Aug

28

Big Blue Marble

August 28, 2004 | Comments Off

Paul Heller is currently working on the first edition of his new Big Blue Marble newsletter. He is looking for articles about people whose lives have been changed through travel. The first edition is scheduled for release in November. Check out his website for more details. Paul is willing to pay a small stipend for good articles.

Aug

28

Lillie and Gorillas

August 28, 2004 | Comments Off

Lillie Echevarria was in Africa tracking gorillas for two months, and is currently working on a travelogue. Check out her photos and commentary.. (It looks like Lillie had a great time. I am SO jealous….)

Aug

22

National Punctuation Day

August 22, 2004 | Comments Off

Sunday, August 22 was National Punctuaton Day! If you didn’t celebrate, it’s not too late. Resolve today to erradicate an errant apostrophe, commend the common comma, hype a hyphen — whatever you feel is appropriate. (And no, my browser does not support em-dashes.)

You might also want to stop in at local writer Jane Straus’ grammarbook.com, a site which promises to “reveal to you the mysteries of grammar and punctuation.”

Aug

1

Jay Cooke

August 1, 2004 | Comments Off

Hello to Jay Cooke, a Bay Area travel writer who I met online. Jay is the Commissioning Editor for the US-East at Lonely Planet Publications in Oakland, and a freelancer as well. He’s been a travel writer for the past ten years, contributing to a range of publications and outlets including VIA, Business Traveler, the San Francisco Examiner, Outpost, SF Weekly, the San Francisco Bay-Guardian, BootsnAll and the Korea Times. Jay is also a member of the Bay Area Travel Writers, and hosts cooketravel.com.