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writing about your pet - properly

It is hard to write about pets in a convincing way. It can be easier to be corny than to be compelling. Loving our pets unconditionally and totally as we do, it is particularly hard to write about them sensitively and yet objectively, particularly when they are [...]

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Jo Parfitt's July column at Expat Telegraph

If you want some inspiration to keep you writing from the Expat Rollercoaster, make sure you don’t miss my monthly column at the Telegraph. My latest one was about being inspired by travel and how to write an effective journal. You can find it here.

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Jo has column with Expat Telegraph

People often ask me how I manage to motivate myself to write so much (yeah, 25 books is quite a lot!) and I tell them that I have found ways to force myself into it. This time I have made a commitment to write a fortnightly column for the Expat Telegraph – that’s part of [...]

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Read my grandparenting article at the Telegraph

Hi there

A while ago I told you about a great project for grandparents with grandchildren overseas. The story is, today, the front page story at the Weekly Telegraph website. You can read the full story here.

By the way, the old geezer is my dad!

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