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How to Keep Your Travelblog Alive When You’re Not Traveling

The web is a graveyard of travelblogs, musings of gap year students, summer road trippers, one time round the worlders who thought it would be fun to share their stories while they were wandering. Travelers return home, cull their photos, flood the Flickr stream one last time and then… nothing. That’s fine for most, but …


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The Two Dimensional World Traveler

He arrived a bit travel worn, but he sat quietly until we could spend some time with him and the weather improved. He’s not really set up for rain, and we’ve had too much of it. Then, I was too busy to show him around, so he just hung out, not asking for much. I …


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Three Nice Coffee Stops off I-5 in the Northwest

With family in Portland and Eugene, we spend an unlikely amount of time buzzing up and down the I-5 corridor. If I’m flying solo, I take the train and pack a picnic, but with just one extra person it’s cheaper to drive, though a bit of a bore after the 37th time. Coffee isn’t just …


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Micro Travel Writer’s Workshop II

A quick review, in case you’re just in: Angela Nickerson as part of her virutal book tour, agreed to do a “micro workshop” on Nerd’s Eye View. She provided the prompt, you provided the work. Here’s here take on what you’ve done – and many, many thanks for your participation! I’ve linked to the posts below, but I’ve left the pictures on the “home” sites. Click through to see the original posts, with photos, and to meet some interesting travel bloggers.

I’ll hand it over to Angela, now.

First, many, many thanks to those of you who participated in today’s travel writing workshop. What a delight to read such good writing and to visit such interesting — and diverse — places. Your submissions are a testament to the richness that comes from diverging from the beaten path. Thank you!

Ok, to the task at hand…


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Micro Travel Writing Workshop with Angela Nickerson

Angela Nickerson, author of A Journey into Michelangelo’s Rome , is on a virtual book tour. One of her stops is right here at Nerd’s Eye View. Rather than your usual book review (that will come when I’ve finished the book), Angela’s agreed to do a “Micro Travel Writing Workshop” with us.

Here’s the deal. You write a 200 word (or less) post following the prompt below. Include a photo as per the guidelines. When you’re done, drop a link to your post in the comments. I’ll compile them and Angela will do a short critique of each participant’s post. Once that’s done, I’ll post the entire workshop back here on Nerd’s Eye View.

Here’s the writing prompt:


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Why Your Guidebook is Wrong

In December, I wrote my first guidebook, a sunbreak travelers guide to Hawaii. At the end of March, while the proofs were in production, Aloha Airlines went bankrupt. A few days later, Molokai Ranch announced their closure at the end of April. Both Aloha Air and Molokai Ranch are listed in my guidebook. I emailed …


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