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Putting the pieces together - the suitcase years finally have a purpose

The work began to flow. People did bang on my door, asking to work with me. Hundreds of people. I began to expand my service in two directions – upwards, towards publishing and downwards, towards finding their voice and their story – and again I watched my business grow.

Clearly, I had been flogging a dead horse when I had been down the career route, then. Or had [...]

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expatriate stuff

Six top tips for wannabe expat writers

Tiffany Jansen, American in Holland and blogger at Clogs and Tulips, recently asked me to guestpost about both of my specialisms – how to create a portable career as an expat writer. I was delighted to oblige, and in doing so I compiled a list of six top tips for wannabe expat [...]

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books

The brilliance of book reviews

A book review is worth gold, wherever it appears, even if it only gets in front of a handful of people. Because the moment someone places a review, even if only one other person reads it and is tempted to buy the book, that makes one more sale and compensates for the cost of that one you ‘gave away’. [...]

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Authors – speak up and be interviewed

One of the best ways to get publicity for yourself, your product and your book (and yes you need this way before it is finished and sent to press) is to get media coverage. A good piece of editorial can go a long way and when you consider how many people view that website, listen to that radio station, buy that paper/magazine or borrow it from the library the exposure one little article can get you is [...]

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