Travel Writing Secrets You Wish You Knew - Volume 9: Your Ultimate Guide to Getting Your Travel Writing Published (Become a Published Travel Writer: Earn ... VIP Style Travel Writing as a Freelancer)

Do you yearn to be a travel writer, but struggle to get your writing accepted by editors? Would you like to know the secrets of getting your work published? If so, you’re holding the right book!

There truly is little to compare with the satisfaction and esteem of being a published writer and seeing your name in print. However, sadly, many able writers fail to surmount the dreaded Catch 22 of novice writers – editors won’t accept your proposals until you can show them examples of previously published writing and you can’t publish anything if editors won’t touch your work.

Now, for the first time, experienced, successful travel writers have agreed to share with you the secrets of their profession. They will guide you clearly, step-by-step, through the techniques of travel writing and will explain exactly how you too can become a published travel writer and enjoy the privileges that come with the job.

This book will reveal the proven process for getting your travel writing published. It will put you on the right track and save you years of trial and error. You will discover:

• What information you must set out in your queries if you are to interest editors in your stories

• Two tasks you must carry out before you even consider sending a query to an editor

• Three ways to simplify the life of an editor and thereby improve your chances of getting your work published

• The correct procedures for preparing and submitting manuscripts to editors

• What to do after you have submitted a query or manuscript to an editor

• Detailed critique of example query letters.

Why should you listen to me? I was once where you might be now: a novice writer trying to break into travel writing. I made lots of mistakes, but worked hard and attended courses and gradually improved my travel writing through experience.

I’ve set out in this book all the secrets and tricks that I’ve learnt and picked up from fellow travel writers so that you don’t need to go through that same lengthy process of discovering this for yourself. It’s all revealed here.

The writers behind this book bring many years of travel writing experience and boast extensive portfolios of published articles on countless destinations around the world.

Look at some of the feedback we’ve received from students of the course from which this book is extracted:

“I am greatly enjoying the Freelance Travel Writing course. It is well written and comprehensive. Once each task suggested by the course is completed, I look forward eagerly to the next batch. I`m now nearly through the course, have already had two pieces published in the UK magazine Catholic Life, and am optimistic about getting work in the future.” (F. Cave)

“I have offered to write a travel health-related article (which is my flair) and she has accepted it to be published in the July issue of the magazine, together with one of my travel stories. I am really over the moon! I have now drawn up an editorial plan with the editor for stories that I can contribute to the end of this year. She likes what I proposed and I just have to churn out the articles according to the plan every two months.” (H.P. Chee)

Travel writing isn’t rocket science but there are certain principles you need to learn and hone through practice. The fundamental principles and proven techniques that I will show you in this book will fast track your travel writing career through the novice phase into the idyllic realm of the experienced, published travel writer, where your world awaits your every dream…

I promise you that if you read this book, which you can easily do in an evening, you’ll know everything you need to get your travel writing published.

Are you ready to start a fascinating career as a freelance travel writer? Don’t waste a single day of your idyllic new lifestyle. Grab a pen and some paper – you’ll want to take some notes – then turn the page.

I look forward to meeting you sometime on one of our brea