{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/63dd6d101c67ba0010103f78/6aeb69084e103f04ded40988?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Travel Writer Success Insider with Sharon K. Kurtz","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/63dd6d101c67ba0010103f78/1793812682525-c3e26ca2-95d8-4a19-8416-0c63e57347d1.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Travel writer and photographer Sharon K. Kurtz, host of Big Blend Radio’s &quot;Wander the World with Sharon&quot; Podcast, turns the microphone around in this conversation with Lisa D. Smith. Sharon shares how a midlife pivot became a travel-writing career, why she’s been to about 70 countries and still walks out the door with no plan, and her advice for new writers: write from your heart, don’t mimic anyone, and sleep on it before you submit.</p><p><br></p><p>Then it’s seven fun questions: her spirit animal, who she’d invite to a dream dinner party, what she’d never eat, and what she wants in the new Big Blend Media House. Along the way, Lisa gives a tour of the house, including the wine cellar, the travel mapping room, the speakeasy and the Cabinet of Curiosities.</p><p><br></p><p>LINKS:</p><p>- Read Sharon’s Success Insider Q&amp;A: <a href=\"https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/travel-writer-success-insider-sharon-k-kurtz\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/p/travel-writer-success-insider-sharon-k-kurtz</a> </p><p>- Explore more Wander the World with Sharon episodes:</p><p><a href=\"https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/wander-the-world-with-sharon\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.bigblendmediahouse.com/wander-the-world-with-sharon</a> </p><p>- Visit Sharon’s website:</p><p><a href=\"https://sharonkkurtz.com\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://sharonkkurtz.com</a> </p><p>- Check out the &quot;Wander the World with Sharon&quot; Digital Podcast Magazine: <a href=\"https://online.fliphtml5.com/yhwzg/gyoy/#p=1\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://online.fliphtml5.com/yhwzg/gyoy/#p=1</a> </p>","author_name":"Big Blend Radio"}