Comments on: The dangers and joys of travel writing: a Q&A http://www.vagablogging.net/the-dangers-and-joys-of-travel-writing-a-qa.html Tue, 16 Mar 2010 10:04:03 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Finishing what I started « Hedoesdesign’s Weblog http://www.vagablogging.net/the-dangers-and-joys-of-travel-writing-a-qa.html/comment-page-1#comment-8076 Finishing what I started « Hedoesdesign’s Weblog Sat, 07 Mar 2009 12:36:04 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/the-dangers-and-joys-of-travel-writing-a-qa.html#comment-8076 [...] from some grotty little internet cafe where half the keys don’t work on the keyboard. As anyone who’s been travelling will tell you (and I wouldn’t call myself a seasoned veteran of the modern adventurer [...] [...] from some grotty little internet cafe where half the keys don’t work on the keyboard. As anyone who’s been travelling will tell you (and I wouldn’t call myself a seasoned veteran of the modern adventurer [...]

]]> By: Karen Bryan http://www.vagablogging.net/the-dangers-and-joys-of-travel-writing-a-qa.html/comment-page-1#comment-1111 Karen Bryan Fri, 02 Feb 2007 06:10:11 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/the-dangers-and-joys-of-travel-writing-a-qa.html#comment-1111 I enjoyed reading this interview. I too picked up on the point about being a generalist as a travel writer but I think that Rolf stressed the key point that as a writer you have to be able to communicate the "spirit" of your subject to people back home. I suppose I am a travel writer if you define that as writing about travel. I write as a method of marketing my travel business, Europe a la Carte. I tend to write destination guides to less well known destinations in Europe. I don't consider my guides to be meaningful literature, just increasing the profile of these destinations, a source of links for more information and enriching the content of my website. Hopefully readers may consider visiting one of these destinations instead of just sticking to the well worn tourist track. With regard to new media I agree that it will inevitably change travel writing. I've tried to embrace this by starting a blog on my website 3 months ago. A blog does increase visitors to my site and help you come up higher in natural searches. I enjoyed reading this interview. I too picked up on the point about being a generalist as a travel writer but I think that Rolf stressed the key point that as a writer you have to be able to communicate the “spirit” of your subject to people back home. I suppose I am a travel writer if you define that as writing about travel. I write as a method of marketing my travel business, Europe a la Carte. I tend to write destination guides to less well known destinations in Europe. I don’t consider my guides to be meaningful literature, just increasing the profile of these destinations, a source of links for more information and enriching the content of my website. Hopefully readers may consider visiting one of these destinations instead of just sticking to the well worn tourist track.

With regard to new media I agree that it will inevitably change travel writing. I’ve tried to embrace this by starting a blog on my website 3 months ago. A blog does increase visitors to my site and help you come up higher in natural searches.

]]> By: Mark Hodson http://www.vagablogging.net/the-dangers-and-joys-of-travel-writing-a-qa.html/comment-page-1#comment-1110 Mark Hodson Mon, 29 Jan 2007 19:52:06 +0000 http://qs1937.pair.com/users/bootlabs/vagablogging.net/_wp/the-dangers-and-joys-of-travel-writing-a-qa.html#comment-1110 Nicely put. I like the point about being the last of the generalists. I'd say the biggest dangers are ennui and poverty. But there's the thing: every travel writer will have a different perspective. Nicely put. I like the point about being the last of the generalists. I’d say the biggest dangers are ennui and poverty. But there’s the thing: every travel writer will have a different perspective.

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