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		<title>The WORST Travel Writing Advice I’ve Ever Received</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Apr 2024 10:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Over the years, I&#8217;ve received much conflicting advice about how to break into travel writing. Here are two <em>atrociously poor</em> pieces of advice. Some old school travel writers will tell you, &#8220;<em>don&#8217;t send long query <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2024/04/the-worst-travel-writing-advice-ever-received/" title="The WORST Travel Writing Advice I&#8217;ve Ever Received">[...]</a></em>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Pitching After You Return = Rookie Mistake</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jan 2024 17:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pitching after you return from your travels is a common novice travel writing error. Most beginning travel writers believe they&#8217;re supposed to pitch travel story ideas <em>after they return from our destinations</em>. They think that <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2024/01/pitching-after-you-return-rookie-mistake/" title="Pitching After You Return = Rookie Mistake">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Do You Keep Your “Story Antenna” Up When You’re Traveling?</title>
		<link>https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/12/do-you-keep-your-story-antenna-up-when-youre-traveling/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 04 Dec 2023 11:00:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Although I prefer to line up assignments before I travel&#8230; &#8230;I&#8217;m always looking for new stories to pitch when I&#8217;m on the road. And this practice brings in <em>substantial extra income!</em> <strong>Here are a few <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/12/do-you-keep-your-story-antenna-up-when-youre-traveling/" title="Do You Keep Your &#8220;Story Antenna&#8221; Up When You&#8217;re Traveling?">[...]</a></strong>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Keeping Your Travel Writing Mojo: Maintaining Interest In Your Stories</title>
		<link>https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/09/keeping-your-travel-writing-mojo-maintaining-interest-in-your-stories/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 25 Sep 2023 10:00:30 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Dreaming up story ideas is the most creative and fun part of the travel writing process. It&#8217;s easy. A story pops into your mind and you think, &#8220;<em>I&#8217;d love to write about that place.</em>&#8221; <strong>Then <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/09/keeping-your-travel-writing-mojo-maintaining-interest-in-your-stories/" title="Keeping Your Travel Writing Mojo: Maintaining Interest In Your Stories">[...]</a></strong>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Spend Money To Invest In Your Travel Writing Career</title>
		<link>https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/07/spend-money-to-invest-in-your-travel-writing-career/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Jul 2023 11:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Back in 2011, when I started writing automobile museum pieces for a car magazine, I purchased two thick books about classic cars from a second-hand bookstore. These heavy tomes would, over the years, provide me <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/07/spend-money-to-invest-in-your-travel-writing-career/" title="Spend Money To Invest In Your Travel Writing Career">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>How This Travel Writer Deals With Rejection</title>
		<link>https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/06/how-this-travel-writer-deals-with-rejection/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jun 2023 11:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Pick up any writer&#8217;s magazine or &#8220;how to&#8221; book about freelance writing off the bookstore racks and there&#8217;s a strong chance it&#8217;ll have a story about how writers can deal with rejection from editors. These <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/06/how-this-travel-writer-deals-with-rejection/" title="How This Travel Writer Deals With Rejection">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Why I Write For Smaller Magazines (&amp; Why You Should Too)</title>
		<link>https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/05/why-i-write-for-smaller-magazines-why-you-should-too/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 May 2023 11:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[When I started my freelance writing career back in 2007, I wasn&#8217;t fussy about the publications that ran my articles. I just wanted to get my stories published — <em>anywhere!</em> Many of my early publications <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/05/why-i-write-for-smaller-magazines-why-you-should-too/" title="Why I Write For Smaller Magazines (&#038; Why You Should Too)">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>To Improve Your Travel Writing You Must Do This One Thing</title>
		<link>https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/04/to-improve-your-travel-writing-you-must-do-this-one-thing/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Apr 2023 11:00:42 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[During my Travel Writing &#038; Photography Retreats I emphasize one easy and fun way aspiring travel writers can quickly improve their writing. <strong>I recommend you read stories</strong> by <em>top shelf travel journalists</em>. Of course, the <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/04/to-improve-your-travel-writing-you-must-do-this-one-thing/" title="To Improve Your Travel Writing You Must Do This One Thing">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>You Need Plenty of Initiative To Be a Travel Writer</title>
		<link>https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/03/you-need-plenty-of-initiative-to-be-a-travel-writer/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 22 Mar 2023 11:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I field emails every week from aspiring travel writers who want to do what I&#8217;m doing; travel freely, write about it, and get paid for it—and get cool press trips to exciting, exotic, luxury destinations. <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/03/you-need-plenty-of-initiative-to-be-a-travel-writer/" title="You Need Plenty of Initiative To Be a Travel Writer">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Finish Your Travel Writing Projects!</title>
		<link>https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/01/finish-your-travel-writing-projects/</link>
		
		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Roy Stevenson]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Jan 2023 10:00:36 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[&#8220;<em>Starting is not most people&#8217;s problem; staying, continuing and finishing is.</em>&#8220; ~ Darren Hardy Many novice travel writers get started on their travel writing stories with great gusto, and then fizzle out. They fail to <a class="mh-excerpt-more" href="https://www.travel-writers-exchange.com/2023/01/finish-your-travel-writing-projects/" title="Finish Your Travel Writing Projects!">[...]</a>]]></description>
		
		
		
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