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The Best Travel Writing Book for the Digital Age

If you're on the Travel Writing Success Newsletter list, you already know this, but the brand new third edition of Travel Writing 2.0 book is out now across all platforms! I didn't post anything

Four Ways to Jumpstart Your Travel Writing Income

When I first started going to travel writer conferences back in the mid-'00s, I was just at the point where I was backing out of a "regular job" and going full-time as a travel

Smithsonian, BBC, NPR – Laura Kiniry on Freelancing for Elite Publications

Laura Kiniry is an award-winning freelance journalist specializing in travel, food, culture, and the outdoors. She has gotten bylines in some of the most prestigious and well-respected publications a travel writer could dream of

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

An Interview With Freelance Writer Sharon McDonnell

Sharon McDonnell is a San Francisco-based freelance writer who has been covering travel, culture, food, and drink since 1999. Her work has appeared in Fodors.com, TravelandLeisure.com, ArchitecturalDigest.com, United Hemispheres, Air Canada EnRoute, Scandinavian Traveler,