← Previous – TW10A – Next → Chapter 10APLAGIARISING AND DECEPTION You go to a bookstore and buy a book. It’s an expensive book, but you don’t mind, for it is a book you have always wanted. It is a book for you to
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← Previous – TW9 – Next → Chapter 9HANDLING THE CRITICS Bob Varva is a photographer, and a very fine one. Born in Glendale, California, he was living in Spam when I got to know him. His specialty was photographing animals and, in particular,
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← Previous – TW8 – Next → Chapter 8MY BEST TEACHER My best teacher is experience, and experience is what I gain by trying. I can’t learn to swim by reading books. I have to get into the water; I have to get wet.
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← Previous – TW7 – Next → Chapter 7PLEASING THE EDITOR Somewhere along the line, I learned not to try to outsmart the editor. Wasn’t it Shakespeare who you even though said in one of his plays, “I believe you even though I know
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← Previous – TW6 – Next → CH6GETTING INTO THE MOOD How does one get into the mood to write? My reply is quite simple. When the bank balance is low, I get in the mood. That doesn’t mean I write solely to earn
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← Previous – TW5B – Next → CH5BA Little Background on “Who Needs a Road?” I was in Al’s office, going over the photographs for the article that the magazine had bought, when Al asked if I ever considered sponsors. “What for?” I asked.
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← Previous – TW5A – Next → CH5AA WORD ABOUT SPONSORS It might sound ideal, finding a sponsor and have someone else pay your bills. But remember, nothing is free. Travel writers are known for the freebies they get, but at the same time
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← Previous – TW4 – Next → Chapter 4WHO NEEDS MONEY ANYWAY? Let’s face it. Mr. Sullivan-the editor at Life who told me to give it up-was right in one respect. If I wanted to write to make money, forget it. I should have
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← Previous – TW3E – Next → Trivial and Insignificant, But  Important Details Time was when the toughest part of writing was staring a blank sheet of paper in the typewriter. It’s not much different looking at a blank screen on the computer. James
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← Previous – TW3D – Next → Scattered But Complete Contents Keeping a journal and writing in it eve1y day had, for me, another advantage. It taught me the habit of discipline. I made it a daily practice. I jotted down my thoughts and
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