We all wrote about the importance of branding and my own piece details the seven ways you can write your way to stardom and [...]
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 booksSelf-confidence as a writer can be hard won. It can take a pile of published (and paid for) pieces and a mountain of good reviews and thank you letters before we truly start to believe in our writing ability. As a journalist and writer of non-fiction I have that paper proof and with it confidence in my ability. [...] booksThis week I spoke to Laura Pauley, who at just 24 year’s old has published her diary account of her pregnancy with Summer Ruby despite being a single mother. Below, you will find my interview with her about how she wrote and chose to publish her book. JP Please tell me about yourself. LP I am 24-years-old and live [...] eventsWriting from the heart may make you want to wear dark glasses at the keyboard, but using your authentic voice is [...] booksIt’s been a busy few weeks. Not only has my client, Simone Costa Eriksson’s book Moving Abroad been released but Natalie Tollenaere’s book The Art of Possibilities/L’art des Possibles has been published – in TWO languages. This is a first for me, to publish two versions at the same time. And it was a joy [...] booksEveryone knows that if you plan to write a book yourself you need to check out the competition. You need to read books like the one you are going to write to find out what works and what doesn’t, to get ideas and be motivated by the fact that if someone else can do it [...] about meI may be a writer but I have never considered myself to be an artist. In fact my drawing skills are appalling and I can’t even make my handwriting stick to the lines on a page. At school, my art teacher actually told me that in no way was I to study the subject. Yet, [...] about meThis post also appears as part of The Inspirer, my monthly newsletter, that you can sign up for at my website www.joparfitt.com. Go the extra mile My inspiration for this month’s article only came to me a few hours ago when I received an email from an ex-student of mine, Amanda van Mulligen. Amanda had got in [...] about meI am still reeling. Five minutes ago, a one-time student of mine, Amanda van Mulligen, sent me a link to an article she had written, entitled A World of Inspiration. In her accompanying email she intimated that I was featured in this as I had had a part to play. Well, this is it, you [...] about meYears ago I discovered the work of American, Sheila Bender. Sheila wrote two of my favourite ever books to inspire writers: Writing in a New Convertible with the Top Down and Keeping a Journal You Love. Recently, I found Sheila online at her website Writing it Real and got in touch. I was delighted to [...] |
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