Book trailers are THE way to get attention for your book. Jack Scott, author of Perking the Pansies, grabs you by the short and curlies with his… Hot off the press from Bodrum, [...]
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 booksI thought life was going to be wide open and free-to-be-redefined after I moved to another country. Turns out that’s not true at all. I was the same person in Turkey that I was in the US. It took a while for me to realize how cool that is. It means you can go anywhere in the world and not lose yourself. It also means you can redefine yourself at home just as well as [...] interviews & new releases. At the beginning I was a complete novice and fumbled around trying different ways to get the message out. I quickly learned that Facebook and Twitter were the big hitters for increasing an audience and for raising a blog’s SEO (search engine optimization). SEO is important because if your website doesn’t appear on the first few pages of a search result (and by this I mean Google as it’s the only one that matters) then it’s hardly worth being on the internet at all. Most other social networks are small fry, but I have found that Stumbleupon and Reddit also helpful to boost my readership from time to [...] eventsIt’s a brilliant opportunity by the way to follow the entire How To Write Your Life Story program in a beautiful environment and with lovely food. Thanks to Lois and Bill, who run The Watermill at Posara for inviting [...] booksKaren Greve Young and her mother, Vickie Zacheis Greve, collaborated on a memoir that they hoped would change lives. The story tells of Vickie’s battle with ovarian cancer, and of their relationship across the miles as Karen moves overseas and has her own battles to fight. Vickie died 7 years ago and this book is a tribute to her life. Listen to the interview to find out about the journey the book took, how the collaboration was effected and the steep technological learning curve Karen has experienced in getting the book into print and released to the [...] 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 [...] interviews & new releasesEarlier this year I had the pleasure of working with Karen Greve Young, who wanted me to help her turn the draft of a shared memoir, written with her mother, Vicki, while she was ill with ovarian cancer, into a published book. This book appealed to me because it is about so many things: mothers and daughters; the art of letter-writing; sustaining a relationship despite Karen’s moves abroad; that proceeds from the book go to charity; that ovarian cancer is a silent killer and awareness about this illness needs to be [...] interviews & new releasesIt is hard to be funny in real life and on the page. Debbie Fletcher, who wrote her hilarious memoir, Bitten by Spain, manages to do so though. Listen to my interview with her for my Writers Abroad radio show and just enjoy her frankness and her wit. [...] life storyIt’s always cool to be invited to guest post on other sites, so when I was asked to contribute to HSBC’s Expat Explorer blog I jumped at the chance. Here is my post for you. booksA little over a year ago, author, Niamh Ni Bhroin had scarcely begun writing her compelling memoir, The Singing Warrior. Today the book has become a business, an audio book, a music CD and a Kindle product and Niamh is helping others to spear their fears and realise their dreams. This is a story of hope, of survival and of profound change. Niamh shares the secrets of how she dared to bare her soul on the page here in this, my fourth show at The WIN [...] |
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