This fascinating interview will inspire any author to think about the Three Bs from the outset – blog, brand and business – and not simply the [...]
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 booksProfessional writer’s travel memoir of family’s return to happiness after the death of their daughter from drowning. sound advice from an [...] booksIt’s not often that a piece of writing strikes me as exceptional. But when I do I always mark it the text I am reading and commit the crime of folding over the corner of the page. A piece of writing has to be particularly fine if I then go the length of carrying the book with me to read out to people (anyone who will listen actually) and off the scale if I take the final step and type it up to circulate to those outside my immediate reach. Well, that is what happened with half a page of text in Michael Wright’s C’est La Folie. [...] expatriate stuffI am a big fan of writing competitions, particularly when the winners get published. Earlier this year I was a judge for the Netherlands Young Writer Competition and the winners had their entries published in a super book about friendship. A week or so ago I judged the finalists in the Life in a Flying House competition where winners earn $10,000 from the Expat Youth Scholarship and publication online. I urge you to look at the website and read last year’s entries while you are waiting for this year’s results (out 13 September). This week, I have two more competitions to tell you about – and this time they are for grown ups! Entering a competition has many six [...] booksAustralian Fiona Caulfield is an expat writer, author and publisher in another league. With years of experience in corporate branding behind her, the advice generously shared here will inspire and inform any who share her big big [...] booksGlenda Lewin writes and publishes a book about her 50th birthday trip on the Silk [...] about me
Jo Parfitt’s poetry memoir A Moving Landscape I can’t believe it, but I just wrote my 26th book. It’s been a scary old process this, because, for the first time ever, I am publishing my poetry and my memoir at the same time. Yep, that’s right. My life in verse. You see, I don’t admit [...] inspirationLast night I attended a networking event at the Women’s Business Initiative in The Hague and, like you do, met someone with a really juicy bit of information. Karin Nijhuis is passionate about travel and writing and specialises in helping the tourist industry with websites and content. Karin told me about WritingTravellers, a clever website that [...] booksYet again my publisher client needs authors. This time for two books. One is a glossy coffee table book, on world festivals, and is very research based. Perfect for an aspiring travel writer. 50,000-60,000 words The other is about how to be a guest at different religious ceremonies worldwide. Also research based, but it would help if [...] inspirationI was excited when a student of mine, Kathleen Bell, told me of an amazing trip she is planning to China for students at any level (even lapsed) of Taijiquqan (to dummies like me that’s a form of Tai Chi or Qi Gong. Kathleen says: ‘If the trip will give the opportunity to develop [...] |
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