One of the first things that I teach the students attending my book-writing workshops is that they need to have the authority to write about their chosen topic. I say they need to have ‘been there, done that and got the [...]
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 expatriate stuffWhen I was a kid I wanted to be a writer ‘when I grew up’. But Miss Butler, my careers’ advisor (who was actually the biology teacher), told me that writing was not a real career, so I shelved my dreams. I was lucky. It took me less than 10 years to get back on [...] booksA book review is worth gold, wherever it appears, even if it only gets in front of a handful of people. Because the moment someone places a review, even if only one other person reads it and is tempted to buy the book, that makes one more sale and compensates for the cost of that one you ‘gave away’. [...] bookshow a successful writer nurtures young writing talent by judging competitions and mentoring teenagers to build a [...] about meOne of the best ways to get publicity for yourself, your product and your book (and yes you need this way before it is finished and sent to press) is to get media coverage. A good piece of editorial can go a long way and when you consider how many people view that website, listen to that radio station, buy that paper/magazine or borrow it from the library the exposure one little article can get you is [...] expatriate stuffPhew! it seems that companies are behind the hard work of the Permits Foundation, after all. This organisation works hard to get governments to offer spouses work visas, and late last year decided it was time to check whether their tireless lobbying still matters. It seems it does. If you care about the way expat spouses [...] expatriate stuffI was delighted to meet two of the Tempo Team employees a couple of weeks ago. For, despite offering to brainstorm with many other recruitment agencies over the years, with a view to finding a solution to the dual career issue, they were the first, ever, to take me up on it. On November 3rd at [...] booksLjiljana came to my party last week and has agree to let me post her comment here. I think it has some useful lessons for those of us who fear networking .. I was about to give up. I was thinking about writing an email saying that I was sorry but I couldn’t make it and [...] |
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