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

Ideas Matter, but Successful Travel Bloggers Get the Work Done

Ideas are all around us. They’re like fruit hanging on a tree, just there for the taking. The hard part is turning those ideas into something by getting the work done, week after week

Nathan Aguilera, the Foodie Flashpacker

I interview a lot of seasoned travel writers on here who have been at it for a decade or more, but this time I’m mixing it up with more recent experience getting a blog

A Conversation with Terry Ward

We first interviewed freelance writer Terry Ward on this blog back in 2012, so it was time to catch up with her again for an update. In 2000, she left her full-time job to

An Interview with Jessie Voigts of Wandering Educators

Jessie Voigt had a dream to blend her love for travel writing with her passion for teaching and it led her to create Wandering Educators, a travel site for global educators and a place