It’s a brilliant opportunity by the way to follow the entire How To Write Your Life Story program in a beautiful environment and with lovely food. Thanks to Lois and Bill, who run The Watermill at Posara for inviting [...]
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 inspirationThree reasons why writing is scary Because we dream of being ‘Larkin’ or ‘Dickens’ or ‘Austin’ and yet we can never truly be someone else, so our work can never match up. Writers Abroad radio showsJo Parfitt is interviewed by Rachel Flower of Live Your Brilliance, about writing, healing and her career as a [...] about meIn yesterday’s blog post on the wisdom of Stephen Fry, I shared with you the phenomenal insights this master of erudition has on writing. It was as if he was speaking directly to me. At the point when he said ‘writing is difficult’ the penny [...] booksJoy was heaped upon joy when I learned that this man of words, letters and language has just completed a documentary on language for BBC2 (to be aired in October) and went on to learn that Fry was going to talk about BEING A [...] competitionsHave your funny story included in the second edition of Forced to Fly. I would like to include 20 new pieces of writing of up to 1,000 words in length. They can be on any specific incident or any theme that could only have happened to you because you were living abroad. Like how amusing your life became when you lived in Holland and began to travel everywhere by bicycle, or how you entered into the local Oktoberfest with more gusto than was appreciated, or the pickle you found yourself in when driving in India. Entries will close on August 31st 2011. [...] competitionsYet again I have been asked to judge a writing competition. This time for a project led by Caravan Press and my mates at Away magazine in Belgium. Entries can be up to 1500 words and on the subject of Foreign Affair – funny and scandalous stories welcome. The competition closes 15th [...] inspirationI believe that it is better to finish a piece of work that we enjoyed writing, that shows our authentic selves and that could help someone else, than to keep that piece of work private just because it is not 100% [...] interviews & new releasesInspired by three recent expat memoirs, by Alan Paul, Carolyn Vines and Niamh Ni Bhroin, this post reveals the five rules for writing memoirs with [...] inspirationThis morning I wandered through the winding alleyways of Dubai’s spice souk. It has been here for years, but now that the city has become a tourist magnet, some things have changed for the better, others [...] |
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