Birds of a Feather

Zara from Backpack ME shares her indie author journey to write and publish Lisbon in 100 bites.

Stepping through the process of cover design for my new book Free Writing for Travel Writers, I show you what elements we started with and how we built up the finished cover.

There’s a whole slew of collaborative local travel guide sites positioned to share tips from locals. You can use these sites to get inspired about the topics and content niches you can recreate for your own local neighbourhood.

Beta read my Free Writing for Travel Writers ebook, and learn how to use free writing to improve your travel writing.

What does Marketing mean to me? My guest blog post for IamGaffney. My chance to share my view and approach to content marketing.

Here’s 15 tips and techniques to help Digital Nomads boost their motivation while working on the road. How do you maintain your work/life balance momentum?

Have you ever left a destination with the information you wished you’d known when you arrived? Something that was missing from your travel guide? Well now’s your chance to fill in the gaps. Let us know your Travel Guide Gap, by entering our 2017 Travel Writing Competition.

Kelly Sheldrick from Cycle Trekkers introduces us to the 6 Challenges of a Working Digital Nomad in her regular Nomadic Times column.

Birds of a Feather welcomes Kristin Addis to the nest Kristin is a Southern California girl who has been adventuring around the globe…

You don’t have to venture very far from your front door to discover a location that is ideal fodder for a local travel guide, and an inspiration for a tourist visiting your neighbourhood.

Indie Author Lydia Carey relocated to Mexico City and writes about her adopted home on her Mexico City Streets website, she’s also the author of the travel guidebook “Mexico City Streets: La Roma”. In this post she shares her self-publishing journey with us.

Kelly Sheldrick from Cycle Trekkers introduces us to the 6 Challenges of a Working Digital Nomad in her regular Nomadic Times column.

Get to know Vellum Joanna Penn chats to Brad Andalman, one of the co-founders of 180g, which produced my favourite ebook formatting…

Find out how I transitioned from Corporate Executive to Digital Nomad using self-publishing as the compass to forge a new path.

Welcome to the launch of the Nomadic Times column here on Birds of a Feather Press. We will have regular contributions from travel bloggers and nomadic writers, sharing inspiration, ideas and helpful tips to help you start working towards your new nomadic existence, or provide the moral support and expertise to keep you on the road.

Take this opportunity to think about your writing and self-publishing goals this year. What do you want to achieve in 2017. Brainstorm your list, and then boil it down to your Top 3. Now take those Top 3 and see what actions you have to plan and achieve to achieve those writing goals.

If you’re an introvert that is surrounded by family and friends this year you may need to take some time for yourself to recharge your social batteries. Here’s some podcasts for your alone time.

Ashley Steel and Bill Richards are the parents behind the Family on the Loose website, which focuses on the art of traveling with kids. They are also joint authors of two books about traveling with children.

Here’s 5 Tips from Dan Blank about Reaching Readers to inspire you to put your own personal plan together to increase your readership.

Shelley Seale’s mantra is “travel with a purpose” and she doesn’t just apply this philosophy to her travel adventures, she writes with a purpose too. Shelly has published a veritable library of books that span different writing styles, and I was intrigued to read how she injects her approach to life and travel into her writing.

Do you carry a notebook with you? I always have a notebook on me. Even in this digital age of…

Birds of a Feather welcomes Karen McCann to the Nest. I knew I was going to enjoy Karen’s interview because when I visited her “Favourite Blogs and Websites” page the tag line is “THE JOURNEY OF A THOUSAND MILES BEGINS WITH AN ONLINE SEARCH”.

Why travel bloggers should go digital and publish an e-book. You have lots of content on your travel blog, so maybe its time to collate it into an e-book travel guide.

Thomas Swick has been a feature writer, an editorial writer, and, at his last newspaper, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, a travel editor. Now he freelances, teaches, and writes travel memoirs and travel books.

Write Nonfiction in November (WNFIN), also known as National Nonfiction Writing Month (NaNonFiWriMo), is Nina Amir’s response to National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo), which…

Writing a non-fiction book I thought I’d share my approach for creating my “How to Write a Travel Guide” in Scrivener,…

Chris Backe is the main blogger at One Weird Globe. He started his blogging journey by writing about all things to do with South Korea. And after traveling to Malaysia and Laos, the scope of One Weird Globe expanded. Now Chris, writes about exploring oddball travel destinations and the long-term expat/nomad lifestyle.

Indie Author Fringe Organisers I’m co-organising the next Indie Author Fringe with authors Orna Ross and David Penny. Our online…

Bradt is looking for inspirational stories about travelling alone to include in a new collection of true-life tales publishing in…

Gigi Griffis is a digital nomad who sold all her belongings in 2012 and hit the road with her pint-sized pooch called Luna. She writes a travel blog aptly titled “The Ramble” and loves inspiring stories, new places, exceptional food, and living in the moment. Gigi is also a prolific travel guide writer, and her Unconventional Travel Guide books all fall within the niche of sharing insider tips.

Your travel guide begins with a simple idea, which has to be expanded into a book concept that intrigues your reader, which relies on you being able to make your travel guide personal so they can connect with it.

Are you using Pinterest? I’m a big Pinterest fan, and tout it as a platform that all travel bloggers and…

Discover what a Journey Travel guide is and how to go about writing one of your own, based on your personal travel experiences.

I’ve created this reference post for the Vellum Artisanal Book Style to you with the decisions you need to make when formatting your book in Vellum.

I’m especially excited to feature Nora Dunn in my Author Interview series. I frequently referenced Nora’s invaluable website, The Professional Hobo, during my own escape planning process, and it’s exciting to hear how she approaches the writing and publication of her non-fiction books.

I’ve created this reference post for the Vellum Meridian Book Style to you with the decisions you need to make when formatting your book in Vellum.

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

Travel books come in two main categories: the travel guide book and the travel narrative. Let’s look at a definition of each to help you determine which you want to write.

I’ve created this reference post for the Vellum Trace Book Style to you with the decisions you need to make when formatting your book in Vellum.

eBook Released September 1st 2016 Travel Memoirs can transport you to a destination, and enable you to visualise people, cultures…

I’ve created this reference post for the Vellum Sudo Book Style to you with the decisions you need to make when formatting your book in Vellum.

Big week this week .. I finally finished gathering and compiling all of the updates to my Bodrum Peninsula Travel…

Guest Post by Jillian Schedneck Jillian Schedneck devoted three years on a MFA in creative nonfiction writing, after graduating she moved to…

Don’t let a lack of budget stand in your way Don’t have a budget? Don’t know how to start marketing…

I’ve created this reference post for the Vellum Oxford Book Style to you with the decisions you need to make when formatting your book in Vellum.

Does your travel guide need beta reading? Every author needs beta readers who provide honest feedback and constructive criticism. I will…

I’ve created this reference post for the Vellum Kindred Book Style to you with the decisions you need to make when formatting your book in Vellum.

Resources for formatting a poetry book.

Although the goal of these 3 tips on using bloggers to promote your book, you need make sure you’re adding…

Here’s my reference page of Resources For Authors And Writers, and includes all of the invaluable tools that I couldn’t…