A funny thing happens when you swap roles: Perspectives change. We know this, of course. Nonetheless, I am sometimes taken by surprise. I’m starting a new website, and I’m in the very early stages of looking for writers to work with me on a revenue share basis. Which makes me, I suppose, an “editor.” So [...]
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Lessons (Re)-Learned From the Other Side of the Editor-Writer Equation
Posted in Freelancing, Travel Writing, Uncategorized, Writing, tagged Business of freelancing, linkedin on May 30, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Updates, Suite101 Blog Interviews Karen Berger
Posted in Marketing, Travel Writing, tagged linkedin on August 18, 2010 | Leave a Comment »
I was interviewed in “The Limelight,” Suite101.com’s blog, by associate editor Lima Al-Azzeh. Mostly, we talk about managing a long-term writing career, networking, and a little bit about long-distance hiking, which has been the subject of many of my books and articles. Update: unfortunately, Suite does not keep complete archives and the interview is gone). [...]
I Came, I Shopped, I Got the… What’s it Called?
Posted in Music, Travel Writing, tagged linkedin, souvenir shopping, Travel Writing on September 17, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Some people collect stamps. I collect musical instruments I can’t play, the more exotic the better. In real life, I don’t like shopping. I can go months telling myself I don’t need a new pair of shoes, just to avoid the agony of trying to find a pair of size 11s that don’t hurt my [...]
Travels: San Pedro, Ambergris Caye, Belize
Posted in Travel Writing, tagged Belize, San Pedro on November 16, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Here in New England, it happens in November: The sky slams shut, a gray curtain descends, and the trees turn into scraggly brown sticks. (In the interest of accuracy, I should report that there are two white pines and at least a half dozen paper birches in view outside my window; the overall effect is, nonetheless, brown sticks.) [...]
Travels: St. Vincent
Posted in Travel Writing, tagged elections 2008, Obama, St. Vincent on November 14, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I was in St. Vincent and the Grenadines last week, on a travel writer trip. I saw a raft of hotels from divers’ dives to movie-star mansionettes (Johnny Depp reputedly stayed at Young Island Resort while filming Pirates of the Caribbean). I also ate a lot of fish, went scuba diving, sailing, and hiking, and got a sense for the variety of [...]
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