Category: Author Interviews
Author Interview with traveloguer Kandy Ostrosky
Memoirst Kandy Ostrosky shares the story behind her self-publishing journey and passions for travel and volunteering.
Author Interview with Memoirst Alyson Sheldrake
Algarve expat Alyson Sheldrake shares her publishing journey for her Portugal themed travel memoirs.
Author Interview with Memoirst Ruth Hampson
Memoirst Ruth Hampson shares the story behind her self-publishing experience for her part memoir, part travelogue.
Author Interview with Destination Travel Writer Mike Miller
Florida Travel Guide Authors shares the steps he took to turn his travel blog into a series of self-published travel guides to reach a broader audience.
Author Interview with Travel Fiction Writer Jane Dunning
Travel Fiction Writer Jane Dunning shares the inspiration and her first-hand experience of writing a three book series. Find out what self-publishing and travel writing lessons she’s learnt along the way.
How Travel Writers Self Publish Podcast Ep#37: Travel Memoir Writing Inspiration (Guest: Carol Duval)
In this 20-minute show we chat with blogger and freelance writer, Carol Duval, who house sat around the globe with her husband and wrote a memoir about their adventures.
Author Interview with Travel Writer Rob Johnson
Rob Johnson shares tips and inspiration for writing and self-publishing travel memoirs and travel fiction based in Greece.
Author Interview with Travel Fiction Writer Doug Walsh
Today we’re joined by Doug Walsh, author of the travel-inspired fiction Tailwinds Past Florence. He avoided the confines of guides books and memoirs to focus on fiction.
Author Interview with Travel Memoirist Catherine Berry
Today we’re joined by Catherine Berry, author of But you are in France, Madame, which is about her adventure of…
Author Interview Carol Duval Trying Lives
House sitter Carol Duval shares her writing and publishing experience about turning her travels into a compelling Memoir with an eyecatching cover.
Author Interview with Travel Memoirist and Fiction Writer John Manuel
John Manuel retired early to move to Greece and started writing about his adopted home. He’s used his passion for the people and culture to write a series of nonfiction and fiction books.
Author Interview with Budget Travel Guide Author Matt Baxter
Find out how this British travel blogger used his knowledge of traveling around Japan and New Zealand to write and self-publish country and regional guides.
Author Interview with travel writer Kenneth Strange
Join travel writer Kenneth Strange as he takes us on his writing and self-publishing journey to get his first book, It’s Your Camino, into the hands of readers.
Author Interview Bistra Yakimova of The Magic of Traveling
Bistra Yakimova used her love of writing as the impetus to become an author. Her book features The Magic of Travel as seen through the eyes of locals with knowledge and inspiration to share.
Author Interview with family man David Tucker
Find out how family man and travel writer David Tucker approached the process of writing and self-publishing his travel guide “Of Sweat and other joys”.
Author Interview with world traveler Nicos Hadjicostis
Find out how travel writer Nicos Hadjicostis mastered the art of writing and self-publishing journey to get his first book, Destination Earth.
Author Interview with Alex Hallatt
How did cartoonist Alex Hallatt blur the lines between #travelmemoir and #travelguide in her illustrated #ABasqueDiary book? Read her author interview to find out.
Author Interview with Travel Memoirist Andy Hewitt
Andy Hewitt explored Spain and Portugal from the back of a motorcycle, and wrote a travelogue memoir of his experience. Read about his author journey and his self-publishing route.
Author Interview with Travel Writer Roy Stevenson
Prolific Travel Writer, Author, and Writing Coach Roy Stevenson shares his travel writing and self-publishing adventure with us. And explains why he chose the direct distribution method.
Author Interview with Travel Journalist Nardia Plumridge
This week we’re joined by travel journalist Nardia Plumridge who shares her insights and advice for writing, publishing, and marketing her Lost in Florence travel guide.
Author Interview with Narrative Nonfiction Travel Writer Bryanna Plog
Get inspired with how travel writer and blogger Bryanna Plog writes and self-publishes her narrative nonfiction travel books. Part Memoir, Part Travelogue.
Author Interview with Travel Memoir writer Jean Roberts
Get inspired by travel writer Jean Roberts who wrote and published her memoir about moving to Spain.
Author Interview with Travel Writer Nancy O’Hare
Travel Writer Nancy O’Hare shares her indie author, writing, and self publishing journey to inspire you to write your own travel guide.
Author Interview with Indie Traveller Marek Bron
Author Interview with Marek Bron who shares his writing and self-publishing insights and inspiration to help others achieve their travel goals.
Author Interview with Travel Writer Frances M. Thompson
Travel Writer Frankie Thompson share her writing and self-publishing journey with us. She writes contemporary fiction inspired by travel, in short story collections.
Author Interview with Travel Anthology editor and contributor Carmen Amato
Ever since I became a full-time author I’ve wanted to collaborate on joint projects with other authors. Initially I thought the…
Author Interview with travel memoir writer Zaina Brown
Author interview with bellydancing travel memoir writer Zaina Brown, who shares her writing and self-publishing tips to inspire other travel bloggers to combine their travel and writing passions.
Author Interview with fictional travel memoirist John Meyer
Join me in finding out about John Meyer’s fictional travel memoir writing and publishing adventures. His books combine facts of history with present-day drama and humor—revolving around a fictitious love story and always based on his own thrilling journeys.
Author Interview with Travel Writer Tom Fay
Hybrid author Tom Fay has established his travel writing brand around his knowledge of his adopted home of Japan, and shares his writing and self-publishing journey for his Travel Guide, which is an insider’s guide to seeing the best of Japan in one trip.
Interview with Travel Memoir Author Garett Wilson
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.
Author Interview with travel blogger Kashlee Kucheran
Even before my husband and I quit our lucrative corporate jobs and started our nomadic journey, we cancelled buying each stuff each…
Interview with Travel Memoir author Joyce Dickens
I think the western world is split into two groups: those who want are content to just go on holiday,…
Vegan Travel Guide Author Interview with Caitlin Galer-Unti
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.
Interview with Caribbean Beach Travel Guide Author Bret Sigillo
I wonder how many authors there are in the same boat as me and today’s guest author, Bret Sigillo? Neither of…
Interview with Memoir Author Grahame Elson
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.
Author Interview with Dana Zeliff of the Talking Suitcase
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.
Interview with Molly McCord, Author of Cache Paris
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.
Interview with Adventure Author Jon Doolan
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.
Author Marjory McGinn switches from non-fiction to write a novel
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.
Author Interview with Tara and Mike at Two Travelaholics
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.
Author Interview with The London Hustler’s Amber Farrington
Today’s author interview is with Amber Farrington who relocated to London, living and breathing the challenges of a this new city and then wrote about in it in her new book, The London Hustler. Amber shares insights into her writing and self-publishing process, advice you’ll find handy when writing your own destination guide.
Author Interview with Digital Nomad Daniel from Princes Off The Grid
The Princes family carved out a new nomadic lifestyle for themselves, learning tools, tricks, and hacks along the way, and Dan shares this knowledge in a self-published book called “Choose Life”, which is living proof that anyone can forge a better, fuller life if you’re just willing to take the risk.
Author Interview with Far West China travel blogger Josh Summers
Josh Summers has written a travel guide about the western region of Xinjiang so that fellow travelers can discover this remote area of China for themselves. Find out how Josh packaged his local area expertise into a travel guide with personality.
Author Interview with Travel Blogger and Hiker Greg Seymour
Greg Seymour from Appalachian Trail Tales quit his job to become intentionally unemployed and then relocated to Costa Rica and wrote two books about the experience. Find out about his self-publishing experience and tips.
Author Interview with Routinely Nomadic travel blogger Dean Johnston
This week we’re joined by Dean Johnston from Routinely Nomadic who shares tips about his approach to writing and self-publishing. He’s an accidental blogger on his way to building a travel writing empire in his niche.
Author Interview with travel blogger and coastal walker Ruth Livingstone
Ruth Livingstone shares her walking exploits on her blog and a new beginner’s walking guide that tells you everything you need to know about exploring the coast of England. There’s no need to don your hiking boots for Ruth’s next journey – get comfy and let’s find out about Ruth’s writing and self-publishing journey.
Author Interview with travel blogger and ordinary dude John Weiler
John Weiler swapped his Chicago screenwriting career for a new meditative life in Bangkok. Find out how he’s incorporating his travel and meditation experiences to build an author niche around the passions that drive and inspire him.
Author Interview with Nina Thomas from Traveling With Nina
Nina wrote “How to be Your Own Travel Agent” to empower independent travelers to plan a trip for themselves by themselves, and today we glimpse how she empowers other travel bloggers to write and publish their own book.
Author Interview with Travel Memoirist Allan Wilson from Live Less Ordinary
This week we’re joined by travel blogger Allan Wilson, from Live Less Ordinary, who shares his writing and self-publishing journey with us. He’s the author of Potato in the Rice Field about rural life in Thailand.
Author Interview with Speaker and Self-Help writer Valerie Alexander
There’s no better way to establish your subject matter expertise than writing a non-fiction book about your specialist topic. Valerie Alexander, this week’s guest author, has taken her niche one step further and created a self-help brand around her “… as a second language” phrase. Let’s find out more about her successful book series and her approach to self-publishing, which can easily be applied to building your travel blogging niche.