ThinkTraffic has an interesting video interview with travel blogger Gary Arndt, the man behind the successful Everything Everywhere travel blog.
(found via Travelllll.com)
Showing posts with label interviews. Show all posts
Showing posts with label interviews. Show all posts
Saturday, October 29, 2011
Top Travel Blogger talks about building a successful travel blog...
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
Travel Writing Miscellanea....
See, Go, Write has an interview with Jessica Spiegel of Why Go Italy: Lucky 13 Questions
Over at Gadling Don George writes about Lynn Ferrin, travel writing, and the meaning of life
Matador Network offers tips on How to fund your travel videos
The PlanetD provides A Travel Blogger’s Guide to Sponsorship
World Hum asks Are Travel Writers the New Poets (Though not in a Good, Lyrical Way)?
Saturday, October 15, 2011
Travel Writing Miscellanea....
Attending a writing conference can be an exhaustive and stressful time - you often don't know anyone, you feel that you know nothing, and there is so much to see and hear. But if you follow these top tips - Notes from a First-Time Attendee: What I Learned at NATJA - from Kristen over at Travel Writing 2.0, you'll be able to relax and enjoy the experience.
See,Go,Write features an Interview with Keith Jenkins of Velvet Escape.
Wild Junket has an interview with travel writer Annie Bennett.
Over at Travelblather, Jeremy Heard asks Is the travel blogger lifestyle really that great?
Photographer Dan Christopher considers What Wannabe Travel Writers Need To Know Immediately while at the 2011 NATJA writers conference.
Moon Travel Guides are offering a free ebook download of its all-new Moon Maya 2012 travel guide written by Central America travel expert Joshua Berman.
Saturday, October 08, 2011
TED Video: Andrew Evans talks about pursuing your travel dream...
Andrew Evans (of Where's Andrew fame) gives an inspirational talk at the TEDxDanubia conference in Budapest about how he managed to pursue his dream of traveling to the Antarctica.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Weekly Top 5 Blog Posts for Writers...
!. 10 Steps for Writers Who Want to Earn More Than $15 Per Article
2. Kindle: How you can make a million writing your own e-book
3. 11 Must Know Tips About How To Study A Magazine So You Can Make Sales
4. The 1,000 Words Rule of Blogging (Book Excerpt)
5. Seth Godin on Blogging and Productivity
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Travel Writing Miscellanea...
Grant Martin asks Is theTravel Blogger Show worth your time? over on Gadling.
Learn how The Passport Party Project Takes Flight at BlackNews.com
The Guardian has a new series running on how to build a profitable blog
Mediapost.com asks Can Triposo Google-ize Travel Writing?
Travel Writing 2.0 has a A Conversation with Sheila Scarborough
Wednesday, August 31, 2011
The Economist's audio interview with travel writer William Dalrymple
Interesting audio interview from The Economist with William Dalrymple talking about his friendship with Paddy Leigh Fermor and discussing the changing nature of travel writing.
For more about his experiences as a travel writer, check out this video discussion between William Dalyrmple and Pico Iyer about the connection beween globalisation and religion.
Thursday, June 09, 2011
Travel Writing Miscellanea...
Wanderlust reports that the Notting Hill's iconic bookstore is for sale.
Lonely Planet is giving away one of it's photo books for free at iBookstore.
At the Hay's literary festival travel writer V. S. Naipaul says women can't write
Travel Writing 2.0 has an interview with travel writer Lena Katz
Friday, May 27, 2011
Pico Iyer Talks Travel...
In this video from Dialogue's Sun Valley Writers' conference series, Marcia Franklin talks with travel writer Pico Iyer...
Watch the full episode. See more Dialogue.
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Travel Writing Miscellanea...
Grant Martin from Gadling.com offers up some tips on How to make travel editors like your blog
Alison Stein Wellner from A Very Curious Mind writes about The Art of Time in Memoir: A Travel Writer’s Review
DoLectures.com has an interesting video from Rolf Potts on traveling...
Thursday, May 12, 2011
Weekly Top 5 Blog Posts for Writers...
Friday, April 08, 2011
Travel Writing Miscellanea...
The Guardian asks Has technology robbed travel of its riches? (via @niltiac)
Entertaining review of Travel Blogger's Unite TUB'11 conference - TBU ’11: A List Of Top Non-Tens
In the New York Times, Paul Theroux on Why We Travel
Travel Writing 2.0 has A Conversation with Rolf Potts
Media Bistro looks at Educational Travel Writing: A Market with Great Potential
USA Today discusses 10 great places to take a library tour
Wednesday, March 02, 2011
Travel Writing Miscellanea...
Traveling Savage blog has posted this interesting interview - A Model of Travel Writing: Lara Dunston Spills on GranTourismo.
JoAnna Haugen at Kalidescope Wandering asks looks at the Tech/Travel Relationship and asks 'How much technology do we REALLY need when we travel?'
USA Today Travel wonders 'Can destination apps take the place of guidebooks?'
Shannon Hurst Lane discusses How to Get Invited on Press Trips
An interesting post at Blogging Standards on Why the travel industry needs bloggers
Wednesday, February 02, 2011
Authors@Google: The Lost Girls...
In this Authors@Google, two of the three 'Lost Girls' discuss their book (The Lost Girls: Three Friends, Four Continents. One Unconventional Detour Around the World) and upcoming projects.
Thursday, January 27, 2011
Travel Writing Miscellanea...
Travel writer Tim Cahill discusses The Intrepid Spirit of Travel at Book Passages 2009...
Budget Travel has listed the Top 10 hottest new travel gadgets
TravelWriting2.0 has an interview with Stuart McDonald of TravelFish
Tuesday, January 25, 2011
Apply now for the World Nomad's 2011 Travel Scholarship...
Anyone interested in becoming a published travel writer needs to check out this great scholarship opportunity offered by World Nomads.
The scholarship winner will take a 12 day Turkish Delight tour, biking, hiking and kayaking your way through Turkey with BikeHike Adventures, then a 2 day mentoring session with travel writer Terry Richardson before being sent off on a 7 day assignment to Istanbul to "research, review and update essential travel info for 'The Rough Guide to Istanbul', including accommodation, bars & restaurants, entertainment, shopping, tours, activities and transport, as well as searching out those local secrets that travellers want to read about."
Opportunities like this don't come around very often so if this sound like you, check out the application requirements at the 2011 Travel Scholarship page at WorldNomad.com.
Important dates:
March 28 Competition closes (2.00pm, Australian Eastern Daylight Time)
April 28 Winner announced
June 7 Winner Arrive Istanbul
June 8-19 Turkish Delight Tour with BikeHike Adventures
June 20-21 Meet your mentor Terry Richardson, shadow for 2 days
June 22-25 Solo assignment
June 26-27 Meet with Terry to review work etc.
June 28 Depart
Aug 15 Rough Guides content deadline
What are you waiting for?
Head over to WorldNomad.com now...
Thursday, January 20, 2011
Travel Writing Miscellanea...
Anyone going to TBEX'11 (and that includes me) should have a read of this helpful BootsnAll post about all Things You Need to Know About TBEX 2011 in Vancouver.
Travel writer David Page's take on the future of freelance journalism.
The ethics and etiquette of travel writing was the topic of a lively presentation last June attended by Bay Area Travel Writers (BATW). Speakers included were Edward Hasbrouck, David Page, Catherine Boire and Tom Wilmer, with Erin Van Rheenen moderating. You can listen to the audio recording of the discussion here.
Learn more about travel writers of the past with this Suite101 article The Bold and The Beautiful—Early Women Travel Writers
Anthony from TheTravelTart.com offers some tips on How to Get Invited on Press Trips
Travel Writing 2.0 has a conversation with David Stanley and an interview with Karen Loftus. (you can also check out an interview with David Stanley that Write to Travel did as part of it's Interview with a Travel Writer Series)
Friday, December 24, 2010
David Farley's Irreverent Curiosity - Interview and Giveaway
Head over to My Melange to read an interview with travel writer David Farley about his hilarious book An Irreverent Curiosity.
Leave a comment while at My Melange and you have a chance to win your own copy of An Irreverent Curiosity.
Write to Travel interviewed David Farley back in 2007 as part of it's 'Interview with a Travel Writer' series
Monday, October 11, 2010
BookTV.com Video Interview with writer Simon Winchester
From BookTV.com, an indepth interview with writer Simon Winchester...
Tuesday, April 13, 2010
TED Talk: JK Rowling at Harvard University...
"Harry Potter" author JK Rowling offers advice to dreamers and overachievers at this Harvard University commencement speech.
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.
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