If
you have a story or article you’d like us to publish online then send
it in and let others hear about your experience. Our guidelines are
merely that, Guidelines, so feel free to tell your story any way
you like, in general though….
- Less
is more: something
under or around 1000 words fits perfectly with our requirements and
is almost always enough to put across your message or tale.
- Be
specific: by this
we mean that our audience would much rather read an article about,
“ The best sea food restaurant in Bangkok” than one about, “
Restaurants in Thailand”
- Stick
to the active voice:
“Monks
hid the scrolls for generations” really does read much better
than, “The scrolls were hidden for generations by monks”
- Details:
Details are great. If you could tell us exactly where you
ate that mouth-watering bowl of Phoo, Bar mee, Pancit Canton or
whatever, then others can go and catch amoebic dysentery at exactly
the same place.
- Photos:
A picture tells a thousand words, the camera never lies, etc.
I’m sure you get the picture (please don’t include puns as bad
as that in your article). On a more serious note though, high
quality color photos are what we are looking for as they add true
vibrancy and life to an article. Most articles are much better for
them. Please send in JPG or GIF format if possible.
- When
you submit: Please
paste your article into your email rather than adding it as an
attachment. Attachments can be troublesome to say the least although
of course if you are sending photos we’ll deal with it. Our email
address is hotels_in_asia@yahoo.com.
We are at this
time, unfortunately, unable to offer remuneration for any work you send
us. (This may change soon) However you will of course retain all rights
to your piece and we will make sure everyone knows who wrote it!
If
you are considering a career in freelance / travel writing then having
published material to cite in future query letters is priceless. We
would also be happy to post a link to your website.
Include
any personal details you would like us to attach to your article and as
long as they are not abusive or libelous we’ll be happy to tell our
readers all about you.
