THE INTERNET, THAT IS:
Here's a bit about me and my work.
[Last Updated 01-30-09]
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NOTCHES ON MY BELT:
Travel + Leisure, Executive Travel, HotelChatter, The Washington Post Magazine, Men’s Journal, Pages, MORE, People, Consumer Reports Magazine, FamilyFun, Cooking Light, America Online, Consumer Reports Money Adviser, Working Woman, The Discovery Channel Online, washingtonpost.com, Parenting, Travel + Leisure Family, Preservation Magazine Online, Outside Family Vacations, Arthur Frommer’s Budget Travel, New England Travel & Life, Regardie’s Power, Boston Magazine’s Concierge, Crain’s Chicago Business.
SCROLL DOWN FOR MY BIO AND SELECT ARTICLES.
CLIPS AND REFERENCES AVAILABLE UPON REQUEST.
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BLOGS:
Travel Sweeps
Trying to win a trip.
Hotel Fetishist
Satisfying my hotel proclivities.
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BIO:
A daughter of the suburbs, I grew up in Norwalk, Connecticut, a charmingly dysfunctional municipality one hour outside of New York City. I have a B.A. in French Language and Literature from George Washington University and a Graduate Certificate in Historical Documentary Filmmaking from the same. I received my M.F.A. in Creative Nonfiction from Goucher College in 2007. I live in Washington, D.C. -- a much less charmingly dysfunctional locale, but that's a story for another day -- with my twelve-year-old son and a fluctuating number of household pets. Last count: Two cats, two parakeets, one Russian tortoise, one corn snake. I am currently writing a memoir, Bicycle Dreams.
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SELECT ARTICLES [Available Online]
HOTELCHATTER TRAVEL + LEISURE AOL TRAVEL
Index of My Stories
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T+L: X-Ray Vision
T+L: The Salem Witch Project
T+L: Massage Gone Too Far
T+L: 10 Most Popular Countries
T+L: Insurance 101
T+L: Air Supply
EXECUTIVE TRAVEL
Executive Travel: Using Concierge Connections
Executive Travel: Leaders in Training
Executive Travel: Labor of Love
Executive Travel: Washington, D.C.
Executive Travel: Top 5 Trends
Executive Travel: 2006 Reader Awards
COOKING LIGHT
Cooking Light: Ashore in Baltimore
Conquer Your Fear of Flying
The What and Where of Watsu
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SELECT ARTICLES [Clips Available Upon Request]
CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE - July 2006
"Lost Luggage: What To Do When Your Bags Go AWOL"
CONSUMER REPORTS MONEY ADVISER - January 2006
“Chill Out at a Spa – On the Cheap”
CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE - March 2005
"Travel Search Engines: New Routes to Deals"
CONSUMER REPORTS MONEY ADVISER - January 2005
"Don't Miss the Boat on Cruise Deals"
CONSUMER REPORTS MONEY ADVISER - November 2004
"Ready for Anything: What if Your Vacation Plans Go Kablooey?"
CONSUMER REPORTS MONEY ADVISER - November 2004
"How to Check Out a Travel Agent”
CONSUMER REPORTS MAGAZINE - May 2004
“Traveling With a Weak Dollar”
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INTERVIEWS
Coming Soon
7 comments:
I agree with you Barbara. As an aspiring writer - (actually I just write to amuse myself) I've been reading some books about blogging and marketing. For years (in the 80's and 90's) I consulted primarily to women and start up businesses (my ex was a professor at UCLA in the graduate school of management for the entrepreneurship program so I had a "built in" client base when women were just beginning to find success in terms of entrepreneurship) and recently considered that my skills, while not completely useless, are at best antiquated especially when it comes to internet marketing and blogging. I'm fascinated by young women who are blogging and starting businesses - writing books, etc. using the client base they've built and developed off their blogs. One I LOVE is dooce.com written by a young woman who was fired from her job after writting less than favorable stories that included people in her workplace. The web site chronicles her life from that time, getting pregnant, having the baby, writing, dealing with her now public persona - she even created the word "dooced" which I usually find referenced at least once in newer books written about marketing and blogging. While like you I always thought about the internet as a great showcase in terms of writing I'm now trying to think bigger and seeing that it could be used for much more in business development. Wishing you much good luck and just wanted to leave a note letting you know I'm enjoying your writing!
What an amazing body of work you have.
Regarding Terri's comment, I often wonder whether blogs like Dooced and her story are true; sometimes they seem like urban legends. (I happen to know that one in particular.) I once taught a course that relied heavily on the use of blogs, and we read a piece about bloggers faking their lives. Readers got really attached to the blogs and then learned that first-person women narrators were really men. Etc.
I feel like this comment is completely random.
You need a good masthead and a template. I did a "view source" to figure out CSS (???) code in order to change my template. I have four blogs that make use of the same template with different mastheads: The Cake Life, Mo-za-ix, Essay This!, and my doggy blog. They're formulaic, but they're easy to read!
Good luck on your wonderful freelance journey, and I hope you get a bunch of free trips—but only after you've completed your manuscript.
xxoo
Hi Barbara,
My name is Sylvie Laitre, Director of Mexico Boutique Hotels. I wanted to thank you for the red flag on Hotelchatter.com regarding our reservations center. I appreciate knowing when things fail and this allows us to shake things up. I wanted to know if you'd like to be on our press mailing list (new and improved of course) and look forward to hearing from you. Again, many thanks!
sylvie@mexicoboutiquehotels.com
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