Make this the year you write your book. This lined notepad is filled with quotes and inspiration from successful authors in order to help you to get your own book written at long last. Be inspired by other, published, expatriate authors, who, like you, once had a dream.

Do you want to find a career that is: a) based on what you love to do more than anything; b) created from your strongest skills and best assets; c) will let you work anywhere; d) can be sustained and developed even if you move again? then you need A Career in Your Suitcase. In this fully revised and updated 4th edition, A Career in Your Suitcase enters its 15th year of inspiring, motivating and supporting men and women who want to love what they do for a living. Now packed with over 20 exercises that combine to create your unique Career Passport, the new edition covers everything you need from finding your passion, to developing a brand, networking on and offline and marketing. This time, career consultant, Colleen Reichrath-Smith, joins serial expat entrepreneur, Jo Parfitt, in the latest and most comprehensive incarnation of this best selling book.

Dubai 2008. In this multicultural melting pot, six women search for meaning in a life judged by many to be charmed and superficial. As first-timers, lifers and love immigrants operate within the expat bubble a darker side emerges - of culture shock, loss of identity, depression, temptation and grief. Newcomer, Maya, navigates the unfamiliar while the sand beneath Barb's feet begins to shift. Stereotypes are smashed as the reality of life amidst shopping malls and housemaids rises to the surface. As humid days get cooler, the plot deepens and the expats discover what really matters. For Maya the secret lies in the kitchen - a place that is no longer her domain. "As she does in her fabulous non-fiction books, in Sunshine Soup, Jo Parfitt makes the challenges of being a mobile wife ring stunningly true." Robin Pascoe, www.expatexpert.com "An interesting and evocative read. A peep into another world." Anita Burgh, author of 22 bestselling novels including Distinctions of Class, www.anitaburgh.com

This eight lesson course began as a live workshop, which has now been conducted in several countries including Germany, United Arab Emirates, America, Holland and England. For seven years it has also been available as an online correspondence course with students of many nationalities, living in many countries. Practical, down to earth and crammed with information, tips and secrets gleaned from the author's own 25 years as an international journalist, writer and author, this program is perfect for anyone who wants to write articles based on their own experience and get paid for it. This is the third edition and has been fully revised and updated. Lessons include: Finding ideas Being a writer How to write what editors want Beginnings, middles and ends Be your own editor Markets and marketing Making it happen and bonus chapters: How to write a book review 25 magic markets Blogging, tweeting and all that jazz

This book comes as part of a complete home study course, comprising a 40 minute video, 2 hours of audio and over 200 JustWrite Inspirational stickers in addition to this text book. Inside the text book is information on how to download the 8 audio lessons, video and stickers. This home study course has been created, written, tested and produced by Jo Parfitt, herself a writer of 26 books, hundreds of articles and many blog posts and columns in the 20 years she has worked as a writer and teacher. Its eight lessons include: Introduction to the SPICE method for making your life stories leap off the page. Letting it flow Writing about childhood Writing about people Writing about places Writing on a theme Writing humour Writing complete stories, with beginnings, middles and ends There is an additional bonus lesson on the 20 most common mistakes and the editing process. Each lesson comprises an introduction to the topic, a limbering up exercise and a variety of examples of life story writing taken from published authors and the author's own students. The lesson concludes with a written exercise. Personal feedback on one or more pieces of homework is available for an additional fee. The author has lived abroad in five countries - Dubai, Oman, Norway, France and now the Netherlands, in addition to her native England. Living in an international community means that her course includes many extracts and examples from students and authors of over 10 nationalities. It is ideal for anyone who wants to write about real incidents from his or her life and turn those into individual stories, full-length memoir, blogs, columns, a family legacy, self-help books or fiction. Jo Parfitt has been teaching for 20 years and her students claim she is inspiring and empowering.

20 tips and 20 tasks for finding work that makes your spirit soar...When will you find your true calling? If you want to spend your life doing enjoyable and rewarding work that feeds your soul - that makes your heart sing - then you hold in front of you the roadmap to a new life. In this fully revised and extended edition of Jo Parfitt's highly acclaimed guide to finding the ideal career and living your dreams, you'll find lessons, tasks and inspiring real-life stories to help you find your passion and make your spirit soar. * Would you love to turn your hobby into a source of income? * Do you have what it takes to be an entrepreneur? * Are you returning to work unsure of your ideal job? * Have you recently graduated but find yourself lost for choice? * Are you simply feeling unfulfilled in your present job but know there's something just right for you? Find Your Passion gives you 20 tips and 20 tasks to help uncover your unique contribution, the person you were born to be and the things you love to do. Read this book and change your life.