Great Escape Radio Episode 52: Take it from an expert
“Look in the mirror… THAT’s your competition.” – Unknown To learn more about getting started as a travel writer, you can sign up for a special video presentation at: greatescapepublishing.com/start/travelwriting. Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry, and Director, Lori Allen, introduce us to Margot Bigg. “One of the things that make our travel writing and…
How Writers Can Build Strong Relationships With Editors
You’ve done the hard work of landing an assignment for your great story idea. Good reporting and good writing, of course, will make your piece stand out. So will the work you do with your editor. Here are a few important things to keep in mind to ensure that collaboration is a success and you…
Keyword Your Stock Photos Faster!
Last week, we talked about the importance of adding keywords to your stock photos… and how to come up with the best keywords to use. If you missed it, you can read it here. Keywording can be boring and tedious… especially if you’re submitting your photos to multiple stock sites and adding the same keywords…
Travel Writing Tips To Help You Get More From Your Travels
Most people travel as a break from their normal life, to get away from their jobs, relax, and snap photos of famous tourist sights. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with this, but there are others for whom travel isn’t a holiday from life. It’s a core part of who they are and these three travel writing tips are for them……
Breaking Through Fear To Become A Published Travel Writer
Curious, intrigued, and uncertain, I fidgeted in my second-row seat at the 2016 Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in New Orleans. I asked myself if this would this be the day that I fully embrace a writing career. I’m a self-confessed dabbler, and quite frankly, dabbling has not fulfilled my dream of living the writer’s life. I’ve dabbled at writing, attending seminars…
Great Escape Radio Episode 51: It’s about emotions
“One moment the world is as it is. The next, it is something entirely different. Something it has never been before.” – Anne Rice, Pandora If you’d like to get started with travel writing, visit: greatescapepublishing.com/start/travelwriting. Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry and Director, Lori Allen bring Theresa St. John back to the show to…
Swapping Traditional Retirement For The Life Of A Freelance Writer And Photographer
I’m a planner. No, really, I’m a bit obsessive about it – just ask my family. Whether it’s a day, a weekend or a weeklong vacation, I have to have a plan. In January 2016, I started seriously thinking about retiring. I loved my job with the National Park Service, but after 30 years, I…
How To Make Buyers Find Your Stock Photos
You can have the best photos in the world, but if stock photo buyers can’t find them, it won’t matter how good they are. Consider this: The primary way photo buyers find photos is through keywords they type into a search bar on a stock site. So how do stock photos get labeled with these…
How One Trip Equals Multiple Story Ideas (And Pay-Checks)
One of our favorite family vacations was a multi-generational trip we took to Disney’s Aulani Resort and Spa on Oahu’s western shore, along the stunning, picturesque coastline of Ko Olina. A Hawaiian vacation had always been my 83-year-old mother-in-law’s dream, and so our family of nine worked together to make that dream a reality. As…
Great Escape Radio Episode 50: One step at a time
“A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.” – Lao Tzu If you’d like to get started with travel writing, visit: https://greatescapepublishing.com/program/travel-writing/. Great Escape Radio host, Jody Maberry and Director, Lori Allen introduce Gwyn Goodrow. “Gwyn is a great example of what can happen when you put one right step in…