Writer's Guidelines

Content – We're looking for articles related to traveling with an RV. This means that pretty much anything involving an RV, or an activity that can be done from an RV is open. Our principal focus is producing stories about the places people visit using their RVs. We also want good quality stories about subjects related to the care and upkeep of RVs and associated equipment.

We expect our authors to write well focused and professional articles, but keep in mind that we prefer a casual and easy writing style. Simply put, we want people to have fun reading your articles, and the easiest way to ensure that is to have fun writing it in the beginning. This doesn't mean that we expect colloquialisms and jokes. Your work may be read by folks who's first language isn't English. They may not understand some of our words and phrases that are based on our culture, so stay away from phrases like, “ It was a question of the chicken or the egg,” or “I don't have a dog in that fight.”

We also require, in most cases, lots of photographs. One primary advantage to having an online magazine is the ability to publish many pictures with each article. We even add photos to our gallery for future reference.

Please try to NOT write in the first person. This is not an absolute rule, but try to avoid this practice. It gives the feeling of being a "journal", or "blog." This magazine is neither of these, and avoiding first person writing will help to avoid any confusion. Also, in writing for us, remember that the story is about the place or thing you're writing about.

At the beginning of each publishing year, we will have a list of stories we want for each month's issue. For people who become frequent contributors, we will make this list available. Of course, we are very flexible, and if someone submits an article that has merit, we will consider revising our publishing plan to accommodate that information. Being online only, we also have the flexibility to run more articles than our original plan if the content warrents.

How to submit articles – There are two ways to submit articles. The first is to simply write one and send it in. The second is to write up a proposal first. In either case, the process is the same.

We will accept articles in pretty much any form you can get to us, so long as it's electronic. What that means is, we aren't your typist, and we don't have the time to re-type your work. We prefer email as the principal form of communication. We'll accept nearly any word processing format, except PDF files. To send a submission via email, contact us in advance and we'll give you an email address to use. The "contact" form on this site is set up to not allow attachments because we would rather not receive attachments unless we're expecting them.

We also prefer that you include photographs that are “web ready.” If we decide to publish your work, we will ask for higher resolution photos at that time, and provide you with a place to send them electronically. We use PhotoShop, so we can accept any format of picture, but prefer .JPG.

If you don't know how to make photos “web ready,” don't despair. Simply contact us and we'll either walk you through it, or find an alternative way to get your photos transferred. The problem we're trying to avoid is receiving dozens of unsolicited photographs that are full resolution, clogging up our email. There are many ways to get photographs transferred to us, and we'll certainly work with you. The important thing to remember is that we want your stories illustrated. We'll help you figure out how.

Payment – Payment is very simple. At the present time, there isn't any money available to pay authors. If you want to submit articles, you're doing it for the fun of seeing your name in print. Later, when we begin to derive income from this magazine, we'll begin paying authors for their efforts. The amount of pay will be based on the number of words we publish, and the size of our income. All of our income from this magazine will be from advertising and product sales. The more visitors we receive (circulation), the more income we'll experience, and the more money we'll have to divide with our authors.

Ownership – We expect that anyone who submits an article has the legal authority to do so. In other words, we expect that any article you submit is actually owned by you, and you have not signed away the right to use it. We do not require “first” rights, meaning that any article that has been previously published is still acceptable, but we expect that you have the legal right to make it available for us to publish.

We also expect that you actually have the authority to allow us to publish your photographs. This means that you either took the photograph yourself, or you have the permission of the person who did to publish it in our magazine. We also expect you to have model and property releases when necessary. Our research indicates that in most cases with our particular kind of publication, a model release isn't necessary, so if we need one, we'll ask. Our practice is that, even when a model or property release isn't necessary, we obtain them as a matter of courtesy to the subject and his or her property. The last thing we want is for someone to be annoyed or insulted by having a camera in their face when they don't want it.