HeyJaredJill Robbins
I'm a freelance travel and lifestyle writer living in San Antonio, Texas, with my husband, two teenagers, and two very spoiled Bengal cats. Enneagram 7w6, extroverted introvert, cheese is a food group.
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Connections and timing and other things I’m thinking about right now (opens the original)
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Happy Monday, friends. Good morning, good evening, Guten Tag, or whatever the thing they say in whatever time zone you’re currently occupying.I’ve been thinking a lot lately about connections and timing — two things that can have a surprisingly big impact on freelance life. Sometimes knowing the right person leads somewhere years later. Sometimes the timing is right and a simple follow-up turns into an assignment. And sometimes you send something into the void and have absolutely no idea what ha
8 Things I Know About Travel Now That I Wish I’d Known 10 Years Ago (opens the original)
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Happy new week!If you’re new, welcome, welcome. I’m glad you’re here. I’ve been writing professionally about travel and travel-adjacent topics for about a dozen, but I’ve been traveling long before I started writing about it. I’ve traveled solo, with my husband, with my kids and grandchildren at various ages and stages, and with groups ranging from press trips to regular travelers. I’ve approached travel from a lot of angles.T
This Press Trip Was So Bad I Deleted and Blocked the Publicist (opens the original)
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I should start by saying that the destination wasn’t the problem. Costa Navarino in Greece is a collection of high-end resorts and experiences in the Messinia region, about a three-ish-hour drive from Athens, and my 2024 trip there was, from a logistical standpoint, exceptionally smooth. The hosts were generous, the activities ran on time, the resorts were lovely, and I thought the destination itself was splendid. I’d go back in a heartbeat. The problem was the disconnect between what I understo
August Pitching By the Numbers (opens the original)
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It’s a new month 🐰🐰, and that means it’s time for another pitch recap. Around the first of every month, I give you a rundown of my pitches, acceptances and assignments. This serves as an accountability tool for me (see also: it forces me to keep helpful records), a little transparency for other writers (I like getting a peek behind the curtain to see how other freelancers are working, too) and a window into this part of my job for my publicist subscribers.<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-
Why it pays to say yes to “Can we grab coffee?” (opens the original)
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I skipped last week’s Substack. If you’re new here, I usually send an update every Monday, but I was traveling and, for once, doing minimal work while I was doing it.<img alt="" class="sizing-normal" height="969" src="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch
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