Book Release: Teach Yourself Travel Writing

Teach Yourself Travel Writing
By Cynthia Dial

• Get it: McGraw-Hill, $12.95.

• Basics: Dial, a travel writer since 1988, has journeyed countless miles across the globe, has published hundreds of travel articles and teaches a class on travel writing in Southern California. Teach Yourself Travel Writing is the result of her experiences.

• Tips: Dial discusses how to get started, trip preparation, the elements of a good article, finding a market and the importance of keeping accurate records. What separates the traveler from the travel writer? She says anyone who pursues the profession should be creative, resourceful, self-motivated, organized, adventurous and broad-minded.                         -CHICAGO TRIBUNE