Latin America E-Book Project Contributors

I’m a big believer in the saying: “‘Yes’ comes right away. ‘No’ never comes.” Perhaps it has proven itself once again after I sent my first burst of e-mail queries to e-book contributors.

Fortunately, plenty of talented Latin America loving scribes have signed onto the project. (You won’t believe who you’ll be working with–more on that later).

For those who haven’t responded to my query (or have turned me down): this here train is leaving the station and you will rue the day you let this free e-book opportunity of the century pass you by.

Here’s a quick recap:

The working title of the e-book I’m aiming to publish this year is Celebrating Latin America at Ground Level.

The idea is to is to have expats or regular travelers to Latin America write about the region’s pleasures and endless contradictions. Each writer will contribute a short personal essay (300 words) about a special aspect of Latin America and what it means to them.

Here is the all-star cast of bloggers who have signed on to the project:

Carlo Alcos – Creator of the new website Vagabonderz and contributing editor for Matador travel. Carlo has written some compelling posts about his time spent in Cuba.

Vicky Baker – Going Local Travel A freelance travel journalist, Vicky’s blog is inspired by a weekly column in the Guardian, which is based on her travel-networking experiment across Central and South America called Going Local.

Tracy Barnett- Roads Less Traveled and the Esperanza Project. An environmental writer, a travel writer and a lover of the Latin American people, Tracy is traveling from Mexico to Patagonia, documenting the work of creative sustainability projects throughout the Americas and teaching multimedia and social media skills to the activists she meets.

Genny Ross-Barons Roatan Vortex. Genny, a Canadian expat writes about her life in Roatan, Honduras.

Ben Box. Editor of The South American Handbook –one of the oldest and most renowned travel guides for South America.

Cathy Brown is the editor and frequent writer of the excellent Expat Daily News Central America and Expat Daily News South America blogs.

Cancun Canuck – A Canadian in Cancun, Kelly chronicles her life and times with her family south of the border.

Mark Chesnut - Mark is a writer and photographer who oversees the website and blog content for Latin Flyer.

Julie Schwietert Collazo – As managing editor of Matador Travel, Julie is a major player in the travel blogging community. Besides blogging about Latin America-related topics, Julie dispenses down-to-earth travel writing advice on her blog Cuaderno Inedito.

Mark Frances Creator of the Guate Living blog–probably the best Guatemala blog out there.

Nicholas Gill.  A first class writer and foodie, Nicholas writes the consistently good New World Review.

Jill Greenberg. Writer of the First World White Girl blog, Jill is a professional freelance writer based in Buenos Aires who used to live in Washington DC.

Jim Johnston – Author of the acclaimed book and blog Mexico City: An Opinionated Guide.

Jessie Kwak - Creator of the Unpaved South America blog, Jessie focuses most of her efforts on Peru.

David Lee - Founder of the Medellin Living blog, David just moved back to Colombia after following in love with the country during a trip around the world.

David Miller – Patagonia-based senior editor with Matador travel, David also maintains his own Operating on Stoke blog. He’s been instrumental in fleshing out the basic framework of this project.

Katie Alley – The woman behind the Argentina-based Sea Shells and Sunflowers blog.

Lauren Quinn – Shares her experiences and compelling stories on the Lonely Girl Travels. One of Lauren’s posts was recognized as among the best in travel writing at the 2010 Travel Blog Exchange in New York City.

Leigh Shulman – Blogs on the Future is Red about art, travel and all that inspires her. Leigh is also an editor at Matador.

Eileen Smith – An exBrooklynite who’s been living in Santiago, Chile for the past six years. She contributes to a variety of online magazines and travel sites including MatadorNetwork, Bootsnall and Nileguide, where she is the Santiago expert. She writes about, translates and photographs anything that will stand still (or not). Her terrific, quirky blog is Bearshapedsphere.

Margaret Snook – Author of the Cachandochile blog Margaret, does a nice job of explaining Chile to outsiders.

Abby Tegnelia – Creator of the Costa Rica-based Jungle Princess blog, Abby trades in celebrity gossip and freelance writes for more than 20 magazines world-wide.

Nora Walsh – One of the earliest supporters of Travelojos, Nora has traveled throughout Latin America and has written for travel magazines. She did a terrific series of posts on Travelojos this year about her trip to Guatemala.

Holly Elizabeth Worton – This spunky Buenos Aires-based entrepreneur helps hotels and spas become greener. Find out more about her at EcoHotelology.

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