Packing List: Cambodia
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PACKING LISTS: "The Hangul at the bottom right is the Korean word for diarrhea. Got some laughs from the pharmacist for that." More »
Tips for Travel Video: Use Voice Over To Tell Your Story
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TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO: Voice over can be one of the most effective ways to add a strong narrative element to your travel video. More »
Be a Twitter Ninja: Twitter Lists
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BLOGGING TIPS: Joshywashington explains Twitter's new list feature and how to use it like a ninja. More »
Great Narrative Travel Writing: "I just don’t see a lot of it in the travel blogosphere. Do you?"
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NOTES ON WRITING: I read this comment last night and wondered (and am still wondering) about various things. More »
How to Deal with Out of Control Comments on Your Blog
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BLOGGING TIPS: Over the past few weeks we've had some unprecedented levels of dink behavior in the form of people attempting to leave threatening or slanderous or hateful comments. Here are some thoughts on how to deal with this problem. More »
Your Travel Writing Doesn't Matter!
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NOTES ON WRITING: It seems to me that most travel writing doesn’t matter. More »
Watching Obama's Inauguration with the Expats
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NOTES FROM ROAD: I was surrounded by people who had made a life outside of The United States, yet still held some kind of buyer’s remorse with this decision. Their quality of life had improved but they had traded their American soul in return. More »
Submissions Call: Packing Lists
PACKING LISTS: I wondered this morning about packing lists. Like notes or journal entries, they seem really transparent windows into your travel style, into your personal style, and the place you're going. More »
Notes on the Ghosts of Anjuna, Goa
NOTES FROM ROAD: Robert Hirschfield shows that even on beaches like Anjuna, Goa, with "bare European breasts peering up" at you, somebody has to remember the ghosts. More »
8 North American Residencies Ideal for Travel Writing
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FEATURED: Whether you're an experienced travel writer or just starting out, a writer’s retreat (also called a residency or colony) is an escape from daily commitments and distractions. More »
Material Transparency: manifesto on a writer's personal brand
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NOTES ON WRITING: Material Transparency is an underpinning or ethic of a writer's personal brand. More »
Travel Video Tips with Thomas Reissmann
TRAVEL WRITING, PHOTO, AND VIDEO: Thomas Reissmann has been shooting travel videos professionally for four years. He travels for free and wants to show you how to do the same. More »
All top newspapers' circulation down but one
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NEWS: Every major newspaper except WSJ is reporting losses, in some cases, severe. Where is this going? More »
Whatever happened to travel poetry?
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NOTES ON WRITING: Has the only 'legitimate' form for writing on travel and place become limited to the narrative essay or memoir? More »
Sweden by the Numbers
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BY THE NUMBERS: Days spent in Sweden: 10. Days someone mentioned threat of Swine Flu: 10 More »
What is your most productive writing environment?
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NOTES ON WRITING: Looking back over my journals from this past summer I realize there are these flow-enhancing factors. Here are some of mine. More »
NaNoWriMo - Anyone writing a novel next month?
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NOTES ON WRITING: "Make no mistake: You will be writing a lot of crap. And that's a good thing. " More »
Do Freebies Undermine Honesty in Travel Writing?
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NOTES ON WRITING: How do publications' policies on what a writer can and can't accept for gifts or comps affect the integrity of travel writing—as well the writer's ability to earn a living? More »
Winter in the Woods: A Paean-in-Gray to the Sierra Nevada Backcountry, and to Lives Excellently Lived
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PICKS: And so he does, of course, and is immediately transported far beyond his cluttered desk, beyond the world of newspapers and social media and a too-sluggish computer... More »
Coming to Goa for 'None of the things Lonely Planet can offer me'
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NOTES FROM ROAD: "I joke to Aimee Ginsburg, a Westerner from Israel: 'A lot of people looking for the perfect spiritual beach.'” More »
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