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May.17.2009
David Liss is the author of classics of historical fiction from his Edgar Award-winning debut A Conspiracy of Paper, which was rooted in his academic studies, through the fabulous tale of the Portuguese Inquisition and the Amsterdam commodities exchange, The Coffee Trader, and on into his...
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May.12.2009
One of the jobs authors are required to perform to help promote their work is the strange task of procuring from other authors something called a “blurb”—the praise you’ll find on the back cover of books. They ought to come from authors whose readers might also be interested in your book--that's...
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Apr.14.2009
I used to be a little grossed out by what they say is in hotdogs. "Lips and assholes" according to a John Candy character.
But before eating them on Sunday, I decided it's not only foolish, but wasteful, to not eat hotdogs.
First, I'll only eat bird hotdogs (hotdogs made from turkey...
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Mar.09.2009
In a two-part interview with Career by Choice, a blog run by expat career coach Megan Fitzgerald in Rome, this week I talk about the lessons of Expat Harem in forging my expat writing life. Answering questions about personal branding and career success abroad, I explain how writing about my life...
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Mar.05.2009
I don't know about you, but I'm burned out listening to all this decadent non-proliferation nonsense. What about a nice old-fashioned nuclear umbrella? Quote of the day comes from McClatchy news service, and former advisor to President Jimmy Carter, Zbigniew Brzezinski:
"A U.S. nuclear...
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Feb.21.2009
As an Expat Harem coeditor and producer, I'm pleased to share highlights of 2008 and recent days, as well as a few events to watch for in 2009. INTERVIEWED ON TVBecoming a go-to girl for providing the resident foreigner’s viewpoint on Turkish national television, this winter my coeditor Jennifer...
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Feb.18.2009
Hi all,
I was recently interviewed by NY Times Bestselling author Marta Acosta on her popular blog, Vampire Wire.
Marta is the author of the humorous, sexy Casa Dracula series.
Anyway, it's nice to be the interviewee instead of the interviewer once in a while. :-)
I'll be giving away free copies...
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Feb.08.2009
A new video encapsulates the lifespan of the anthology Tales from the Expat Harem. It's meant for foreign publishers considering translation rights...and we previewed it last week during a meeting with Turkey's minister of culture, who has agreed to use the book in promoting the country both...
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Jan.28.2009
Random chat inspires a Twitterseries long-in-the-making.
Chatting on Facebook this morning with an insomniac acquaintance in LA (10 hours behind me in Istanbul), he joked with me about my new Facebook page for the Expat Harem community. (http://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=home#/group.php?gid=...
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Nov.30.2008
This Thanksgiving we combined forces with my cousins Kim and Diane, as we always do. Some years we host and some years they host, but Bill always makes the meat (the turkey and ham) and I make pies, and Kim and Diane make all the many trimmings and more pies, and my parents bring salad and bread...
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