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Writers Abroad radio show 26 - Foreign Flavours anthology

I spoke to Angela Williams, who writes as Susan Carey not only about the Writers Abroad online writers’ circle to which she belongs, but also about their newest anthology of fine writings, called Foreign Flavours. The organisation provides support and inspiration for a group of writers all over the world and this is their second anthology, published by [...]

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Writing Business Bits - bits of wisdom from Linda Janssen

Your blog is your base: have one and use it. It is your connection to the outside world. Whether you are self-published, published by a smaller niche publishing house or by one of the (ever weakening) ‘giants’, you need a presence online. People want to feel that they know, like and trust you. [...]

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Inspired by the littlest things

Anyone who ever claimed that they needed to ‘get in the right mood’, have the perfect pen, take a week off or create exactly the right spot in which to sit and be inspired is simply [...]

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Could you have a career as a writer?

When Erika Orban, editor of Hingarian multilingual magazine, Alkotonok, asked me to share my writing journey, I was happy to do so.

Do you think you’d like a career as a freelance writer too? If so, please read on and discover my five tips to get you [...]

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Authors – get interviewed! Here’s mine with ExpatWomen

Authors need to get publicity and lots of it, every which way, all the time. So, when Andrea Martins of ExpatWomen.com asked if she could interview me about my new online program, called Definite Articles: how to write and sell winning articles based on your overseas experience I jumped at the chance. As the program [...]

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Another big hurrah for DIY publishers

Is this the end of traditional publishing? Seth Godin has gone digital. Joanna Penn explains in her 3 minute [...]

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Write Your Life Stories home study goes on sale at last - first 50 get free feedback AND 30% discount

Jo Parfitt’s Write Your Life Stories home study program goes on [...]

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