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General Writing Advice, Marketing and Jobs for Travel Writers


Writers' Digest 101 Best Sites for Writers
www.writersdigest.com
Writer's Weekly is a great newsletter and website with information on both books and freelance writing work. Has a message board to talk about shady publishers, editors, and agents and one for people who are looking for interview subjects. Also has a good smattering of freelance writing job listings each week, including some for travel writing.
www.writersweekly.com.
Media Bistro is the main US portal for freelance travel writers who work for magazines. It is heavily skewed to New York City since that's the center of the publishing world, but it does list jobs in other areas. Basic access is free, while a premium membership allows access to pitching tips for specific publications and discounts on seminars.
www.mediabistro.com.
Wooden Horse Publishing runs a great site with the lowdown on new magazines and magazines folding, mostly covering the US and Canada. Naturally, they have databases you can access for a price.
www.woodenhorsepub.com/default.htm.
TravelWriters UK is a portal that brings together writers, editors, and trip sponsors.
www.travelwriters.co.uk.
JournalismJobs.com is based in the US and is pretty self-explanatory…
www.journalismjobs.com.
…as is NewsJobs.net
www.newsjobs.net/Jobs/default.asp.
Journalism for Journalists is a UK-based portal with news, advice, and job listings.
www.journalism.co.uk.
WriterFind.com is a site posting freelance and telecommuting jobs.
www.writerfind.com/freelance_jobs.
FreelanceWriting.com is a resource center and job listing site.
www.freelancewriting.com
Writer Gazette contains a mixed bag of advice and links.
www.writergazette.com.