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Writers Abroad Radio Show 35 - Matt Krause on Kindle, insights and storytelling

Writers Abroad Radio Show 35 – Matt Krause on Kindle, insights and [...]

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Writers Abroad radio show 31 - Jack Scott, author of Perking the Pansies

Jack Scott recently published his memoir, Perking the Pansies – Jack and Liam move to Turkey. In this candid interview he talks about how the book began as a blog after he and his partner, Liam, expatriated, and the methods he used to grow a blog that began seeing 5,000 hits a month and that has now increased to 13-18,000 a month. We discuss issues such as how he feels about baring his soul to the world, narcissism and why he chose to write, from the outset, under a pseudonym. This lively interview will interest anyone thinking of writing a memoir and will show how to use the power of social media and the blogosphere to achieve [...]

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Want to write a book about your life?

It’s always cool to be invited to guest post on other sites, so when I was asked to contribute to HSBC’s Expat Explorer blog I jumped at the chance.

Here is my post for you.

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30 moving memoirs to read and be inspired by

I am a strong believer that no one can hope to write something without first reading lots of similar books. Teaching expats how to write about their lives overseas I tend to focus on reading other memoirs about people living abroad. Books such [...]

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Author to Author - meet Peggy Sijswerda of Still Life With Sierra

Professional writer’s travel memoir of family’s return to happiness after the death of their daughter from drowning. sound advice from an [...]

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Loving when a plan comes together

How being persistent and joining the dots can help you become a successful writer. Jo Parfitt shares some success stories of her own and writers, Linda Janssen and Niamh Ni Bhroin, to inspire you to reach for your [...]

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So, how do you write a memoir?

Inspired by three recent expat memoirs, by Alan Paul, Carolyn Vines and Niamh Ni Bhroin, this post reveals the five rules for writing memoirs with [...]

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How long does it take . . . to get your book written and published? Alan Paul explains . . .

Alan Paul, author of Big in China, describes his writing and publishing [...]

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Adding SPICE to your writing

This morning I wandered through the winding alleyways of Dubai’s spice souk. It has been here for years, but now that the city has become a tourist magnet, some things have changed for the better, others [...]

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How not to write your life story

That’s why I wrote this, the first in a series of posts on writing life story, for the wonderful writer (and editor of one of my favourite books, Tales From the Expat Harem) Anastasia Ashman over at Expat Harem. It’s called How Not to Write Your Life [...]

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