A Journey into Personal Travel Writing

Gather the words to bring your travel stories to life with guidance from Lavinia Spalding, award-winning author of Writing Away and six-time editor of The Best Women’s Travel Writing.
A Portrait of Santa Fe

Use the power of photography to reveal truths about a place—about Santa Fe, in Northern New Mexico.
Compositing Practice with Maggie

Set the stage for more believable yet magical digital collages using Adobe Photoshop with Maggie Taylor as your guide.
Submitting and Marketing Your Writing

Discover how to give your submissions a fighting chance at publication while avoiding the pitfalls that lead to rejection.
Travel Writing as Storytelling

Spend one month transforming yourself from a writer to a change-maker with esteemed travel writer Gigi Alexander.
Getting Started with Compositing

Follow along as Maggie introduces you to the essential building blocks of compositing with Photoshop: making selections, layers, masks, non-destructive editing, and blend modes.
Poetry: The Creativity of Revision

Discover the richness inherent in the hand-in-hand relationship between the generative impulse and the revising one.
The Particular Beauty of Our Pared-Down Lives

Discover and record the particular beauty of our pared-down lives with writing exercises that transform them into vignettes, stories, and personal essays.
Day to Night, through Ellis Island, to “Jay Myself”

Take a unique in-depth look at the creative and technical processes behind three masterful bodies of work with renowned photographer, filmmaker, and National Geographic Society explorer Stephen Wilkes.
Wild Stories: The Perilous Art of Adventure Writing

Consider and explore narrative non-fiction writing with Hampton and Doug that focuses on the outside world—including natural science, environmental politics, adventure sports, exploration, and far-flung travel stories.