Ten Steps to Preparing Your Memoir for Publication
Author and mentor, Jo Parfitt, completes her three-part series on memoir writing with Ten Steps to Preparing Your Memoir for Publication. Click below to download the file.
Author: Jo Parfitt
I have run my own business since I was 25, largely because I am a serial entrepreneur and cannot survive without the variety provided by being self-employed. After 10 years living and working abroad, we returned to England in 1997 and Summertime Publishing was born. In 2005 we moved to The Hague, then to Malaysia in 2014 and now back in the Netherlands. I have developed a business based on writing, publishing, mentoring and teaching what I know. I know how to write, how to publish, how to run a business despite international moves, how to network and how to live abroad. I find countless opportunities to change lives through my writing, teaching, speaking and mentoring and love nothing more than to 'share what I know to help others to grow'.
Ten Steps to Editing Your Memoir
Author and mentor, Jo Parfitt, shares her tips about memoir writing. Second in her three-part series is ‘Ten Steps to Editing Your Memoir’.
The First Ten Steps to Writing a Memoir
Author and mentor, Jo Parfitt, shares her tips about memoir writing. First in her three-part series is ‘The First Ten Steps to Writing a Memoir’. Next time, Part Three: 10 Steps for Editing Your Memoir
Now That’s What I Call a Book Launch
Mariam Ottimofiore lives in Cascais, Portugal and The Guilty Can’t Say Goodbye is her second book, but her first novel. Mariam, award-winning blogger of And Then We Moved To and now at Mariam Navaid Ottimofiore, is brilliant at branding and a marvel at matchy-matchy. Her first book This Messy Mobile Life has a turquoise cover with white and touches of mustard yellow.… Read More Now That’s What I Call a Book Launch
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Jo Parfitt Reviews #LivingTheDream
Carrie Frais and Jane Mitchell are the Brits behind popular website www.mumabroad.com. Both are based in Spain and are fine writers. Last year they decided to reach out to other expatriate mothers in places such as France and Australia and ask them to tell their stories in the anthology that became #LivingTheDream. This is no… Read More Jo Parfitt Reviews #LivingTheDream
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Jo Parfitt Reviews Taking on China by Karen Patterson
When Canadian Karen Patterson decided she needed an adventure, life took her to Beijing, China where she experienced such highs and lows she might as well have been on a rollercoaster. A woman with a knack for spotting a business idea a mile off, never too scared to take a risk, Karen was responsible for… Read More Jo Parfitt Reviews Taking on China by Karen Patterson
Jo Parfitt Reviews Brave(ish) a Memoir of a Recovering Perfectionist by Margaret Davis Ghielmetti
I recently had the good fortune to discover a new memoir by an ex-expat turned author, Margaret Davis Ghielmetti. From Chicago, her marriage to Patrick from Switzerland led her to live on several continents as a ‘trailing spouse’. So far not so unusual, right? (Not for followers of Expatbookshop.com anyway.) Only, Patrick works for the… Read More Jo Parfitt Reviews Brave(ish) a Memoir of a Recovering Perfectionist by Margaret Davis Ghielmetti
In Conversation with Olga Mecking, Author of Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing
Olga Mecking is an amazing example of an expat writer, who hit on a great idea and had publishers fighting over her book, Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing. She wrote it in a year, despite having three young children and it has now been translated into umpteen languages. Is she bionic? How… Read More In Conversation with Olga Mecking, Author of Niksen: Embracing the Dutch Art of Doing Nothing
Jo Parfitt reviews Expat Partner
Expat Partner – Staying Active & Finding Work by Carine Bormans and Marie Geukens As the person behind the Career in Your Suitcase concept and co-author of the fourth edition of the book of the same name I am a sucker for books on dual careers. This is such an important topic and yet there… Read More Jo Parfitt reviews Expat Partner
Recommended for Those Living a Global life
“This is a book I plan to recommend to my clients who are living abroad or planning to return home. Too often those of us living a globally mobile life feel alone in our fears and this story helps to show that not only are there others grappling with some of the same challenges, but… Read More Recommended for Those Living a Global life
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Lisa Ferland reviews Monday Morning Emails
“Unlike many memoirs, #MondayMorningEmails takes the personal stories a step further, and the last 81 pages contain advice and resources from psychologists, counselors, and coaches who specialize in Third Culture Kid (TCK) subject areas to provide support to families.” Read full review | About the Book