM, is that you often get good advice on how to pitch an

Meagan Drillinger: Wandering Freelance Writer and Travel Weekly Editor

I recently got to hang out with Meagan Drillinger at Mexico’s largest tourism conference and then for a couple days we were both by chance staying at Hotel Makaaba in the Lake Bacalar area

Becoming a Good Travel Writer – What Qualities Do You Need?

It’s quite subjective to say what’s good or great travel writing, even harder to say why someone is a good travel writer and someone else is not. Sometimes it’s one of those “I know

11 Ways to Be a More Productive Writer (Who Makes Real $$)

I once did a presentation at the travel bloggers convention TBEX with a range of slides on succeeding as a productive travel writer in the digital age. Some of them got a chuckle, some