Join us for a free-to-members joint ASMP/BATW event for photographers and writers: Smartphones and the Future of Photo Publishing Tuesday, April 13, 7 – 9 p.m. Social hour begins at 6 p.m. If you thought the personal computer revolution of the 1980s and the Internet revolution of the 1990s were...

Thanks to both Antoinette May and Laurie McAndish King for sending this information: The fifth annual Gold Rush Writers Conference will be held April 30, May 1 and 2 in picturesque Mokelumne Hill, the Sierra town that time forgot.

BATW member Donna Peck wrote “Working on the Road: Myth vs. Reality” about BATW member Erin Van Rheenen.  It was featured in February on Plugin.com, an online magazine for creative professionals. – - – - – - – - – - Erin Van Rheenen at book-signing in San...

Here’s information on an American Society of Media Photographers (ASMP) event that could be of interest to both photographers and writers:

Many thanks to Sheila O’Connor for sending this helpful information: Here’s some info on a reprint market:  2camels at www.2camels.com is a website that highlights a wide range of events and festivals from around the world with an extensive arrange of articles and snippets. Editor is Paul...

The deadline for submissions for the April BATW ezine/newsletter/website update is March 23.  (If you can possibly get them in sooner this month, that would be appreciated.  Thank you.)

Many thanks to Jay Gordon for sharing this information from Google about search engine optimization (SEO) for websites.  Jay says: Those with websites who want to be sure they are easily found by Google and other search engines may find this document helpful. It is Google’s own guide to Search...

Thanks to Sandy Sims, who sent along a link to “Top 10 Green Thingamablogs” because she thought the information on the site would be both interesting and helpful with story research.  The site says,: “Check out these Top 10 Green Energy blogs to learn what’s new in green innovations....

Thanks go to Sheila O’Connor, who forwards more very cool links for information: A database of news stories can be found at: http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday and can be searched by specific date, and the Earth Calendar at www.earthcalendar.net/index.php lists holidays and celebration days...

[Editor's note: I attended a different National Geographic Traveler photography workshop, and it was excellent.  -- April Orcutt.] National Geographic Traveler is offering a photography seminar called “The Versatile Travel Photographer” with Ralph Lee Hopkins and Bob Krist in San Francisco...