As a travel writer, I have enjoyed my share of complimentary stays in five-star accommodations, four-course dinners with wine pairings, and free city tours and attractions. All in exchange for published articles – and in addition to the pay. What I didn’t count on in my travel writing career was receiving free travel-related gifts. And […]
It didn’t take long after I’d completed the Ultimate Travel Writer’s Program in September 2014 to understand that if I wanted to be a published writer, I simply needed to find interesting topics to write about, then decide where to send those stories. My first two stories covered exotic destinations I’d recently visited, like […]
There was just something special about that email from the editor that read “Congratulations. Your story will appear in next month’s magazine!” That response was a magic number for me. It was my 100th article accepted for publication. I wasn’t always a travel writer. For 34 years, I’ve worn the title of “Registered Nurse” with […]
The place you call home may be a treasure trove of publication opportunities. When I attended the 2014 Ultimate Writer’s Workshop in San Diego, presenters emphasized the importance about “starting local.” I took that advice to heart. How and where to find local publications is a question for many new writers. It was for me […]
Honored to have shared my success story with a group of new writers at the 2015 Ultimate Travel Writer’s Workshop in Denver, I noted a prevailing question among attendees – how to find their writing “niche” and what that means. Not hard for me to understand at all. I left the 2014 workshop in San […]
When I was a little girl my biggest dream was to fly. Not in an airplane. I mean really fly — like a bird. I would try jumping off my bed or fearfully off a roof, flapping my arms furiously in the air, certain that one time it was going to happen. Of course, it […]
I sent article queries out to several well-established in-print magazines about a California mining town with a fascinating history. Little did I expect that, within 24 hours, two of those magazines would eagerly accept the story. (Travel writing success can happen a lot quicker than you might think.) Within 12 hours, one editor responded, “I […]
