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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“If you build it, they will come,” may be one of my favorite lines from any movie ever. It is romantic and hopeful and conjures magical images like the trail of headlights lining up to spend money at a remote cornfield and baseball diamond in Iowa, just as they did in the Field of Dreams. As much as I love the idea, this for me...
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Yesterday, I went to the gym, plugged in my iPhone and disappeared into the world of music, elliptical treadmills, weights and pulleys. The few times I awoke from my adrenalin haze, I caught site of runners and exercisers of all kinds texting, surfing, emailing with earbuds all lost in the world of multi-tasking. I wondered, does...
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The other day I found myself on Adventerous Kate a travel blog. I don’t know Kate, or how she found In The Know Traveler, but she added ITKT to a short list of paying websites in the travel market for writers. It is a nice list of good sites, and I was happy to be included, but it was clear no one is paying very much for articles...
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When the phone rang, I knew it was trouble. I had just emailed a woman information she did not want to hear. I had to inform her the last cupcake was sold and I had no more cupcakes (I am choosing to use cupcakes as an analogy because the whole story is long and boring and cupcakes are delicious. FYI, this had nothing to do with...
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ITKT may have several new bloggers coming on board, an associate editor, and a million small bits to be worked on under the hood. With so much going on, I just assume take a nap. Unfortunately that is not how it works. The show must go on – I would have it no other way. My list of my most inspirational books continues with the...
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