ISBN 978-1-86335-038-9, Common Ground Publishing, 2001

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Author, traveller and educator, Hazel Edwards, shares tips for recording your travels in a non-boring way. Whether you’re writing just for yourself or for a commercial audience, Hazel Edwards suggests techniques based on successfully published features.

Idea-collecting; ‘Why keep a travel journal when you’ve already got a camera?’; topicality, ‘What if they have a revolution after you’ve written a relaxing holiday piece?’; unusual angles; viewpoint; humour; and handling controversial subjects are covered in this comprehensive guide. Article analysis, assignment ‘briefs’ and marketing suggestions are offered.

Paris, Beijing, Kathmandu, Antarctica and suburban Melbourne are destinations from which Hazel Edwards has written non-boring, saleable articles.