Seems like just yesterday I was starting my blog on Travel Media Showcase in Kansas City. Last week I was just leaving Montgomery, Alabama after another wonderful hectic Travel Media Showcase. We met with lots of convention and Visitors reps, some new people and lots of old friends.
Each year we do a fam tour and [...]
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A Travel Writer’s Life
Posted in Travel Writing, tagged bus boycott, Civil rights, Jr, Martin Luther King, Montgomery, Rosa Parks on September 15, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Latest Travels
Posted in Natural Florida, wildlife, camping, eco-travel, zoos, gardens, wildlife refuges, Wild About Florida Stuff, Travel Writing on May 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’m just finishing up on my latest book, Wild About Florida: North Florida. The last bit of traveling I did on this one was very unique. One episode in particular reminds me of how like us the animals are. Life and death is part of their cycle also. One zoo I visited had a brand [...]
Scary Sadie’s Curse
Posted in Travel Writing, tagged Add new tag, haunted places, Travel Writing on April 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Most people think a writer’s life is all glamor and fun. Well my friends, I’m here to tell you there are days that are just down and dirty. Oh, in retrospect they’re funny but at the time they make you wish you were a Wal-Mart greeter.
A few years back I had one of those days. [...]
End of the Trail
Posted in Travel Writing, Uncategorized on September 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Last day of the fam trip was Sunday. We made one stop en route to the airport. The Brown Vs Board National Historic Site. It’s housed in the old Monroe School building. Contrary to common belief this is the Black school not the white school the children in the class action suit wanted to attend.
The [...]
The Heart and Soul of Travel Writing
Posted in Travel Writing, tagged Georgia, Macon, Space Center, travel media showcase, Travel Writing on September 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today, I am headed for the airport and Travel Media Showcase. I thought this might be a good point to discuss what makes travel writing different from any other kind of writing.
Now matter how far you roam; successful travel writing is governed by what you carry within your soul not what you see with [...]
The Life of a Travel Writer
Posted in Travel Writing, Uncategorized on September 1, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Hard as it is to leave Martin, Romeo and the cats on their own, I’m hitting the road for six days. Martin needs to keep his own website, www.cajuntreasures.com, updated, handle any promotion and/or orders ( if we get lucky) for Wild About Florida, and most important, feed all the animals. Tomorrow I’m off to [...]
