Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Creativity, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Authors & Others, United States, Writers on Writing, Writing, tagged @Home in Dubai, Anne O'Connell, Anne The Writer, author, blogging, book launch, Canada, courtroom drama, crime thriller, debut novel, Dubai, expat novel, first novel, hot flashes, humor, Jo Parfitt, menopause, Mental Pause, murder mystery, nonfiction, novel, PR experience, public relations expert, Summertime Publishing, Thailand, United Arab Emirates, United States, writer, writing, Writing Just Because! on March 7, 2013 | 7 Comments »
Today’s a special day for Anne O’Connell, one I’m excited to share with her and with you. Fourteen months ago I reviewed her nonfiction book Riveting Expat Reads: Celebrating @ Home in Dubai. Anne’s been busy since then, relocating from the United Arab Emirates to Thailand and writing up a storm. Not only is today […]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Change, Creativity, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Authors & Others, Expat Life, Riveting Expat Reads, Writers on Writing, Writing, tagged An Inconvenient Posting, Apple Gidley, blogging, depression, editor, expat author, Expat Life: Slice by Slice, expat memoir, Jane Dean, Jo Parfitt, Laura J. Stephens, publisher, stories, Summertime Publishing, The Telegraph, topics, writing, Writing a Book on February 23, 2013 | 15 Comments »
A few months ago I reviewed longtime expat Apple Gidley’s terrific memoir Expat Life Slice by Slice. I knew many readers would find it interesting to hear about how a newly published author goes about her writing. Our interview follows. * * * I asked Apple to start by sharing when she first realized she had a […]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Change, Creativity, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Exercise & Sports, Expat Authors & Others, Riveting Expat Reads, Travel, Writers on Writing, Writing, tagged A Tight Wide-Open Space: Falling in Love in a Muslim Land, author, blogging, book, books, editing, Heathen Pilgrim, journey, Matt Krause, pilgrimage, self-publishing, Soapbox, turkey, walk across Turkey, walking, writing, writing books on May 28, 2012 | 4 Comments »
It’s been awhile since we last met up with Matt Krause, author of the amazingly beautiful A Tight Wide-Open Space: Falling in Love in a Muslim Land (Delridge Press: 2011), a book I wrote about in A Love Song for Turkey and Author Matt Krause on Writing. As long promised, I wanted to share with you Matt’s insightful thoughts […]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Authors (Other), Creativity, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Authors & Others, Expat Life, Riveting Expat Reads, Writers on Writing, Writing, tagged A Tight Wide-open Space: Finding Love in a Muslim Land, author, book, Delridge Press, Matt Krause, stories, turkey, writing on December 9, 2011 | 12 Comments »
Is it any wonder that writers read and readers often write? We enjoy getting lost between the pages of a book, drawn into the world created by the author. We’re enthralled with the intoxicating power of the written word. One of the best books I had the pleasure of encountering this year was A […]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Authors & Others, Expat Life, Family & Friends, Guest Posts, Riveting Expat Reads, Turning Points Book, Writers on Writing, tagged author, Corrie Ten Boom, fear, God, Holland, Jo Parfitt, Kate Cobb, Qatar, Sarah Koblow, stress, Summertime Publishing, TheTurningPointsBook.com, Turning Points book, writer, writing on November 2, 2011 | 6 Comments »
The following is a guest post from my lovely friend and fellow co-author of Turning Points: 25 Inspiring Stories From Women Entrepreneurs Who Have Turned Their Careers and Their Lives Around (Kate Cobb, editor, Summertime Publishing, 2011), Sarah Koblow. Sarah lives with her family in Doha, Qatar and blogs at Count Only Sunny Hours. You can catch […]
Posted in Authors (Other), Guest Posts, Work, Writers on Writing, Writing, Writing Business Bits at Jo Parfitt's, tagged authors, book marketing, Book Marketing Conference Online, D'vorah Lansky, Jo Parfitt, Joanna Penn, writing and social media, Writing Business Bits on August 11, 2011 | 5 Comments »
Hey there. Today I’m over at expat publisher Jo Parfitt’s site in a new feature we’re calling Writing Business Bits. Based on the positive response to my recent three-part guest post about Jack Canfield’s insights on book marketing and promotion, Jo has asked me to contribute a series of monthly posts. Topics will focus on how […]
Posted in Change, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Emotional Resilience, Expat Authors & Others, Expat Life, Expat Transitions & Change, Identity, Riveting Expat Reads, Third Culture Kids (TCKs), Expat Teens, Writers on Writing, Writing, tagged author, Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child, expat, Julia Simens, Non-fiction, writing, Writing a Book on July 24, 2011 | 8 Comments »
Last month, some of you Adventurers may recall that I wrote about Julia Simens’ insightful book Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child. While interviewing Julia I had asked a few questions about how she went about writing her book. As someone in the early throes of trying to write a book, I can tell you that […]
Posted in Authors (Other), Guest Posts, Work, Writers on Writing, Writing, Writing Business Bits at Jo Parfitt's, tagged author, Benjamin Franklin, bypass marketing, Chicken Soup for the Soul, continual learning, giving, Jack Canfield, Jo Parfitt, Mark Victor Hansen, RTIR, Scott Peck, social media, speaker, Steve Harrison, The Road Less Traveled, writing, Writing Business Bits at Jo Parfitt's on July 5, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Recently I was guest posting over at Jo Parfitt’s website again, finishing the last in a three-part series on Steve Harrison’s (of Radio/Television Interview Report) interview with mega-selling author and co-founder of the Chicken Soup for the Soul franchise, Jack Canfield. I enjoy listening to such ‘webinars’ (web seminars) to glean the nuggets of wisdom, experience, […]
Posted in Writers on Writing, Writing, tagged Derek Haines, humor, Ten Golden Rules of Successful Writing on June 29, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Some of you will remember an earlier post I did on Derek Haines about reasons to be a writer, and why he cracks me up. Well, he’s done it again. This time, Derek shares his Ten Golden Rules of Successful Writing. It’s very easy for writers to get caught up in themselves. Think about it: you […]
Posted in Authors (Other), Guest Posts, Work, Writers on Writing, Writing, Writing Business Bits at Jo Parfitt's, tagged author, Bob Burg, Chicken Soup for the Soul, giving, Jack Canfield, Jo Parfitt, John David Mann, Malcolm Gladwell, Mark Victor Hansen, network, RTIR, speaker, Steve Harrison, The Go Giver, The Tipping Point, writing on June 14, 2011 | 2 Comments »
The other day Jo Parfitt ran the second of my guest posts in a three-part series about ‘Chicken Soup for the Soul’ co-founder/business mogul Jack Canfield. The series is based on a recent webinar interview of Canfield by Steve Harrison of the Radio & TV Interview Report. In addition to co-authoring more than 200 titles […]
Posted in Authors (Other), Guest Posts, Work, Writers on Writing, Writing, Writing Business Bits at Jo Parfitt's, tagged author, bestsellers, Chicken Soup of the Soul, Jack Canfield, Jo Parfitt, Mark Victor Hansen, NY Times bestsellers list, RTIR, speaker, Steve Harrison, Wesley Clark, writing on June 9, 2011 | 3 Comments »
For a little change of pace, we’re going to do something different today. I’m over at Jo Parfitt’s blog with the first of a three-part guest post Getting to Where You Want to Be, Part I. I recently listened to an insightful webinar interview with Jack Canfield, co-founder of the immensely popular ‘Chicken Soup of […]
Posted in Adventures Big & Small, Blogging, Creativity, Culture, Crosscultural, Intercultural & Multicultural, Expat Authors & Others, Expat Life, Writers on Writing, Writing, tagged Jo Parfitt, Niamh Ni Bhroin, WIN, Writers Abroad radio show on May 30, 2011 | 14 Comments »
I’ve written about Jo Parfitt before, but for new adventurers I’d like to share that Jo is a five-time British expat (Oman, Dubai, back to UK, Norway and The Netherlands) who has carved out the most amazing career as what I term a ‘serial entrepreneur extraordinaire’. This is one savvy woman: author (27 books, with her first […]
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