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interviews & new releases

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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interviews & new releases

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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inspiration

How one expat blog led to a column with the WSJ and then a published book!

Today, I am delighted to welcome Alan Paul to my blog as a guest blogger.

I am always telling my students that if they want to be taken seriously as a writer they need to blog. Alan’s story says it [...]

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books

Author to Author interview with Carolyn Vines of black and (A)broad

In black and (A)broad: traveling beyond the limitations of identity Carolyn writes about how traveling and living abroad have transformed her identity as a black American woman. It is through the pages of this beautifully written memoir that I have come to understand more about the identity of a black American woman than ever before and how that is further impacted by moving overseas as what is sometimes called a love [...]

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expatriate stuff

ten tips for expats who want to write life story

If you live abroad and are thinking of writing your life story, these ten tips I wrote for Moldova.org could be just what you need.

To read the full article, click here.

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