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 expatriate stuff By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on May 24th, 2011
I only met Linda six month ago and in that time she has learned to write articles, blogs, books and life story. She grabbed her goals by the scruff of the neck and and went for it, blogging 5-7 times a week, getting articles placed worldwide and she is now working on a couple of books. Linda is a role model for any new writer out there who doubts they can do really do it. An American in Holland, Linda is new to expat life but she embraced every challenge and opportunity and is now on the way to cracking [...]
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on March 31st, 2011
There must be thousands of how-to books on writing out there. It makes sense, right? If you’re a writer who is good at writing, clearly you’ll want to share your knowledge with others through your favored medium. Have you ever heard an expert trying to explain their field, though? Just like listening to a nuclear scientist tell a layperson about their latest research, writers aren’t always the best at explaining the tricks of the trade to a broad audience. There are some good ones out there—you just have to persevere. I’ve sifted through the chaff and found five books on writing that won’t leave you groaning or scratching your [...]
inspiration By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on January 3rd, 2011
This year I felt compelled to simply find a word that sums up my dreams for 2011. I wanted my word to become my mantra for the coming months. I wanted my word to lead me in the choices I make. I wanted a word that would take me out of my comfort zone. [...]
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on December 20th, 2010
Writers love to write, right? If a writer is to be a really good writer, then he or she should also love to read. Writers read. They read books like the book they want to write. They read books for inspiration. They read books about writing, about publishing and about style. If you have a writer to buy for this Christmas, then here are a few of my favourite writers’ reads:
Jo’s top five books for [...]
expatriate stuff By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on December 14th, 2010
Lois and Bill Breckon are running writing competition, called The Posara Prize and that has a whopping £1,000 prize! All you have to do is write a piece of fiction or non-fiction on the subject of a foreigner in Italy and you are in with a chance. I’m not actually sure of the deadline, but I do know that they want entries to be a maximum of 2,000 words. [...]
expatriate stuff By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on December 13th, 2010
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 [...]
about me By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on December 3rd, 2010
My last post, the Big Ask, mentioned how giving is the first rule of networking and how asking is the second. The post focused on what to ask for.
With Christmas around the corner thoughts turn more easily to giving than to receiving and to asking, of course, so I thought I would share with you [...]
inspiration By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on October 25th, 2010
Motivation.
My students often ask me for advice on how to stay motivated. I tell them that even I have problems sometimes. Yes, despite 27 books, thousands of articles and goodness knows what else I have written and published. So, it was with that thought in mind, when I found myself staring at a blank screen [...]
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on September 14th, 2010
I am a lazy writer. There I said it. In fact, one of the reasons I made a career out of writing was because I could get away with what I call researchless writing. I admit that I write about what I know and where I’ve been and what I’ve done because it meant I did not have to do much extra research before I had a passable article or book written. Sure, I would speak to some experts and interview a few people to case study, but by and large I could write from personal [...]
books By Jo Parfitt, Summertime Publishing, on August 23rd, 2010
It’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. [...]
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