{"podcast":{"title":"Inside travel writing","slug":"inside-travel-writing-7841307","podcast_index_feed_id":7841307,"rss_url":"https://podcasts.helloaudio.fm/podcast/9ae65d56-9f53-41ef-b53e-3349fa2965ac/m3wq4dhmq3","website_url":"https://thefreelancersyear.com","image_url":"https://d32kcwy5dai345.cloudfront.net/277a2490-c09b-416e-801d-cd4a5b8661b8.jpg","author":"Melinda Alexander","episode_count":13,"summary":"Inside Travel Writing is the podcast for writers who want to travel the world and get paid to write about it. Whether you're just starting out or already you're already published and ready to land more commissions, I pull back the curtain on how travel writing actually works - from coming up with ideas editors want, to pitching, press trips and building a writing career you love. New episodes every week.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T06:20:01.770565+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307"},"episode":{"title":"EP 10: Why Editors Are Not Opening Your Pitches","slug":"ep-10-why-editors-are-not-opening-your-pitches","published_at":"2026-07-01T15:30:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307/ep-10-why-editors-are-not-opening-your-pitches","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/podcasts.helloaudio.fm/download/m3wq4dhmq3/86ecc6d2-292c-4337-b441-6d5865d5acc7.mp3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/podcasts.helloaudio.fm/download/m3wq4dhmq3/86ecc6d2-292c-4337-b441-6d5865d5acc7.mp3","summary":"This week I'm breaking down something almost nobody talks about: why your email subject lines might be the real reason editors aren't replying to your pitches (or even opening them). I'm sharing the exact subject line formulas I use (including one that took multiple rewrites before it finally landed a commission), the difference between a subject line and a headline that almost every writer gets wrong, and how to tell whether your subject lines are the problem in the first place. Love the show? Share it with a fellow writer or leave a review 🙏🏻 Sign up to get weekly email newsletters all about travel writing here. Let's connect! Come say hi on Instagram . Happy writing + travelling! - Lindy","meta_description":"This week I'm breaking down something almost nobody talks about: why your email subject lines might be the real reason editors aren't replying to your pit…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1289,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-travel-writing-7841307/episodes/ep-10-why-editors-are-not-opening-your-pitches/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307/ep-10-why-editors-are-not-opening-your-pitches.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}