Ain’t That a Kick in the Head

Sometimes, in a worst case scenario, I get migraines from flying. I arrive at my destination with onion skin thin tolerance for food, water, light, and especially noise. When this happens, I imagine my head as an overripe tomato, barely containing its contents. I imagine brushing up against something and having the tightly contained throbbing …


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Eight Bad Habits of (This) Highly Unsuccessful Blogger(s)

You would not believe how much I am blowing it as a blogger. Well, wait, that’s not fair, maybe you would. Best practices, you say? I know what that means in theory, but you can’t tell me what to do. I’m crabby about the web, oh so crabby, even while I  love it madly, and …


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Letter from the Editor

It’s not cold out — yet —  but there’s an awful lot of rain falling from the sky. The seasons are shifting in Seattle, and when this happens, it’s a good time to turn to money earning pursuits, the making of soup, and other activities that take advantage of indoor time. As I’ve migrated to …


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Rant: I Am Done Discussing These 10 Things About Travel, Writing & the Web

I’ve been writing on the web for 10 years now. Ten freaking years. And I can’t believe we’re still having some of these same conversations. I’m tired of the tedious discussions, I’m tired of the lazy logic, I’m just tired of seeing the same old tired arguments come up over and over. Bloggers and journalists …


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TBEX Community Keynote Links

“The blog posts that were read at the TBEX community keynotes were as well-written and meaningful as anything I’ve read in glossy travel magazines lately.” — Here Comes Everybody: TBEX 10 || Chris Around the World “…it struck me as the perfect bookend to the panel on travel writing: examples of great stories in action. …


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TBEX Q&A

This weekend is The Travelblog Exchange (TBEX). I’m jetting off to New York where I’ll share a HomeAway sponsored apartment in the East Village, walking distance from the conference site (Thank you, HomeAway!) with fellow bloggers  Lauren Braden of NW Cheap Sleeps and Kelly Goodman of Travellious. I’m excited about visiting New York again — …


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