Comments on: 11 Magazines, Journals, and Blogs Every Travel Writer Should Know About

By: david miller

david miller — Tue, 06 Oct 2009 16:36:29 +0000

Hey Sara,

Thanks for the comment. I agree that Web del Sol is good to go. A great resource. I just wish it had a more readable design. Very busy to me. .

Hadn’t seen Newton’s blog. Just checked out. It looks really good.

By: Sara K

Sara K — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 16:27:10 +0000

Fantastic list! You have done a great literary service. Thanks for bringing to light some of the cliches. If only beaches were as handsome as Clive Owen… youthful chaos would ensue.

I also like http://webdelsol.com/ and I always check Maud Newtown’s Blog for thoughtful culture/history/lit insights: http://maudnewton.com/blog/index.php

By: AdventureRob

AdventureRob — Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:36:25 +0000

Great list, will check some of them out, HTML Giant looks good

By: Christine

Christine — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 01:24:52 +0000

Nope, but it would certainly be an honor to have a piece in there. They have really outstanding writers/writing.

By: david miller

david miller — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 21:26:41 +0000

Thanks Anil. Tweeted your blog url. It was good to find your writing.

By: Anil

Anil — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 19:29:10 +0000

I was happy to see you say: “And it should also give the reader a strong sense of place. In other words, the setting itself is almost like another character”.

Much of travel writing is lost on adjectives, the rest on self promotion, the place be damned.

Refreshing to see the links you put up.

By: Travel-Writers-Exchange.com

Travel-Writers-Exchange.com — Fri, 18 Sep 2009 14:56:44 +0000

Great list of publications. Memoir can be helpful to those writers who one day may publish a travel journal or travel memoir!

By: david miller

david miller — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 15:15:44 +0000

thanks christine.

i’m a new reader of the sun, actually. really liked recent piece in there by Mattox Roesch which led me to his work / blog. not many hommies writing about life ‘close to the land’ like he is–up in Alaska with his family.

have you ever published in Sun?

By: Christine

Christine — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 02:55:40 +0000

I can’t believe you mentioned The Sun! My old co-worker in San Francisco, Tim McKee, is Managing Editor over there, and it’s located in my alma-mater town, Chapel Hill. Purty cool.

And great list overall.

By: Jordy Heis

Jordy Heis — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 23:59:35 +0000

Thanks Dave! Great resource for us at http://www.liquidadventures.com.au, as we are just about to set up our new blog. Definitely bookmarked!

By: Caitlin

Caitlin — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:11:13 +0000

>>“Handsome beaches, bohemian design and youthful chaos”

Phrases like ‘bohemian design’ are definitely a bit tired. ‘Youthful chaos’ is not so bad but not thrilling either. I’m not sure in what way a ‘handsome beach’ is a cliche though. I’ve never heard a beach described as ‘handsome’ (rather than ‘beautiful’ or ‘pretty’) before in my life. To masculinise the beach in that way is quite interesting – the opposite of cliched.

By: david miller

david miller — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 14:39:23 +0000

thanks for the props–but what are y’all reading?

By: Craig

Craig — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 04:44:36 +0000

I agree; I’ve found some fresh stuff here.

By: TimR

TimR — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 03:30:51 +0000

A great list I look forward to checking out.

A brief look at the Memoir site already has me thinking new thoughts about how travel writing might fit into the “age of memoir” described on the site. Travel writing is, after all, writing about one’s personal life experiences, which is maybe why in the past it’s been something of a backwater, but may ride the wave of a memoir trend.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 02:19:05 +0000

Great resource. Thanks!

By: Nancy

Nancy — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:20:04 +0000

Great post. I’m with Candice. HTML seems right up my alley. New Pages also seems pretty hot beats. Love indie anything.

By: david miller

david miller — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 01:02:56 +0000

word. getsome Candice.

By: Candice

Candice — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 00:13:06 +0000

HTML GIANT sounds like my kinda place, I’m about to check them all out…

By: Trisha Miller

Trisha Miller — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 23:43:45 +0000

A great list Dahveed – I especially love HTML Giant and NewPages.com is a great resource site.

For Literary Journals, I would add Geographic Expeditions Recce
(http://www.geoex.com/recce/) featuring the positively brilliant Illuminations by noted travel author Don George.

Thanks for sharing your list!