I recently received a note from a fellow YouTuber asking for advice about how to make a good travel video. Little did he know that I had spent years working in post-production editing and I have plenty to say about the subject. While I initially intended for a thick volume of detailed topics about editing and editing philosophy, I...
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The following five writers have always made me feel less-than as a writer. I am in awe of the ideas, stories and flowing sentences contained within their books. These are the writers that make me bubble up jealousy and writerly discontent, yet force me to put their books down and write down my own thoughts, stories and attempts at...
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Just yesterday, I had my first article published in Technorati. It will become a series of articles about getting started as a travel writer. It thought it would be a good idea to add the stories here, on Travel. Write. Live., as well. Please note that while, I am writing this first article toward the Technorati people, future...
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Welcome to my weekly check in, where I share the under-the-hood view of being a professional travel writer and the editor of In The Know Traveler. This week has been more about web servers than writing and editing. As an owner of multiple web sites, much of my time is dedicated to attempting to publish good travel content – I...
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Before I begin, I need to note a special caveat. Numbers 11-14 would not normally be part of any collection of inspirational books under usual criteria, even though each book could have been a top five selection for me. However, had I placed them higher, I would have cheated the reader with what might be considered an unsatisfying...
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Several months ago, I wrote how using “we” voice in travel writing sucks. The story was part of a larger collection of how to avoid getting rejected when writing travel articles. At the time, I did not include second person, or “you” voice, as a problem, although I should have included it because “you” sucks, too. In...
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