I wonder whether the popular Christmas song The Twelve Days of Christmas was an early listicle? It’s the time of year when listicles pop up in the media. You know the kind of thing: 10 Ways to Avoid Killing Your … Read More
It’s been Lesson Three on my How to Write a How-to Book Writing Circle programme today and it was a tough one. We’d already covered topics such as book focus, ideal readers and the reasons for writing a book – … Read More
Introducing The Daily Inspirer It’s about time. After 19 years The Monthly Inspirer has had a baby and I named it The Daily Inspirer. From now on, over on my Facebook business page and on Instagram @JoParfittWriter I will post a … Read More
COVID lockdown can’t stop our courses This lockdown has made such a massive difference to the way I do business and the way I reach out to my ‘tribe’. If you are reading this now, then yes, that’s you! In … Read More
Writers’ events go online This week I should have been in Italy at the Watermill in Posara, teaching my usual How to Write Life Stories class to 12 residential guests. I should have been teaching on the vine terrace, at … Read More
20 tips for writing an expat memoir for our book award There are now just three months to go until entries close for our book award in memory of Lindsay de Feliz, our much-loved author, here at Summertime Publishing and … Read More
A little lockdown poetry inspired by Roger McGough’s ‘Today is Not a Day for Adultery’ Like many of us, when lockdown hit I decided it was time to adjust my business a little and take my writers’ circles online. I’ve … Read More
It’s not what you know, but how you network 10/3/2020 That it’s not what you know but who you know is a saying often used in a business context. As an entrepreneur who finds most of my clients through word-of-mouth and … Read More
When Jane asked her daughter, Pat, an American living in London, what she wanted for her birthday this year, Pat replied, “I want to take Jo Parfitt’s Life Story Jar writing programme and I want you to do it with … Read More
Free Life Story Writing taster lesson 16/12/2019 Isn’t it time you started writing and preserving your family stories?My gift of a taster lesson from The Life Story Jar programme is guaranteed to get your 2020 off to a great start. … Read More
