As my body of work - especially in terms of non-fiction books - has grown over the past decade, I've been building up massive stores of content, from thousands of photos and slides to thousands of pages of research. I've always done a little promotion of my work online, but it wasn't until I attended the Society of American Travel Writers Institute for Guidebook Writing in 2007 that I became inspired to start created websites based around my areas of research to promote my books. My inspiration? Lee Foster, the first person to truly take advantage of the web for book and article promotion back in the days when CompuServe and AOL ruled the roost. The result? These websites. Take a look!
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About Sinkholes! |
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 www.aboutsinkholes.comSinkholes, geological features that encompass springs, caves, ponds, lakes, unusual hills, and much more, are covered in depth at About Sinkholes!, drawing on content from my book Sinkholes. |
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Candid Travels |
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 www.candidtravels.comExperience travel through the eyes of a traveler: settle back and watch the world go by at Candid Travels, my collection of image galleries. Link to the Florida Hikes! images, or place an order for a print, poster, or postcard. Content providers: licensed images available. |
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Florida Hikes! |
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 www.floridahikes.comFlorida Hikes! is my award-winning site on Florida hiking. Find out where to hike, how to hike, why to hike, and more! Print hike details, find maps to trailheads, join an interactive forum, read periodic magazines, watch videos, and a listen to my podcast from Florida’s trails. |
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Florida Hikes! blog |
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Friend Travels |
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 In words, rather than pictures, Friend Travels presents journeys throughout the world drawn from my archives of travel articles, a decade’s worth of journeys across America and the globe. |
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Genuine Florida |
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 www.genuineflorida.comSearch beyond the interstates, the strip malls and shopping centers, the theme parks and condo clusters, and you'll find a Florida that hasn't changed in generations. You’ll find it here, drawn from research by myself and my husband, Florida native Rob Smith, Jr. |
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