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I'm thrilled to share this interview with Claudia Laroye of https://claudiatravels.com/ , who recently published her first book...

You can find A Gelato A Day here: https://amzn.to/3NbzlxY

We talk with Claudia about her new book... and the process of pitching to publishers, curating the content for her anthology, and the possibility of doing it again.

We also talk about how Claudia began as a "hobby" blogger in the family travel space... how that morphed into freelance writing... and how the landscape for both of those has changed over time.

Join me as we look at Claudia's new book... but also gleen a little blogging business insight from one of my favorite writers!

What to expect:

1:06 How did this come together (pitching a business case to the publisher)
3:36 Getting a travel book contract in 2020 and the COVID implications
6:51 One of my favorite things about the book
8:17 Picking which stories to include
9:54 “Pitching” a book as an approach for writers and bloggers
13:23 Thoughts on anthologies
14:42 Book promotion
15:55 Would you write another book? “Do it again?”
17:36 Claudia’s early blogging years, which began as a passion project… 
20:15 Blogging and freelance writing – benefit or curse?
21:59 More about blogging and freelancing
24:35 And from a financial point of view
26:07 Entering the freelance space
31:16 Wrap up with lessons learned over the years

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