http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-are-writing-conferences-relevant-to-travel-writers/ Featuring insider destination guides and how-to articles from the matador travel community. Our focus is sustainable travel, cultural immersion, plus work, study, and volunteer opportunities worldwide. Fri, 19 Mar 2010 01:41:09 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-are-writing-conferences-relevant-to-travel-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-5097 Lauren Quinn Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:38:46 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=5091#comment-5097 I totally shared the hesitation to blow hundreds of my hard-earned dog-eared-for-travel funds of a writers conference... until I decided to yeild to serendipity and attend the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference (where I met Trisha!). It was honestly the best thing I could have done for my writing. It´s the only conference I´ve been to, so i can´t speak on the subject as a whole, but Book Passage was great. The conference is hosted by an independent bookstore, and it´s really about the love of writing and travel, not making money. Considering it was 4 days of workshops and panels, it was actually a pretty good deal. Of course, it´s still a sizeable sum to attend, and a real luxury to have the money to spare, but I´d definitely recommend that anyone who can wrestle up the money should go! I totally shared the hesitation to blow hundreds of my hard-earned dog-eared-for-travel funds of a writers conference… until I decided to yeild to serendipity and attend the Book Passage Travel Writers & Photographers Conference (where I met Trisha!). It was honestly the best thing I could have done for my writing. It´s the only conference I´ve been to, so i can´t speak on the subject as a whole, but Book Passage was great. The conference is hosted by an independent bookstore, and it´s really about the love of writing and travel, not making money. Considering it was 4 days of workshops and panels, it was actually a pretty good deal. Of course, it´s still a sizeable sum to attend, and a real luxury to have the money to spare, but I´d definitely recommend that anyone who can wrestle up the money should go!

]]> http://thetravelersnotebook.com/photography-q-a/how-are-writing-conferences-relevant-to-travel-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-5096 JoAnna Fri, 16 Oct 2009 16:10:39 +0000 http://thetravelersnotebook.com/?p=5091#comment-5096 I've been really hesitant to attend a writers' conference because of the money factor. I appreciate Trisha's comment about how any writers' conference can be beneficial, and I would imagine that, really, a writing conference is only what a participant puts into and gets out of it. I’ve been really hesitant to attend a writers’ conference because of the money factor. I appreciate Trisha’s comment about how any writers’ conference can be beneficial, and I would imagine that, really, a writing conference is only what a participant puts into and gets out of it.

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