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Month: October 2017

Writing a travel journal – some tips on how to get started

Writing a travel journal

Planning a get-away? Going on a family or activity holiday or having a weekend break? Or may be it’s a once-in-a-lifetime round-the-world trip, a cruise, a touring holiday (by bike, car, on horseback), backpacking, a working holiday? Whatever it is, how about writing

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11 travel writing tips

11 travel writing tips

Do you feel inspired to write about an interesting journey or holiday you have been on? Are you a new or inexperienced writer? If so, here are 11 travel writing tips to help you get started. 1 Writing style Write in style that

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Food travel writing – if you love food and travel why not write about it

Food travel writing

One of the best ways of understanding and learning about a country, a culture, it’s history and its people is through the food they eat and so what could be better than combining a love of travel and a love of food with the desire to

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Writing about the history of food

Writing about the history of food

I have previously posted a couple of blogs on food writing – the first was about writing a Foodoir (a food-related memoir) and the other included some tips on creating your own family recipe book. Both of these types of food writing require looking

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Family recipe book – how to create your own

Family recipe book

You may have seen my a blog about writing a foodoir (a genre which combines memoir writing with recipes or food-related experiences). So, to continue with the food theme, I thought I would mention another type of food writing – a family recipe

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Writing a foodoir – what is it and could you write one?

writing a foodoir

Are you a keen baker or chef or do you just enjoy food? Do you have some stories to tell about your culinary experiences? Are you a budding writer? Then why not put these skills and interests to good use

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Putting your family history in context

Putting your family history in context

Although researching and writing your family history gives you the opportunity to explore and write about the lives of people you have a personal connection to, there will also be many experiences they shared with their contemporaries. By putting your

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Writing for family history magazines

writing for family history magazines

If you have started to write your family history and have some good stories to tell or if you would like to share some research tips and experiences, there is a potential market out there. Although most of the content for family

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Create a timeline to tell your family history stories

Create a timeline

If you are keen to start writing the stories behind your family history research but are still at the lists of names, dates and places stage, then a good way to get organised is to create a timeline. Timelines are not only

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Write a family history that people will want to read

Write a family history that people will want to read

Why is it that some family historians get so immersed in their family history research they think that everybody else will be equally fascinated by dry and dull lists of dates, names, places and sources? So what’s the answer? Write

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