Some writing coaches tell you writing is easy and anyone can do it. I’m not one of those coaches. Writing is hard. Writing fast is even harder. It’s not impossible. Just hard. But like most things, it gets easier the more you do it. I want to help you write faster. But I don’t have […]
TURN YOUR TRAVEL STORIES INTO A BOOK
I’m Alicia-Joy. I'm a writer, book editor, and book coach. I love travel and I love books. Maybe you do, too? I help nomads, travelers, expats, and people who've relocated internationally turn their stories into books. Most of us have intriguing stories to be told. We just need a nudge to get us going. Let's go on a book-writing journey together!
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How to Write a Travel Memoir You Can Be Proud Of
“Whatever our theme in writing, it is old and tried. Whatever our place, it has been visited by the stranger, it will never be new again..” (On Writing, 2002). Eudora Welty (April 13, 1909 – July 23, 2001) explored the universality of themes and places in writing in her brilliant book On Writing. This universality, […]
How to Become a Confident Writer
Some conversations you never forget. When I told my mom of my plans to leave the nursing profession and become a writer, she laughed. Sitting at her living room table, skimming through a nursing magazine (it runs in the family), she didn’t look up at me. She just kept laughing. Maybe she was afraid that […]
How I Use Fear to Fuel My Writing
Ever felt so nervous your jaw clenched shut and your stomach filled with knots? That’s how I feel before every storytelling or poetry performance. Not sometimes. Every. Single. Time. Do you know what I do when this happens? I channel that energy into my performance. I’ve been doing this since high school speech and debate […]