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My musings about the world, self publishing, living abroad, and my author career.
Deal on “Raising bilingual children”
My book "Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language" is part of the double deal on Kobo today. So in certain places it is, for today only, just $/€/£0.99.
Hey! Hey! It’s the summer!
We are enjoying some glorious summer weather here at the moment. Fingers crossed I don't jinx it by saying that! And I seem to be being pulled in multiple directions. So I have decided to take a summer break from blogging. This should further simplify what I'm trying...
What now?
Last week I published my two non-fiction books (Moving abroad with children and Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language). I'm pleased with the feedback I've had on them so far - if you've read them them do add a review and/or let me know...
Book launch!
Today is launch day for "Moving abroad with children" and "Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language". Both these books are based on our experience moving from the UK and now living in the Netherlands. Writing them has been a valuable...
Sneak peek: Raising bilingual children
"Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language" releases in just a couple of days. Here is a sneak peek from the introduction to show you what you can expect in the rest of the book. We are an English family and nearly five years ago we moved to...
Sneak peek: Moving abroad with children
"Moving abroad with children" releases later this week, so here are some more details about what it covers! The first part of the book is an introduction, which begins with our story. Here it is: At eight months pregnant with our second child I came to the Netherlands...
The best things about living in the Netherlands
I wrote a post awhile ago about all the things that I didn't understand about living in the Netherlands, and as we've been here a bit longer now I thought I would write a complementary post on what I think are the best things about living here. These are in no...
Editing, editing, editing
I am working hard getting my two books on moving and living abroad ready for publication. These are "Moving abroad with children" and "Raising bilingual children: when school speaks a different language". They are both rooted in our experience moving from the UK to...
Time passing
It's funny how time works. Days go by without you realising, and suddenly it's nearly five years since we moved here. Nearly ten years since we got married, and we've spent nearly half of that time in the Netherlands. The children have both now spent far more of their...
A-Z blog challenge review
I hope you all enjoyed reading about the characters I'm writing about, and getting a bit of a sneak peek into what I'm working on. I found it a really interesting exercise to do, and I think I will keep it up for future projects. Even if I don't share it here again in...
Zisudra, Zoe
Zisudra is the Captain of the spaceship Rosin in "Meeting the Galactic Congregation". He is thoughtful and tries to do his best in difficult circumstances, though he often feels restrained by the rules he has to abide by. Zoe is from a story I started writing when I...
Ybarl, Yudi
Ybarl is the love interest in my sci-fi story "Meeting the Galactic Congregation". He is one of the interns on the spaceship Rosin, and he hopes to be a Congregation Member when he graduates. He can come across as quite stand-offish and humourless, and isn't well...