Do You Have What It Takes to be a Travel Writer?
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Take this Quiz – Do You Have What It Takes to be a Travel Writer?

Take this quiz to assess whether you have what it takes to become a travel writer.

Ep#38: An Introduction to the art of Fast Drafting for Travel Writers
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How Travel Writers Self Publish Podcast Ep#38: An Introduction to the art of Fast Drafting for Travel Writers

In this 10-minute podcast we cover how my fast drafting technique will help you streamline your note taking tasks while you’re traveling, so that you can spend more time exploring and less time writing.

A-Z Travel Writing Tips Letter A Podcast episode #34
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How Travel Writers Self Publish Podcast Ep#34: A-Z of Travel Writing Tips. A is for Audience, Angle, Adjectives and…

Each episode in the A to Z podcast series provides you with inspiration to give your travel writing the TLC it needs. We’re kicking this off with letter A. 

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A-Z of Travel Writing Tips: I is for Improve, Images and …

Travel Writing Prompts: I is for Improve, Images, Instagram and Inspiration. Use these Travel Writing Prompts to make it easier to connect with your readers. No matter what you’re writing.

3 travel writing tips to engage your readers
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3 Travel Writing Tips to engage your Readers

Find out about these three easy to implement travel writing tips that act like bait to hook your reader.

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A-Z of Travel Writing Tips: H is for Humor, Headlines and …

Travel Writing Prompts: H is for Humor, Headlines, and How to get started. Use these Travel Writing tips to improve your writing and connect with readers.

A-Z Travel writing tips G is for Goals, Guest Blogging and Genre
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A to Z of Travel Writing Tips: G is for Goals, Guest Blogging and Genre

Travel Writing Prompts: G is for Goals, Guest Blogging and Genre. Use these prompts to improve your writing and make it easier to connect with your readers. No matter what you’re writing.

Develop your travel writing style: Vocabulary and Sentence Structure
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Develop your Travel Writing Style: Vocabulary and Sentence Structure

How to use vocabulary and sentence structure to develop a travel writing style that suits your target audience.

Develop your travel writing Style: Tone and Author Avatars
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Develop your Travel Writing Style: Tone and Author Avatars

How to use Author Avatars to define your writing tone, to improve the quality of your travel guide content.

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Roundup of the best Travel Writing Articles

Here’s this month’s roundup of the best travel writing articles. Use these tips, inspiration, and information to keep your travel writing journey effective and inspired.

What travel writing software do you use
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What Travel Writing software do you use?

Looking for alternatives to word processing programs to streamline your travel writing process? Scrivener is my favorite writing tool for books and blog posts.

F is for Focus Facts Flow
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A to Z of Travel Writing Tips: F is for Focus Facts and Flow

Travel Writing Prompts: F is for Focus Facts and Flow. Use these prompts to improve your writing and make it easier to connect with your readers. No matter what you’re writing.

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Roundup of the best Travel Writing Articles, Books, and Podcasts

Here’s this month’s roundup of the best travel writing articles. Use these tips, inspiration, and information to keep your travel writing journey effective and inspired.

Travel Writing E is for Editing and Entertain
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A-Z of Travel Writing Tips: E is for Edit and Entertain

Travel Writing Prompts: E is for Editing and Entertain. Use these Travel Writing Prompts to improve your writing and make it easier to connect with your readers. No matter what you’re writing.

How Travel Writers Self-Publish Podcast #25
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How Travel Writers Self-Publish Podcast Ep#25: Using your Five Senses to improve your travel writing

In Episode #25 of our How Travel Writers Self-Publish we discover how to use your five sense to improve your travel writing. This 10-minute episode will catapult your writing.

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Roundup of the best Travel Writing Articles, Books, and Podcasts

Here’s this month’s roundup of the best travel writing articles. Use these tips, inspiration, and information to keep your travel writing journey effective and inspired.

Roy Stevenson author interview about travel writing
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Author Interview with Travel Writer Roy Stevenson

Prolific Travel Writer, Author, and Writing Coach Roy Stevenson shares his travel writing and self-publishing adventure with us. And explains why he chose the direct distribution method.

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Roundup of the best Travel Writing Articles and Books

Here’s my roundup of the best travel writing articles, books, and podcasts that were published this month. Read these for actionable advice and a shot of inspiration on your own travel blogging and writing journey.

How Travel Writers Self-Publish Podcast Ep#21 Improve your travel writing style
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How Travel Writers Self-Publish Podcast Ep#21: Techniques to improve your travel writing style

Ep#20: Techniques to improve your travel writing style   In this 20-minute show travel writer Jay Artale talks about the foundational…

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Roundup of the best Travel Writing Articles

Here’s this month’s roundup of the best travel writing articles and the Lonely Planet email to use to become a Travel Guide Writer. Use these tips, inspiration, and information to keep your travel writing journey effective and inspired.

A-Z Travel writing tips D is for Descriptive Phrases Dialogue and Details
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A-Z of Travel Writing Tips: D is for Descriptive Phrases, Dialogue, and Details

Travel Writing Prompts: D is for Descriptive Phrases, Dialogue and Details. Use these Travel Writing Prompts to improve your writing and make it easier to connect with your readers. No matter what you’re writing.

A-Z Travel writing tips Cliches, Cadence and Conversational
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A-Z of Travel Writing Tips: C is for Cliches, Cadence, and Conversational

Travel Writing Prompts: C is for Cliches, Cadence, and Conversational. Use these Travel Writing Prompts to improve your writing and make it easier to connect with your readers. No matter what you’re writing.

Frances M. Thompson Author Interview
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Author Interview with Travel Writer Frances M. Thompson

Travel Writer Frankie Thompson share her writing and self-publishing journey with us. She writes contemporary fiction inspired by travel, in short story collections.

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Roundup of the best Travel Writing Articles, Books, and Podcasts

Here’s my roundup of the best travel writing articles, books, and podcasts that were published in March. Read these for valuable advice and inspiration on your own travel blogging and writing journey.

188 Travel Writing Prompts
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Roundup of 221 Travel Writing Prompts

Need some travel writing inspiration? Here’s a roundup of 221 Travel Writing prompts to get your creative muscles working. Use them to stop procrastination and trigger some personal travel stories for your journal.

How to write a better how to book non-fiction
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How To Write a Better How To Non-fiction Book

Here’s tips about how to write a How To book that readers won’t want to put down. Content tips and advice for writing your non-fiction book.

Five Senses Travel Guide Sense of Taste
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Improve your Travel Writing with a Sense of Taste

Using your sense of taste creates a physical and emotional reaction to your travel writing, and provides a scene your reader can relate to.

Five Senses Travel Guide Sense of Touch
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Improve your travel writing with a sense of touch

Using your sense of touch creates a physical and emotional reaction to your travel writing, and provides a scene your reader can relate to.

Freds Blog Travel Writing Competition
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2018 Travel Stories Competition winners

Find out who won this year’s Travel Stories Competition, and why the winning entry resonated with me to become the judges #1 pick.

Five Senses Travel Guide Sense of Hearing
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Improve your travel writing with a sense of hearing

Using your sense of hearing creates a soundscape backdrop to your travel writing, and provides a memorable scene your reader can get absorbed into.

Five Senses Travel Guide Sense of Smell Jay Artale
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Improve your travel writing with your sense of smell

Your goal as a travel writer is to transport your reader to a place or time to experience smells for themselves through their stored memories, rather than just sharing how you experienced it.

From Travel Blogger to Author-2
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How Travel Writers Self-Publish Podcast Ep#1: From Travel Blogger to Author

In episode 1 of our How to Self-Publish a Travel Book Show we cover five reasons why travel bloggers and writers should leverage their content to become authors.

Five Senses Travel Guide Sense of Sight. Travel Writing. Show don't Tell. Travel writing tips by Jay Artale
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Improve your travel writing with your sense of sight

This article is the first in a series of articles about using your five senses to improve your travel writing. This article introduces your sense of sight.

Five Senses Travel Journal for Travel Bloggers and Writers by Jay Artale
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Five Senses Travel Journal Available Now!

This blank Five Senses travel writing journal will help travel bloggers and travel writers improve their travel writing by showing instead of telling. Use your senses to capture the scene and connect with your readers.

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Interview with Adventure Author Jon Doolan

Author interview with Adventure Author Jon Doolan, who shares his tips and insights for his adventure guides and his book series about writing, self-publishing, and book promotion for adventure writers.

Marjory McGinn Author Interview
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Author Marjory McGinn switches from non-fiction to write a novel

Last year we featured Marjory McGinn in our non-fiction author interview series, and it’s a delight to welcome her back to hear how she successfully made the transition from non-fiction author to fiction writer.

Freds Blog Travel Writing Competition
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Fred’s Blog 4th Annual Travel Stories Competition

Robert Fear is the memoirist behind Fred’s Blog as was featured in an Author Interview last year. As well as being a travel writer he has been running a successful travel writing competition that is now in it’s 4th year. There are monthly prizes as well as overall prizes and it’s FREE TO ENTER … so what are you waiting for?

Bradt Travel Guide Writing Competition
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Bradt Travel Guides announce the finalists for their 2017 Travel Writer of the Year competition

Here’s the entries from the sixteen finalists for the Bradt Travel Writing Competition so that you can read each one and use them as inspiration to hone your own travel writing skills. Better yet, use it as a research opportunity for your own submission to their 2018 travel writing competition!

National Geographic Traveller Travel Writing Tips
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These NatGeo Traveller Competition Winners can improve your travel writing

Great read for Travel Writing Tips: Nat Geo Traveller (UK) recently announced their travel writing competition winners. The challenge was to write a focused piece of 500 words that captured the essence of a destination alongside National Geographic Traveller’s defining features: immersive travel and authentic storytelling.

Freewriting for Travel Writers Jay Artale
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Freewriting for Travel Writers Print Version available

I’m happy to announce that my “Freewriting for Travel Writers” book is available in Print for the first time.

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4 Benefits of Freewriting for Travel Writers

“Freewriting for travel writers” is a how-to guide that teaches you everything you need to know to start your freewriting journey to help you improve the quality of your own travel writing.

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Budget Traveler Josh shares his travel research tips

There’s no better way to anticipate your reader’s needs than asking them outright about their preferences. Budget Traveler Josh provides his travel guide preferences.

Birds of a Feather Travel Writing Competition for 2017
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Birds of a Feather Press Travel Writing Competition 2017

Have you ever left a destination with the information you wished you’d known when you arrived? Something that was missing from your travel guide? Well now’s your chance to fill in the gaps. Let us know your Travel Guide Gap, by entering our 2017 Travel Writing Competition.

3 Must have elements when writing your travel guide
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3 Must Have Elements when writing your Travel Guide

Your travel guide begins with a simple idea, which has to be expanded into a book concept that intrigues your reader, which relies on you being able to make your travel guide personal so they can connect with it.

How to make money travel blogging
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How to make money Travel Blogging

One of my most popular guest posts was one I wrote for the Ytravelblog titled “What to do in Bodrum Turkey“….

John Doppler Bio
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Best eBook Discovery Services for Travel Guides

John Doppler, the Alliance of Independent Writer’s Watchdog recently did a comparison of 8 eBook discovery services.

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7 Travel Journal Writing Tips to document your Travels

Here are 7 Easy to use Travel Writing Tips. Learn how to capture your travels in words and pictures, and use all 6 senses to capture your travel experiences.

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Why you should Write Your Passion

Do you want your travel guide to be fun to write, or another arduous task in your busy life that becomes a chore? To have staying power, you need to write your passion.

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What to LEAVE OUT of your Travel Guide

Leave it Out! Did you know that what you leave out of your Travel Guide is just as important as…

Case Study Lesson son a Travel guide author
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Case Study: Lessons of a Travel Guide Author

Save time writing your travel guide by learning from the lessons I’ve accumulated during my travel guide writing process. Get your guide written quicker.