January 2023 Newsletter
Hola desde Mexico where I’ve just returned from two weeks stateside. More on my travels in the last section of the newsletter!
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I’m still figuring out how to work while grieving. I have a lot of February deadlines and am starting to power through. In January, I wrote one article. I sent 14 pitches this month—two were commissioned, one is being considered, four were rejected, and seven are pending a response.
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Sustainable tourism in Torres del Paine, Patagonia, Chile
Internal condoms
Slovenia wines
Sustainable banking and investing
Vegan video content creators
I spent the first two weeks of January in Mexico. For the last two weeks of January I was stateside and went on my first press trip of the year to Mesa, AZ which was fabulous. I stopped over for a long weekend in Kansas City to see friends and then spent about a week in NYC for IMM.
The TravMedia conference is something I look forward to year round as I rarely have the chance to meet publicist, writers, and editors IRL. It was great to catch up with travel media friends. It was wonderful to spend time with my NYC friends—I’m so grateful we’re still close after eight years! February is taking me back to Africa to two new-to-me countries. I’ll tell you about it next month!