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October 12, 2009 in Dream Lifestyle, Expat Locations, Leaving Britain, The Book by Paul Allen | 2 comments
Many years ago I read Peter Mayle’s classic A Year in Provence.
At the time I remember thinking ‘Blimey, that’s the life.’ Writing a few hours a day and then trailing around the French countryside the rest of the time.
Hardly a deep, or unique reaction I know. Everyone thought the same, which was why the book went on to sell so many copies and turned Peter Mayle into a rich and famous man.
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October 8, 2009 in Dream Lifestyle, Leaving Britain, The Book by Paul Allen | No comments
Ernest Hemingway, Tom Wolfe, Bill Bryson … the list of successful authors who started their writing careers in journalism is a long and illustrious one.
Like so many other journalists, I too have been dreaming of that publishing deal that would set me on the road to literary fortune. In fact, my journalistic career was more happenstance than design, a by-product of my early book writing efforts, rather than the other way around.
The impulse to write has been with me since my exercise book-filled scribbles at infants’ school. But it wasn’t until a backpacking trip around Spain with my wife in 1997 that I took the all-important step, and committed to become a writer. And that means consistently putting pen to paper.
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