Make your passion your profession...pack a pen with your passport, craft prose that flows and become a Travel Writer.

Written by established travel writers and bursting with invaluable advice, this inspiring and practical guide is a must for anyone who has ever yearned to turn their travels into saleable tales. Being a travel writer is a dream job - with this guide you're scribbling distance from the reality.

Discover • The secrets of a great story • The best ways to research • What makes a winning pitch • How to get your name in print • Quirks of writing for newspapers, magazines, Web & books • Extensive writers' resources & industry organizations

Includes interviews with writers, editors and agents

Writers Andrew Bain • Tim Cahill • Pico Iyer • Amanda Jones • Rory MacLean • Fred Mawer • Daisann McLane • Harriet O'Brien • Margo Pfieff • Rolf Potts • Alison Rice • Anthony Sattin • Stanley Stewart • Sara Wheeler

Magazine Editors Keith Bellows, National Geographic Traveler • Lyn Hughes, Wanderlust • Jonathan Lorie, Traveller • Sarah Miller, Conde Nast Traveller (UK) • Tom Wallace, Conde Nast Traveler (US)

Newspaper Travel Editors Simon Calder, The Independent • Randy Curwen, Chicago Tribune • John Flinn, San Francisco Chronicle • Catharine Hamm, Los Angeles Times • K.C. Summers, Washington Post • Anna Sutton, Online Travel Editor, Telegraph.co.uk • Cath Urquhart, The Times

Agents Lizzy Kremer, David Higham Associates Ltd • Amy Rennert, Amy Rennert Agency Inc