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Fun with Walt Disney, renew your BATW membership NOW, and a taste of what’s in store for our members in 2010. Of course, lots of good wishes for a healthy, contented, and adventuresome new year for you and peace to everyone around the world. ———— Important: Please remember to...

The results of the election for the new BATW Board of Directors are in, and we all say, “Welcome!” and “Thank you!” to both new and returning board members, who are (in alphabetical order):

February 20, 2010 BATW’s Travel Writing and Photography Awards Presentations at Book Passage in Corte Madera 9:30 a.m.-1 p.m. San Franccisco Bay Area Travel Writers and Photographers our small blue planet Earth At last the suspense will be over as BATW unveils the winners of 2010 BATW Travel...

BATW Members, here’s a message from Laurie McAndish King, 2009 BATW vice president: Dear BATW Members, It’s time to update your entry in the online directory, so the 2010 printed directory will contain current information. In case you need a reminder, here’s how to do it:

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Thanks to Sheila O’Connor for this tip she picked up from a U.K. writers’ newsletter: “The best times of the day to send email queries are one hour before lunch and one hour before quitting time according to an item in Bob Bly’s Direct Response Letter.  ‘People spend more...

David Page sends a link to tips on “How to Develop a Personal Brand as a Writer” by Kim Grant, author of 47 guidebooks, who writes, “Choose your weapons wisely.”

Thanks to Karen Misuraca for this contest information (with fabulous prizes): The Cancun CVB invites journalists to participate in the 2010 annual “International Journalism Awards“, which is open to all professionals and collaborators from the mass media (print, radio, TV, websites). The...