Join Us for Free Travel Writing Lessons on Guidebook Writing and Your Non-Fiction Book’s Ideal Marketplace
In the two years since we began running regular one-hour travel writing classes, we’ve covered more than 80 topics, including:
- how to land free trips
- how to get paid really, really well for your writing
- how to get on magazine editors’ good sides
- how to navigate every step of the process to land travel content marketing work, including phone calls and proposals
- how to keep your hourly rate down so your bank account goes up
- how to get work done on the road
- how to write, step-by-step, 15 different types of travel articles
- how to land guidebook and other traditional publishing deals
You can grab access to all of our past webinars (and a ton of other resources you can’t find anywhere else) with a subscription to our Dream Buffet or grab them one-by-one when you need them in our On-Demand Webinar Library for a set with the video, audio, transcript, and slides.
But we also air a free replay of one of our travel writing classes each and every weekday.
Each weekday at 2pm PST / 5pm EST / 10pm GMT / 11pm CET (and 9am AEDT Tues-Sat), we show one webinar from our archives, rotating though all of them over the course of four months.
Here’s what we’ve got for you this week:
Monday, April 22, 5pm EST: Plating, Staging, and Food Photography: Bringing Still Lifes to Life
I spoke at the International Food Bloggers Conference and picked up a couple of cool styling things that I’ll show you, but we’ll primarily be focusing on the concept of the still life and how to take age-old painting techniques into your photography to create amazing shots for Instagram and beyond.
You’ll learn food photography and more: in this webinar, we’ll cover staging, lighting, and how to create posed shots of everything except people on your trips.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Monday, April 22.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Tuesday, April 23, 5pm EST: The Guidebook Guide Series: The Players and the Game
Not all guidebook companies are equal–for the writer, which is very different than in the public perception of the brand–when it comes to pay, treatment, and the writing process.
Join us for the first webinar in this series on how to break into the publishing world through guidebook writing.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Tuesday, April 23.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Wednesday, April 24, 5pm EST: The Guidebook Guide Series: The Life of a Guidebook Writer on the Road
For the second webinar in our series on how to break into guidebook writing, we continue learning about the guidebook landscape for professional travel writers.
While you may have heard the bad and the ugly about life as a guidebook writer, we dig into the reality of those who have made it their full-time gig.
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Wednesday, April 24.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Thursday, April 25, 5pm EST: The Guidebook Guide Series: The Writing Side of Guidebook Work
For this webinar, the third part of our series, we explore what it is like to work as a guidebook writer today, from the money to the travel to the actual writing.
We also answer the question what is it actually like to write a book-length work in a month or two–particularly working in a tried and true formula you have little control over?
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Thursday, April 25.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
Friday, April 26, 5pm EST: What Is and What Is Not a Salable Non-Fiction Book Today: Finding Your Place in the Marketplace
You shouldn’t take one step down the research rabbit hole with a book project until you understand how it fits into the marketplace. Editors and agents love to ask “where would this go in Barnes and Noble,” and their favorite authors are the ones that understand the book industry.
In this webinar, we explore what is selling today (along with some peeks at what is not and why) and explore the age-old question of to self-publish or not to self-publish, but I introduce you to a powerful tool that can help you quickly and easily find both what your book should focus on (because the decision really isn’t up to you) and how to get an agent!
Register to attend this webinar at 5pm EST on Friday, April 26.
Missed the free replay? You can grab a downloadable version of this webinar from our library here.
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You can read all about our free webinar replays and get answers to any questions you have on our comprehensive FAQ page or grab any webinars you have missed in our On-Demand Webinar Library.