The Travel Writer's Handbook 5th Ed: How to Write and Sell Your Own Travel Experiences
Louise Purwin Zobel


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1 Best "how-to" guide
I read a lot of "how to" guides (trying to find career that I can enjoy) and Mrs. Zobel's is the best so far. She does a great job expanding on the basics and injecting her own personal stories when examples are needed. I re-read the book before every trip so that I don't forget any of her advice. I've already started research on one of my favorite destinations.
2 Comprehensive introduction
I really liked this book. The first six chapters are a little hard to get through, but the rest of the book is well worth the effort.

The chapters on interviewing, what to take with you, and market research are great. I learnt a lot from Zobel, her writing is friendly, helpful and crammed with useful and unusual facts.


3 All here--nitty gritty details plus broad overview, too!
Zobel does a superb job of both introducing the novice to the work of the travel writer while at the same time providing the type of tips & insight even experienced travel writers will find stimulating. The sections on marketing are some of the best I've seen in any book on writing!

Monday, 06-Oct-2008 22:36:18 CDT
Quote of the Day:


Wonder is the feeling of a philosopher, and philosophy begins in wonder.

-- Socrates, quoting Plato
[Huh? That's like Johnson quoting Boswell]

In science it often happens that scientists say, 'You know that's a really
good argument; my position is mistaken,' and then they actually change
their minds and you never hear that old view from them again. They really
do it. It doesn't happen as often as it should, because scientists are
human and change is sometimes painful. But it happens every day. I cannot
recall the last time something like that happened in politics or religion.
-- Carl Sagan, 1987 CSICOP keynote address