I 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 [...]
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 expatriate stuffWhen I was a kid I wanted to be a writer ‘when I grew up’. But Miss Butler, my careers’ advisor (who was actually the biology teacher), told me that writing was not a real career, so I shelved my dreams. I was lucky. It took me less than 10 years to get back on [...] inspirationI have always believed in giving things away. That’s why I give away two free reports to anyone dropping by my site – see the box there offering The Seven Secrets for Writing Life Stories and the other offering 50 Steps to a Book in Your Hand? Head over to my Giveaways page and you will find more freebies still. Sign up to have me as your mentor and I’ll give you lots of other stuff too. This is how I try to add value to my services. I never expect all the people who take one of my freebies to become my client one day. [...] articlesLast month I was in Dubai and led just a two hour workshop for writers, which I called Pitch Perfect. One of those students was Kristina Aaronson, and today, her first piece is published in the Weekly Telegraph. That really is amazingly quick. To make the pitch, sell it and for it to appear [...] |
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