Writing Opportunties - How many can you get from one trip?

Writing opportunities. As a writer who has researched articles to pitch to editors, you can make further opportunities to pitch towards editors from that one idea.

We're going away a few times this year, and I have been thinking about the opportunities that may pop up.

I bought the Writers & Artists Yearbook for several years, but since the pandemic, I have yet to keep up with them. Nonetheless, I have been researching for titles that could be interested in pitches.

What will I be noting in my trusty notebook or on an app on my phone (I must remember to take the power bank)?

In preparation, I shall be doing some research on the places we are visiting. The aim will be to get the maximum out of each location to achieve several pitches to different publications. I haven't written much travel writing besides exercises, and it will be nice to have the opportunity to pitch something different. I have travelled much of the world, but never on a holiday. Oh, to have had a MacBook in 1986 when I was floating around worldwide.

If I tell you that we will be in the lovely city of Dublin in a few weeks, there's much more to it than the Guinness Brewery. It was the first trip that my wife and I took twelve years ago. We principally went for the Rugby, Exeter Chiefs' first game in the then Heineken Cup against Leinster. We had a fantastic time, and yes, we went to the Guinness Brewery, but as I mentioned earlier, there's more to Dublin than that. I know what I will look out for, so the notebook will be in great need.  

In March, we will be off to London for the Mountbatten Festival, the Massed Bands of His Majesties Royal Marines; before that, we will spend some time in Camden. There was a superb Italian restaurant there the last time we were there. I hope it has survived the pandemic and the government's mess of the country. It certainly deserves a review, another writing opportunity.

While searching out these opportunities for pitch ideas, I shall continue to write for my second novel, and I've also got the first to start editing. It is going to be a busy few months writing. I also love giving myself a couple of weekly deadlines for writing this Blog and my Substack.

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