{"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":4,"summary":"A podcast that's your ultimate travel writing companion. Whether you're at the beginning of your travel writing journey, or you're already published and ready to land more commissions, I'm going to pull back the curtain on how travel writing actually works and how to come up with ideas editors want to commission, how to pitch those ideas and how to travel the world and get paid for writing about it.","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307"},"episode":{"title":"EP 2: Travel Writing Without Constant Travel","slug":"ep-2-travel-writing-without-constant-travel","published_at":"2026-05-06T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307/ep-2-travel-writing-without-constant-travel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/podcasts.helloaudio.fm/download/m3wq4dhmq3/9e445b68-d1e0-4b35-9b50-8dc6b6b3457b.mp3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/podcasts.helloaudio.fm/download/m3wq4dhmq3/9e445b68-d1e0-4b35-9b50-8dc6b6b3457b.mp3","summary":"This week's episode of Inside Travel Writing tackles one of the biggest misconceptions in the industry: that you need to be constantly on the road to build a travel writing career. Host Lindy Alexander (a self-described homebody who burnt out from over-traveling) makes the case that the key to travel writing isn't the destination, it's your ability to find stories. Lindy uses her own small regional town as a case study, walking through the surprising range of pitchable stories hiding in a place she considers entirely ordinary. She also shares a practical search strategy for scoping out what's already been written about a destination (and how to find the gaps worth pitching). If you have family or work commitments, a body that's done with long-haul travel, or simply prefer sleeping in your own bed, this episode is for you. Love the show? Share it with a fellow writer or leave a review! For more resources, visit www.thefreelancersyear.com Let's connect! Come say hi on Instagram: @thefreelancersyear Happy writing + travelling! - Lindy","meta_description":"This week's episode of Inside Travel Writing tackles one of the biggest misconceptions in the industry: that you need to be constantly on the road to buil…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1049,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-travel-writing-7841307/episodes/ep-2-travel-writing-without-constant-travel/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-2-travel-writing-without-constant-travel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}