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TRAVEL CLASSICS ANNOUNCES

December 31, 2005 | Comments Off

TRAVEL WRITERS CONFERENCES IN ARIZONA & NEW YORK FOR 2005 - 2006
Don George, Lonely Planet Global Travel Editor & Author,
is 2005 West Keynote Speaker at The Phoenician,
Scottsdale, November 17-20

“November 17-20 marks the 12th annual Travel Classics Writers Conference, to be held at The Phoenician in Scottsdale, Arizona. Additional conferences are slated for May 2006 in New York (registration began October 3) and November 2006 in Scottsdale (registration opens April 1, 2006). The Travel Classics conferences are premier venues for pre-screened professional freelance travel writers who wish to hone their craft and network with some of the top editors in the industry.”

I attended this conference in 2004, and found it a wonderful way to meet and talk with assigning editors at travel and travel-related publications. More from the press release:

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Dec

30

Litquake Podcasts

December 30, 2005 | Comments Off

From the folks at Litquake: “For those of us who enjoy hearing writers read their own work, KQED presents The Writers’ Block, a weekly podcast featuring Bay Area writers of all stripes.

“Five authors from this year’s Litquake step up to the mic:

~ Kim Addonizio reads from this year’s Little Beauties

~ Adam Johnson reads his original short story Trial of the Century, which re-creates the murder of Nicole Simpson from the POV of her dog, an Akita named Kato

~ Beth Lisick invites Everybody Into the Pool

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Dec

30

Karen Misuraca

December 30, 2005 | Comments Off

Check out Sonoma writer Karen Misuraca’s article about Yosemite in Winter on the Travel Classics website. The site also has a new Travel Resources section.

Dec

11

Diane LeBow

December 11, 2005 | Comments Off

Diane LeBow is a travel writer, photo-journalist, Board member Bay Area Travel Writers. She specializes in off-the-beaten-track areas like Afghanistan and Libya, as well as erotic travel tales.

Dec

11

Carole Terwilliger Meyers

December 11, 2005 | Comments Off

Carole Terwilliger Meyers is a travel writer, photographer, writing teacher, author of eight editions of Weekend Adventures in San Francisco & Northern California, and founding publisher of Carousel Press, which publishes travel writing.

Dec

11

Harry S. Pariser

December 11, 2005 | Comments Off

Harry S. Pariser’s site includes photo essays, interviews, an interactive quiz, and a very unusual feature: Ask the Manatee Oracle.

Dec

11

David Grossman

December 11, 2005 | Comments Off

David Grossman relocated to the Bay Area from Washington, D.C. He writes a regular column on business travel for USA Today.com, is a contributor to the USA Today print edition, and has written about travel for The Boston Herald.

Dec

2

Hello from Laurie Weed (11/24/05)

December 2, 2005 | Comments Off

Laurie Weed is alive and well and traveling in Guatemala:

“I’m happy to report that I’m out on the road again now - this time in Central America. I arrived about a week ago and have been making my way west from Guatemala City to San Pedro, a very small town on Lake Atitlan. I stopped along the way to check out the colonial city of Antigua (cute, but very touristy), visit the huge craft market at Chichicastenango, and climb Pacaya, an active volcano. Those who know me well will wonder what I was thinking (or drinking) with that last one, so let me just say it sounded like it would be a walk in the park.

It wasn’t.

more…

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