narrative writing Archive

9 Ways to Really Piss Off an Editor

I originally published a form of this article 10 years ago on here. Since that time I've been to multiple editors' panels, spoken to many other editors over a few drinks, and interviewed a

Interview with Beebe Bahrami, Author and Anthropologist Writer

Beebe Bahrami has been a frequent contributor to my Perceptive Travel online magazine and is the author of multiple books. She has also lectured, published freelance articles, and won several major writing awards. We

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

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

Modern Travel Blogging: How We Got Here and the Future of Storytelling

I provide regular rants on this blog in between interviews and have more than a few negative critiques about boring blogs in the Travel Writing 2.0 book and in my Travel Writing Overdrive course.