The reason for the absence of the January issue and the delay of the February issue of Net Writer is the birth of our baby girl Nora. Normality will never be the same, but at least we are getting back in business. This issue may not be everything we wanted it to be. I can offer a few suggestions. Having written several travel essays, and had two of them accepted for publication, I would like share with you some of the things I've learned.
Travel writing straddles the border between the journalistic style and creative writing.
Write in third person POV, using the present tense. Develop your synopsis carefully, building strong paragraphs that flow in a logical progression. As with story writing, make sure to write a powerful opening paragraph to keep the editor reading. Creative spelling, grammar, and punctuation have no place in your synopsis. Writers who sign a work for hire agreement can be compared to the person who sells his blood plasma on the street.