Comments on: Travel writing: how to do it

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:27:00 +0000

In reply to Mariya Khrushchak. Hi Mariya, Thanks so much for letting me know about the error. I have now fixed it. You are quite right; the word should be "her."

By: Mariya Khrushchak

Mariya Khrushchak — Sat, 21 Jan 2017 00:05:00 +0000

Hello Daphne! Thank you for your post, it was interesting – the part about telling interesting stories from your trip and not all, that you have experienced there.
I think there is some small mistake in that part “The time she visited the Gold Souk with my boyfriend” – perhaps it should be HER boyfriend?

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:57:00 +0000

In reply to Meredith Roark Childress. It's done (well, I haven't added the recipes yet but I've written all the text.) Have decided not to publish it, though. It's going to be a gift to my kids.

By: Meredith Roark Childress

Meredith Roark Childress — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 17:07:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. The combination of travel and food was so interesting! And I want to ask about your cookbook...how's it going?

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 16:49:00 +0000

In reply to Meredith Roark Childress. Funnily enough the desire has NEVER struck me. Maybe it's because I've been a writer for more than 40 years now, but when I travel, I like to take time OFF. I do enjoy reading travel writing, however, and I've read some MFK Fisher before, but not that one. Thanks for recommending it!

By: Meredith Roark Childress

Meredith Roark Childress — Mon, 19 Dec 2016 15:45:00 +0000

It sounds like fun to write about a trip, and I would probably do a lot of rambling on foot and on paper. I have a Time-Life book titled “The Cooking of Provincial France” written by M.F.K. Fisher, in which she writes about her travels through areas of France. It’s a fascinating read because it takes it the actual experience of the travel as well as the food.