{"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 6: How to Write and Pitch a Personal Travel Essay That Gets Published","slug":"ep-6-how-to-write-and-pitch-a-personal-travel-essay-that-gets-published","published_at":"2026-06-03T22:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307/ep-6-how-to-write-and-pitch-a-personal-travel-essay-that-gets-published","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/inside-travel-writing-7841307","url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/podcasts.helloaudio.fm/download/m3wq4dhmq3/d85ce624-bc7b-45a8-9ea3-b42bd2427294.mp3","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/podcasts.helloaudio.fm/download/m3wq4dhmq3/d85ce624-bc7b-45a8-9ea3-b42bd2427294.mp3","summary":"Susan Reoch is a UX copywriter who went to Nepal with her dad and came home with a story she couldn't stop thinking about. She had no travel writing bylines. She didn't even know what a personal essay was. And yet six months later, her piece was published the most widely read masthead in Australia. In this episode, Susan and I walk through exactly how it happened: the trip, the angle that almost didn't make it, the early draft that needed a complete overhaul, and the moment she sent me the vomit emoji when the editor said yes. If you've ever wondered whether a personal essay could be your way into travel writing (spoiler: it might be the smartest move you make), this one's for you. 📖 Read Susan's published essay here 🎓 The Travel Writer Accelerator opens for applications soon - find out more here. Love the show? I would be so grateful if you shared it with a fellow writer or left a review 🙏🏻","meta_description":"Susan Reoch is a UX copywriter who went to Nepal with her dad and came home with a story she couldn't stop thinking about. She had no travel writing bylin…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1895,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/inside-travel-writing-7841307/episodes/ep-6-how-to-write-and-pitch-a-personal-travel-essay-that-gets-published/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-6-how-to-write-and-pitch-a-personal-travel-essay-that-gets-published.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}