It’s Official Delurking Week

Not guilty!
Thanks for the article (and magazine). I am toying with the idea of becoming a travel writer so my question to you would be “what was your first step?” Any advice for future journalists? Thanks a million! Wishing you green lights and blue skies,

Rachel

Lurker I am guilty of. I guess I just find I like to read through many articles quickly and don’t necessarily take the time to write a comment. Yet, obviously, I appreciate the content that I am provided with and it takes time for the authors to prepare quality, relevant content. And thus, I should be more active in giving feedback where it is due.

Thanks for all the great stuff Ian! All of us (your loyal lurkers) appreciate it:)

Keep it up!

I’m prob bad for lurking although I spend a lot of time on my own sites and don’t lurk on those but by the time I’m done with those I’m guilty of being a lurker else where…

anyway, I ove the new site, looks great

Guilty of lurking! I am about to leave my job and start my own non-travel writing business, and I’m trying to develop my skills as a travel writer so I can have a bit of a portfolio career, rather than being totally focused on one thing. I read a lot of on line travel mags and blogs, and Brave New Traveller is a good one for me – pitched at the right level in terms of content and variety, plus tips and advice.

I read a lot about how to become a travel writer, and not all of us can start our own travel blogging website I’m trying to use my own travels to move beyond writing travel journals to creating saleable articles – I’ve had a couple of things published but nothing major. My question is: which has more credibility in terms of developing a travel writing – publishing online or in a newspaper or magazine?

Thanks – Maree

I took your advice, and I’m commenting. Love the site so far…makes me want to take my pen and paper and hit the road. I wrote about you on my blog, so maybe I’ll send some traffic your way. And my traffic I mean more lurkers, like my mom and my grandma.

G’day all,

I would have posted a comment sooner, but I just saw the post (I was out travelling!). So:

1. I came to this site through a previous interaction with Ian

2. Why do I like travelling? Umm… You know that feeling you get when you step outside on a beautiful sunny morning? I love looking up at a vivid blue sky, with a slightly warm touch from the sun on my skin, just begging me to walk a little further. I don’t know what it is, but the closest I can come to describing it is “possibility”.

3. I’d have to put forward “The First Casualties of Climate Change” as my favorite so far.

Guilty as charged – I enjoy blogs, but have so far been a major-league lurker. I often read stuff that I’m interested in but don’t really know enough about to contribute anything of value, and it hadn’t previously occurred to me that blog owners might occasionally just enjoy a word of appreciation.

So, many thanks for an interesting and entertaining read… but why does Santa NEED a speedo? Have those pesky reindeer been breaking the speed limit again?