I don't know what other expat freelancers moan about, as I don't yet know any. So, I'm going to w…
Today I had my first writers' group meeting. Oh, man....I wish I'd done this years ago. (OK - actuall…
Ah, travel writing. The lifeblood of an expat freelancer – well, I guess. Travel writing hasn’t been my prima…
Okay, this is just a drive-by post*: I wanted to share a really cool blog I recently discovered that offers n…
For me, one of the most aggravating aspects of being an expat freelancer is not having ready access to most o…
*Yawn* Oh boy, am I tired. I guess I haven't mentioned here that I am seven months pregnant. And being h…
Two months since my last post, eh? Well, I guess in terms of blogging, I've gone on early maternity leave…
....and I'm back! My second child, Pup, was born goregeous and healthy less than a week after that last p…
Yesterday I conducted a very satisfying interview on Skype, which got me feeling all affectionate for the ser…
Just a quick post to say that I found another great database: Mondo Times . They list over 25,000 media outle…
You might have noticed a recurrent theme in my posts: where to find Anglophone magazines while abroad. If you…
A million years ago, when I had that extremely short-lived writers' group, I recall someone asking how on…
So, last week found me at my accountant’s office, proudly handing over all my W-2s and other evidence of my i…
Last night, I got a rejection email for a pitch that I sent to a national glossy a couple of months ago. Addr…
You'd be hard-pressed to find an Anglophone expatriate in Paris that hasn't heard of Heather Stimmler…
A good friend of mine is a fiction writer who is always attending this conference or that workshop. I’ve list…
Yesterday I was cleaning out my office when I came across a 2005 issue of Writers Journal . I wasn’t freelanc…
Sorry for the radio silence! In France, May is packed with holidays and I – along with about a quarter of th…
Hi folks - found another handy source for finding markets that I thought I'd share with you. It's cal…
I wasn’t sure where to put this post – here or at my other blog, International Mama . But I guess it’s most …
Ahhh...it's great to be in the Motherland. When I walk into the bookstore and see the array of magazines …
Since everyone in France goes on summer vacation at roughly the same time, the return to normal life in Sept…
Were you aware that September 24th is International Freelancer's Day ? Me neither. But it is. In honor o…
