Travel Writing You would like to become a travel writer. Why, it sounds so easy and glamorous. Just write about a place, its people, landscape, weather, flora and fauna. You may even want to throw in something about history, politics, culture and folklore. However, before deciding to give up your day job, a good idea [...]
2003 Writer’s Market A book that dates back to 1921 and is into its 82nd edition must be doing something right. The 2003 Writer’s Market has been legitimately called “the writer’s bible,” and editors Kathryn Struckel Brogan and Robert Lee Brewer do not disappoint their readership with this most recent hefty edition. The primary objective [...]
You Can Write For Magazines Have you ever considered writing for magazines but were not quite sure how to go about it? Perhaps, you have wondered how magazines work? How do go about selling your articles? What about ideas, where do you find them? These and many more topics are elaborated upon in Greg Daugherty’s [...]
Beyond The Deep What is it that drives cave explorers to descend to unbelievable depths, as if they were involved in an international game of subterranean chess? Perhaps the clues are to be found within the pages of a book entitled Beyond The Deep that chronicles the breathtaking 1994 San Agustin Expedition as told from [...]
In A Sunburned Country, Bill Bryson Book Review In A Sunburned Country, by Bill Bryson. Broadway Books, 2001. 335 pages. Click here to buy it online! My mother lived in Australia before she was married and one of my best friends lives in New South Wales as I write this review. But I do not [...]
The Mindful Traveler The Mindful Traveler (my italics) is the attentive traveler, the traveler who is interested in depth and meaning. The author provides a method to achieve this level. Through journalizing, visualization exercises and other means, he points a way to enhance your travel for focus, clarity and even passion. But if you just [...]
The Curve of Time Review by Mary Keener Travel, definitely independently, discovery, adventure, inspiration, fear, creativity, awe of nature and its inhabitants will by yours as your read The Curve of Time. This book was journeyed and written by a woman who, with her five children, sometimes with a dog, in a twenty-five foot long [...]
Rich Man’s Coffin Pulitzer prize winner and war correspondent John Hersey once said: “Journalism allows its readers to witness history; fiction gives its readers an opportunity to live it.” Kenneth Gardner’s brilliant debut novel, Rich Man’s Coffin, is as close as you can get to living in New Zealand in the 1800′s. The heart of [...]
Food: A Taste Of The Road One of the fears of the personal essayist is the possibility of having the readers mutter, “Who cares about your opinions or travels.” Richard Sterling, editor of Food: A Taste Of The Road was certainly ambitious when he put together no less than 49 short essays concerning the inter-relation [...]
Moon Handbooks Alberta: Including Banff, Jasper, and the Canadian Rockies Recently, as I was searching the Internet for travel guidebooks that uniquely deal with Alberta, Canada, I was surprised to discover that my choices were very limited. However, I did notice a travelguide book now in its fifth edition, published by Avalon Travel, authored by [...]
