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 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 [...] articlesSince July I have been actively contacting a whole host of online publications to see if they would like articles from me. I have been writing many every month as a result and it has made a massive difference to my business, with booksales and enquiries increasing daily. Today, I had a piece published in Maastricht’s [...] interviews & new releasesEarlier this week I blogged about how the value of being interviewed and explained how authors could produce and use a DIY interview. Well, you may be relieved to know that I don’t always have to cheat at being interviewed. I get lots of genuine requests too. In fact, only today I received in invitation [...] booksI am a lazy writer. There I said it. In fact, one of the reasons I made a career out of writing was because I could get away with what I call researchless writing. I admit that I write about what I know and where I’ve been and what I’ve done because it meant I did not have to do much extra research before I had a passable article or book written. Sure, I would speak to some experts and interview a few people to case study, but by and large I could write from personal [...] booksIt’s not often that a piece of writing strikes me as exceptional. But when I do I always mark it the text I am reading and commit the crime of folding over the corner of the page. A piece of writing has to be particularly fine if I then go the length of carrying the book with me to read out to people (anyone who will listen actually) and off the scale if I take the final step and type it up to circulate to those outside my immediate reach. Well, that is what happened with half a page of text in Michael Wright’s C’est La Folie. [...] booksAustralian Fiona Caulfield is an expat writer, author and publisher in another league. With years of experience in corporate branding behind her, the advice generously shared here will inspire and inform any who share her big big [...] booksI love to interview other expat authors, like me. People who have made their dream to write about their life overseas into a reality. Cathy Dobson is one of those authors. In 2008 she wrote and published Planet Germany, based on her blog of the same [...] inspirationI came across the work of Absolute Write a while back, and was delighted to be invited to guest post for them this week. Here is my piece outlining the five rules for life story. I hope you enjoy it. booksSome folks say that if you want to write a book based on your experience, expertise or knowledge you just need to put fingers to keyboard and start writing, right? Noooo. I think we can all benefit from a little preparation. Also, I think that it is too easy to think about our ideas and let them whirl round and round our brains without putting those random thoughts into any kind of [...] |
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