 events By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on April 5th, 2012
“Home is where you do not have to explain yourself.”
Thank you Eva for reminding me and reminding everyone in the auditorium of a fundamental truth. You see, this is why I attend FIGT and why I attend the WIN conference too, and why I return to international conferences time and again. I don’t simply ‘belong’ there, neither do I have to explain who I am or what matters to me. Spending time in a place where I can just ‘be’ is both stimulating and stress free. Socialising with a group of Swiss, Australian, Korean, Singaporean, Indian, Belgian and many other nationalities every day is bliss. At places like FIGT, I swear I am a few inches [...]
about me By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on March 22nd, 2012
As you know, in September, I am running a residential life story writing course at a picturesque watermill in Tuscany. Over at The Watermill, they asked me to produce a blog for them on writing, and, being a lover of the Ten Tips type of piece, I produced [...]
events By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on November 4th, 2011
It’s a brilliant opportunity by the way to follow the entire How To Write Your Life Story program in a beautiful environment and with lovely food. Thanks to Lois and Bill, who run The Watermill at Posara for inviting [...]
events By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on October 13th, 2011
Nancy told us how studies were done in which trainee medical doctors were also taught history of art alongside their other work, and how doing so made their diagnoses more accurate. Why? Because they had learned to pay [...]
events By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 2nd, 2011
If you have been thinking about taking a course in how to write life story but wishing you lived in the Hague so you could attend my workshops, you will now be pleased to know that How to Write Your Life Stories is going to The Watermill at Posara, near Pisa, Italy, next October (2012).
If you would like to learn how to add SPICE to your writing, how to write compelling prose about your experiences and discover how to write in complete stories, then this is the course for [...]
events By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 1st, 2011
I use networking to meet people who might hire me, buy my books or ask me to publish them, one day. I also use networking to meet people who may never hire me nor care two hoots about what I write but who like me and trust me and may refer me to their friends. Regardless of which type of person I hope to add to my network, it is fundamental that they know what I [...]
events By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on August 23rd, 2011
Come to celebrate the launch of Sunshine Soup, Jo Parfitt’s first novel in the Hague on 1st October 2011 and ask six recently published, local authors, how they achieved their publishing [...]
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on May 25th, 2011
David Beckett is a marketing man who had a great idea for a book that was perfect for the place in which he was living (Amsterdam) a little over a year ago. Last night I had the pleasure of attending the book launch. David attended my How to Write and Publish a Book seminar at [...]
events By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on March 20th, 2011
I write this on the train from Washington DC, to New York, looking over the wide expanse of water in The Chesapeake and thinking back over the amazing week I have just spent in an hotel overlooking Capitol Hill.
But I didn’t go to Washington for sightseeing. I didn’t go for the view. I went because [...]
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 14th, 2010
I am a lazy writer. There I said it. In fact, one of the reasons I made a career out of writing was because I could get away with what I call researchless writing. I admit that I write about what I know and where I’ve been and what I’ve done because it meant I did not have to do much extra research before I had a passable article or book written. Sure, I would speak to some experts and interview a few people to case study, but by and large I could write from personal [...]
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