archives: Travel Writing
Travel Writing: Now About That First Paragraph…
Literary agent Nathan Bransford recently held a contest on his blog, seeking the best first paragraph he could find. He’s just announced the wi [...]
Vagablogging: Writers Wanted!
It’s that time of year again. Rolf Potts’ Vagablogging.net is seeking two new writers to contribute a couple of posts per week, on anythi [...]
Camels, Unicycles, Kayaks: Enter Wend’s Alternative Transportation Essay Contest!
Our friends over at Wend Magazine are putting on a fun new writing competition: the Traveling by Alternative Transportation Essay Contest. Got a stor [...]
Stephanie Nolen: Goodbye Africa, Hello India
Photo by Lollie-Pop (Creative Commons) Stephanie Nolen, the Globe and Mail’s one-woman African bureau, is one of my favourite journalists ̵ [...]
Should Travel Writers Blog?
Before you ask: yes, I’ve already grasped the irony of raising this subject on a blog. Anyway, irony aside, I’ve been noticing different [...]
Learn About Travel Writing in Key West This Winter
The good bloggers over at Frommers would like to remind all of us aspiring travel writer types about the upcoming Key West Travel Writing Workshop. [...]
Wise Words from Working Writers
Matador’s own Tim Patterson popped up in an interview on Written Road this week — you can read it here — and the discussion (with a [...]
Writers: Contribute to Wend Magazine!
The excellent Wend Magazine has just introduced a new online section called iWend, which will - among other things - feature a series of “Postc [...]
Authonomy.com: Digital Slush Pile or the Road to Writing Success?
HarperCollins recently introduced a new way for prospective authors to get their books noticed, and it’s way Web 2.0. Authonomy.com lets you up [...]
Rolf Potts: On His New Book, “Letting It Flow,” And The Stories That Never Got Written
Ten years ago Rolf Potts stormed onto the travel writing scene as a wandering columnist for Salon.com. Since then, he’s been published in the t [...]
Rolf Potts Goes On Tour!
Vagabondingauthor Rolf Potts has a new book out - Marco Polo Didn’t Go There: Stories and Revelations from One Decade as a Postmodern Travel Wri [...]
What did you do on your summer vacation? Write about it and win free travel!
Photo by Sarah Giesecke Remember those essays you used to write in the first week back at grade school, “What I Did On My Summer Vacation̶ [...]
Know Vienna? Know Budapest? PlanetEye Wants You!
Photo by Obbino (Creative Commons) If you know Vienna or Budapest like a local because you ARE a local, then PlanetEye wants to hear from you! Plane [...]
Writers Wanted: Written Road
Photo by Nicholas T (Creative Commons) It’s been a busy week for travel writing opportunities. Here’s the latest: Longstanding travel wr [...]
Writer Wanted: Vagablogging.net
Photo by Greg Westfall (Creative Commons) If you’re an aspiring travel writer and long-term travel enthusiast, chances are you’ve come a [...]
Travel Writing: Think Local, Act Local
Photo by Dro!d (Creative Commons) The first lesson we were taught in my ninth grade writing class is one that most of us have heard about a zillion [...]
Bye-bye backpacker, hello flashpacker?
Guest Editorial by Matador member Matt Kepnes Somewhere before my bus broke down in Australia, I was called a flashpacker. Despite being on the road [...]
Freebie of the Week: The Snake Charmer
Back when they were in college, my parents’ idea of a cool Saturday night date was hunting for snakes in the Florida swampland. Perhaps that’s [...]
Community Spotlight: Matador Members Online
Another one of the perks of the Pulse editing job is surfing through the Matador network and meeting really interesting travelers who aren’t s [...]
Bryan Mealer in the Congo
Photo by Ana Cotta (Creative Commons) I’ve been known to criticize the incessant darkness and the emphasis on the catastrophic that characteri [...]
“Ya’ll come see us now, ya hear?”
The South: It ain’t all ’bout beer ‘n’ guns. Pulse co-editor Eva Holland recently returned from a month-long road trip aroun [...]
Ever wanted to go on assignment with National Geographic?
Photo by anuradha Well, duh. If you’re an aspiring travel photographer, I’m guessing the answer to that question is a big, loud YES! Her [...]
“Oh give me a home…”
If you’re a writer, you don’t need me to tell you about that creeping feeling of anxiety that swells up at the end of each month when yo [...]
Calling All Travel Writers and Photographers!
Photo by uzvards (Creative Commons) Heading to the Bay Area this summer, and keen to learn more about travel writing and photography? The excellent [...]
The Low-Down on Press Trips
Press trips are a strange animal. For the aspiring travel writer they can be a crucial money-saving and door-opening opportunity. On the other hand, [...]
