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 eventsIf you have been thinking about taking a course in how to write life story but wishing you lived in the Hague so you could attend my workshops, you will now be pleased to know that How to Write Your Life Stories is going to The Watermill at Posara, near Pisa, Italy, next October (2012). If you would like to learn how to add SPICE to your writing, how to write compelling prose about your experiences and discover how to write in complete stories, then this is the course for [...]  booksI 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 [...] interviews & new releasesInspired by three recent expat memoirs, by Alan Paul, Carolyn Vines and Niamh Ni Bhroin, this post reveals the five rules for writing memoirs with [...] interviews & new releasesAlan Paul, author of Big in China, describes his writing and publishing [...] interviews & new releasesJo Parfitt reviews Alan Paul’s expat memoir, Big in China and discovers that his story, as a male trailing spouse will resonate with every expat partner [...] inspirationThis 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 [...] inspirationToday, 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 [...] booksThere is no feeling in the world that can match the moment when, as a new author, you get to see the first box of your books opened. You take out the first copy and the rush of adrenalin, joy, emotion and excitement can knock you sideways. I experienced this myself, back in 1985, [...] inspirationThat’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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