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 about meGlobal writer and journalist, Renata Harper, interviews me about the agony and the ecstasy of writing my upcoming novel, Sunshine Soup. I talk about how long it took, how I took a risk, how hard it was to write and how I coped not only with the knockbacks but that well-known moment, when you can see the finish line, and suddenly think that every word you wrote was utter rubbish. See, I’m normal, just like everyone [...]  about meI always knew words had the power to do many things, from healing and sharing to changing lives, but I never realised they could create a character who really could [...] about meIn yesterday’s blog post on the wisdom of Stephen Fry, I shared with you the phenomenal insights this master of erudition has on writing. It was as if he was speaking directly to me. At the point when he said ‘writing is difficult’ the penny [...] books
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 [...] eventsI 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 [...] about meWhen Erika Orban, editor of Hingarian multilingual magazine, Alkotonok, asked me to share my writing journey, I was happy to do so. Do you think you’d like a career as a freelance writer too? If so, please read on and discover my five tips to get you [...] about meMy last post, the Big Ask, mentioned how giving is the first rule of networking and how asking is the second. The post focused on what to ask for. With Christmas around the corner thoughts turn more easily to giving than to receiving and to asking, of course, so I thought I would share with you [...] about meAuthors need to get publicity and lots of it, every which way, all the time. So, when Andrea Martins of ExpatWomen.com asked if she could interview me about my new online program, called Definite Articles: how to write and sell winning articles based on your overseas experience I jumped at the chance. As the program [...] about meBurj Khalifa I sit here writing this in my pyjamas. It is three in the afternoon and today I have decided that I am simply not going to ‘get up’. I cannot summon up the energy. My legs are like lead and my head is throbbing. I dread the DHL man coming with a parcel [...] booksI 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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