In June, I turned 69. I started my 70th year on this big blue ball. It’s the best year of my life. I wouldn’t have believed it five years ago. In 2014, I was convinced my life was confined to my recliner, Netflix binges, and a glass of wine. My aging body was changing; the […]
Recently, the most revered of individual U.S. college football awards, the Heisman Memorial trophy, was presented to Joe Burrow, the quarterback of Louisiana State University. Winners of this prestigious trophy, first awarded in 1935, epitomize great ability, diligence, perseverance, and hard work. Being a travel writer is a lot like football, or any other sport […]
As a travel writer, you have many goals. You want to use your writing skills to promote the best of any particular area. You want to visit old and new places and get the inside scoop. You’d like to get travel perks. You want to get paid for articles. All of these require that you […]
Before you leave for your trip, start thinking about article ideas with a specific publication in mind. Sure, once you get to the destination you’ll be writing about you may find that you need to tweak the idea a bit, given what you find on the ground. But you have to start somewhere. As I […]
I love the excitement of a new year and planning all the things to accomplish. Just as much as I love looking back over the past year and seeing how much has been accomplished. But I will admit, I am not fond of New Year’s resolutions because somehow, even with the best intentions at heart, when […]
During my first year in travel writing, I knew very little about regional media events. These are conferences where organizations promote destinations, hotels, and attractions. At these meetings, a writer gets to attend educational sessions, enjoy comped meals at restaurants, visit attractions, and stay in a comped or media-rate hotel. My first regional media conference […]
When you are starting out as a writer, it can be challenging to know where to look for writing opportunities. Having been a full-time travel writer for about four years, I have picked up a variety of tips and tricks. I like to think I’ve become something of an expert at weeding out publications to […]
We’re all familiar with the gritty, in-your-face New York City street scenes that seem to dominate street photography. Therefore, Bali is not exactly the first place that comes to mind when talking street photography…but maybe it should be! First of all, what is street photography? With no clear-cut definition, street photography is the art […]
When I attended the Ultimate Money-Making Photography Workshop in Miami in 2013, I was no stranger to photography. I had followed my dad around the yard, starting with my Kodak Brownie, from the age of four. What I wasn’t aware of were the numerous ways I could make money with my pictures, once I learned to […]
For years, I dreamed of living on a tropical island. I even asked Santa each year. My favorite screen saver was a wide white-sand beach complete with solitary palm tree bent over at 90 degrees, fronds almost touching the turquoise waters lapping gently against the shore. You know the pictures I’m talking about, we’ve all […]
