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interviews & new releases

Writers Abroad Radio Show 22 with Nick Snelling, expat laptop entrepreneur and writer

Fascinating, informative, inspiring interview with Nick Snelling of the highly successful blog www.culturespain.com about how he makes a living writing while living abroad in Spain with his family. Nick is the author of four books – Taking the Heat, How to Sell Your Spanish Property in a Crisis, How to Buy Spanish Property and Move to Spain – Safely and his next book, for November release – Laptop Entrepreneur. Nick’s next book shares how anyone can get to grips with the internet and can create a lucrative career from home anywhere in the world. This interview is crammed with tips and takeaways. Don’t miss [...]

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interviews & new releases

Writers Abroad radio show 13 - Kath Smith of Parents on the Move and Beyond Broken Families

Kathleen is an example of someone who has taken her 30 years of personal and professional experience and turned that into two useful, engaging and deeply inspiring books. With the backing of Destiny Image, a huge Christian publisher, Kath went on to write a startling book, Parents on the Move and later, Beyond Broken [...]

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events

Why writers should go to conferences

I 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 [...]

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books

Author to author - meet Tina Quick, author of The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition

I met Tina at the fabulous Families in Global Transition conference a few years ago. Then two years back she hired me to help her to tighten up and publish her book. The Global Nomad’s Guide to University Transition is much needed. I know because I have a global nomad child of my own, who has lived in five countries and headed ‘home’ to university in London this year. My son, Sam, wished he’d had this book before he left. Now those who follow in his footsteps, and their parents, can begin to understand the unique transition that takes place when a TCK (Third Culture Kid) goes to uni.

Here is my interview, yesterday, with Tina, whose book came out last [...]

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expatriate stuff

expat family conferences set for June 2009 in The Hague

I was delighted to finally get to meet Brandi McCollom last week. It seems she is set to be the new mover and shaker of the the expat world in the Netherlands and currently has the bit firmly between her teeth.

The 2009 Expat Family Support Services Survey & Conference Series is on its way!

The event, [...]

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about me

Last day to sign up to FIGT

Don’t miss the best expat conference in the world at Families in Global Transition. On from 5-7 March, you will see me there, giving a pre-conference workshop on Writing Life Story. As part of the program committee I know just who’s going to be on the program. Don’t miss some great keynotes and workshops. Today [...]

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