David Hochman writes every day.
He writes about people loved by millions and others only a mother could love. He has spent quality time with rock stars, Oscar winners, eccentric billionaires, chefs, space nerds, supermodels and the last surviving speaker of the Gaagudju language. He is frequently sent to far-off locations so beautiful they make you want to hug someone. He has written a children’s book.
Read and subscribe to his “Letter from L,A.” blog for Forbes here.
David runs a community for professional writers and editors called UPOD.
At UPOD Academy, he trains writers to become freelance superheroes. Since 2011, his writing students have sold more than 100 articles as a direct result of Upod Academy. Take a look or sign up for a class.
The New York Times / L.A.’s Gangsta Johnny Appleseed
O: The Oprah Magazine / The Science and Magic of Awe
Los Angeles Magazine /L.A.’s Secret Beef Restaurant (pdf)
Salon / I Ruined The Family Vacation
Forbes / Visiting the “vanishing” tribes of Ethiopia’s remote Omo Valley
Virtuoso Life / An unforgettable night at a Copenhagen hole-in-the-wall called Noma
Reader’s Digest / The agony and the ecstasy: My week at band camp (pdf)
The New York Times / The smartest people on Twitter. All in one Brooklyn loft.
The New York Times / Cake Wrecks and Other Frosting Disasters
Forbes / Wolfgang Puck challenges me to “work the line” at Spago
Southwest Airlines Magazine / Our month of “Slow” living
Playboy/ A Rollicking Conversation With Cornel West (pdf)
Esquire / Alexander Payne: the Scorsese of Omaha
Virtuoso Life / Meeting the chocolate masters of Paris (Paris Chocolate pdf)
Southwest Airlines Magazine / The wonders, weirdness and wisdom of TED (pdf)
Town + Country / Oh, Let’s Just Ditch It All and Go to Bora Bora
Town + Country / Searching for the Perfect Moqueca on the Coast of Brazil
The New York Times / Stuffing myself to the gills with that guy from Chowhound
Good Housekeeping / Gwyneth Paltrow lets her guard down
Travel + Leisure / The strangest place I ever visited in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean
The New York Times / Huhu grubs and other delights at New Zealand’s freakiest food fest
Details / Are You Raising a Little Douchebag?
Parade / Me & what’s his name from Mad Men
The New York Times / Driving the longest, remotest, dustiest road in Australia
AARP Magazine / Diane Keaton certainly doesn’t waste time on small talk
Travel + Leisure / The strange tale of Mighty Mike Austin and the 515-yard golf drive
Food + Wine / Opening a really, really expensive bottle of wine with Ann Colgin
Virtuoso Life / My son teaches me to ride an elephant in remotest Thailand
Men’s Health / Jedi Wisdom from a Man Who Knows from Jedi Wisdom
Women’s Health / Why my brain acts so differently than my wife’s brain
Playboy / I ask Deepak Chopra about the meaning of life. He gives it to me (pdf)
Playboy / Justin Timberlake shares his secrets for rocking a crowd of 50,000 (pdf)
Reader’s Digest / The Hochman family’s bold no-spending experiment
Reader’s Digest / The Reclusive Couple Behind Snopes.com
Reader’s Digest / My Month of Extreme Gratitude (Thanks for reading)
National Geographic Adventure / Getting Buried Alive with “Avalanche Man”
Entertainment Weekly / On the set of the original Survivor in Borneo.
Forbes / The Planet’s Coolest Tree Houses.
Forbes / How to Make the World’s Best Cup of Coffee
TV Guide / Ever wonder about those attractive people you see on your television?
Tips: How to Be The Happiest Freelancer on Your Block
Rules: My Always-Say-Never Rules For Writing
Raves: Upod gets love from Freelancers Union
UPOD is an online community of writers, editors and freelancers from around the world. We support, inspire, inform, advise, amuse, offend and hire each other. Join the conversation on UPOD.
Upod Academy is where freelance writers go to become freelance superheroes. Since 2011, my students have sold more than 100 articles as a direct result of Upod Academy.* Click these links to read their work in Slate, The New York Times, Oprah’s magazine, Pacific Standard, Forbes, Men’s Journal, more New York Times, Lifehacker, Parade, Money, Tablet, Reader’s Digest, Prevention, Los Angeles Times, Entertainment Weekly, Forbes, Discover, InStyle, Wine Enthusiast, Angeleno, Babble, Los Angeles Confidential, LA Weekly, Glamour, Learn Vest, Skiing Magazine, Salon, The Rotarian, Slate’s Photo Blog, Salon, Fast Company, Dame, Ladies Home Journal, Tablet again, Virtuoso Life, Mom.me, Hemispheres, Southwest’s Spirit Magazine, BlogHer, Billboard, Salon, Rolling Stone, The Daily, Family Fun, The Santa Fe Reporter, Red Bulletin, Babble, Blurt, Salon, Bathesda Magazine, MadeMan, Relix, Family Getaways, Saveur, Runner’s World, Los Angeles Magazine, Yankee Magazine and More (and more and…).
*This doesn’t include the radio gigs, agents and book projects, editing assignments, and full-time writing jobs they’ve landed!
Read more and sign up for a workshop at UPOD Academy.
