Birds of a Feather

Here’s some tips about how I used PDF Index Generator software to create an Index in a new paperback anthology about Alzheimer’s and Dementia.

Interview with Garett Wilson who wrote and self-published Lost in Tokyo, a travel memoir about his adventures in Japan working as an English teacher.

Here’s my paperback design diary for the page tab design I plan on using for the updated edition of my Bodrum Peninsula Travel Guide.

We look at three different self-publishing format strategies based on the level of effort you’re willing to invest to become an indie author. Check out whether you should choose a simple, intermediate, or advanced plan.

Read about my internal formatting progress and lessons of my paperback travel guide. This is day one of my design diary to help you decide whether you want to format your own book.

Even before my husband and I quit our lucrative corporate jobs and started our nomadic journey, we cancelled buying each stuff each…

Here’s tips about how to write a How To book that readers won’t want to put down. Content tips and advice for writing your non-fiction book.

Check out my listing on WoMentoring where I’m a social media Mentor. WoMentoring give female voices that would otherwise find it hard to be heard, a greater opportunity of reaching their true potential.

Using your sense of taste creates a physical and emotional reaction to your travel writing, and provides a scene your reader can relate to.

New look and name for Apple iBooks … now known as Apple Books. You can also join their affiliate program.

I think the western world is split into two groups: those who want are content to just go on holiday,…

Nobody sells more travel guides than Lonely Planet. So when it comes to designing your travel guide cover, their covers should be the first ones you refer too for design inspiration. This case study article looks at the different line-looks they use for their guides.

Watch this From Passion to Brand 23 minute presentation to learn more about the benefits of an ebook, and how you can research the needs of your target audience, to create a nonfiction book that attracts attention.

Using your sense of touch creates a physical and emotional reaction to your travel writing, and provides a scene your reader can relate to.

This week we’re joined by vegan travel guide author Caitlin Galer-Unti, who is also the inspiration behind the popular Vegan World website. Let’s find out how she approaches self publishing her niche travel guides.

Find out who won this year’s Travel Stories Competition, and why the winning entry resonated with me to become the judges #1 pick.

If you’re a travel blogger looking to make more money – isn’t it time you wrote a travel guide? Here’s a series of four books to help you plan, write, self-publish, and promote your travel guide.

In this article we’re going to look at the definition of an Event Specific travel guide, and look at examples of published guides available.

I wonder how many authors there are in the same boat as me and today’s guest author, Bret Sigillo? Neither of…

In this article we’re going to look at the definition of a Culinary travel guide, and look at examples of published guides.

Using your sense of hearing creates a soundscape backdrop to your travel writing, and provides a memorable scene your reader can get absorbed into.

Find out if a specialty travel guide is something you want to write, and how it differs from a destination travel guide.

I’ve been doing qualitative research to find out what type of travel guides different people use. This latest input is from Chelsea Nielsen, an American Road Trip Planner.

In our How Travel Writers Self-Publish podcast we cover how to improve your travel writing by using a creative freewriting technique.

Interview with Memoir Author Grahame Elson, whose first self-published book covers his adventure about Six Weeks in Africa. Read about his pragmatic approach to travel writing and self-publishing.

Do you have a partially finished memoir that has been languishing your top draw for years? So do I. Join me on my journey as I figure out the best way to write the memoirs that have been eating away at the inside of my head for years.

This week or podcast features memoir author Joe Cawley, author of the Ketchup trilogy. He’s sharing his tips and insights about how authors can collaborate to increase book sales.

Draft2Digital have just unveiled a new look dashboard and user interface for authors. There was nothing wrong with ti, but they’ve made it better anyway! Thanks D2D!

I released A Turbulent Mind: A Poetry Collection of a Mother’s Journey with Alzheimer’s last year, and submitted it to Joel Friedlander’s monthly cover design award, and it won best nonfiction cover for May 2018

Your goal as a travel writer is to transport your reader to a place or time to experience smells for themselves through their stored memories, rather than just sharing how you experienced it.

In episode 1 of our How to Self-Publish a Travel Book Show we cover five reasons why travel bloggers and writers should leverage their content to become authors.

This article is the first in a series of articles about using your five senses to improve your travel writing. This article introduces your sense of sight.

Dana of The Talking Suitcase travel blog writes about what she knows, and it’s this passion and familiarity with a travel destination topic that makes writing a travel guide such a viable passive income option. Read our latest author interview.

Are you ready to establish your subject matter expertise and earn passive income by transitioning from travel blogger to author, but don’t know where to start? This new self-publishing podcast will help you write, publish, and sell your books.

This blank Five Senses travel writing journal will help travel bloggers and travel writers improve their travel writing by showing instead of telling. Use your senses to capture the scene and connect with your readers.

If you feel you have a viable travel guide idea, don’t wait around for a traditional publisher to take a chance on your book. Self-Publishing is an obvious choice for travel bloggers who want to publish their own travel guide.

Authors of nonfiction paperbacks need to create a table of contents and a robust index. Here are the tools you can use to create an index for your paperback.

Amazon Kindle Direct Publishing have announced the availability of Early Access features for Kindle Create, which is relevant to travel bloggers who want to include images in their travel guides.

Using Scrivener for Blogging. Here’s a guest post from Karen Prince who uses Scrivener to plan and create her blog posts. Learn how to set up your binder to streamline your content management.

Scrivener and Vellum have just announced an update to their software, making it easier to use these two programs together and preserve your formatting when compiling out of Scrivener into Vellum.

Here’s five quotes from Guardian Travel Writers about how to improve your travel writing. I’ve included their travel writing quote, and then provided my insights to highlight how their advice can be interpreted and used as part of your travel writing adventures

Discover Molly McCord’s writing and self-publishing journey to bring her travel guide Cache Paris to a broader audience. She provides book marketing insights that will stand you in good stead for the marketing marathon you need to run.

I started using the Scrivener writing software to manage my Content Strategy and Social Media Management. This article explains the Binder and Folder Structure and how I’m using Icons to tag my content.

Author interview with Adventure Author Jon Doolan, who shares his tips and insights for his adventure guides and his book series about writing, self-publishing, and book promotion for adventure writers.

Travel Bloggers do you want to self-publish a travel guide but don’t know where to start? My four book series takes you from the planning and writing stages, through the self-publishing and book marketing stages. I provide advice and tips to help you make informed decisions that will save you time and money.

Last year we featured Marjory McGinn in our non-fiction author interview series, and it’s a delight to welcome her back to hear how she successfully made the transition from non-fiction author to fiction writer.

I was pleased to be asked to join the Female Travel Bloggers Twitter Team a couple of months ago, and I’ve been working with them to build the audience and engage with our followers.

Two Travelaholics Tara and Mike sold their possession to travel around the world and then wrote a how-to guide to help others do the same. Find out about their writing and self-publishing journey in this author interview.

uIf you’re struggling to find simple and intuitive icons to illustration a document, presentation, blog post, website, or e-book – look no further than flaticon. Just remember to credit the illustrator.

These 3 Scrivener Guest Blogging Tools will help to keep your blog writing on Track. The Synopsis, Document Notes & Project Target Window handy visual reminders, especially when you’re freelancing.