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Announcing HYBRID AMBASSADORS: a blog-ring project of Dialogue2010
You met our multinational cultural innovators this spring in a roundtable discussion of hybrid life at expat+HAREM. Now in these interconnected blog posts they share reactions to a r…
How excellent to meet you Kimberly! Thanks for your comment, I'm looking forward to learning more about you and your global citizen journey.
This is great food for thought, Anastasia! It's not something I want to answer casually. I want to journal about it & see what comes up, as I think it will be a good exercise in further defining (or refining) things for me. I am definitely a person…
Nice suggestions Alle. Honeysmoke can also try submitting to general interest mags both online or not since motherhood topics are evergreen and they all seem to have a section for essays (like NEWSWEEK'S "My Turn") Lots of competition though..
Hi Lori. You're right, this is extremely awkward. Hard to write, I assume, but equally hard to read.
You "love White people" -- and need us to introduce your book to them?
Sounds like an untrue blanket statement, and weird to boot. Your husband is…
Judith, I like the idea of approaching the work through a discipline you know well. We're having a rainy spring/summer in Istanbul too. I welcome the next 6 days of projected rain, because it's easier to work. I don't focus well when it's warm and s…
Thanks for the roundup, Mia. Perhaps you should pick a winner based on 1) the workshopped, polished/finished level of a book a writer has to offer, and 2) the depth and extent of her social web network through which she aims to sell it? These two th…
According to the Tibetans, today is Buddha’s birthday. A prince with everything in the world, he set off on a quest to discover the truth of life. I’m remembering a mindfulness adventure I had this week, fifteen years ago:
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Glad to hear about Susan Katz Miller's ON BEING BOTH "Interfaith Parent, Interfaith Child: Notes from a Hybrid Universe" -- I'll be adding it to the blogroll at expat+HAREM, the global niche since we are are always looking for thoughtful exploration…
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- editor, writer -- Tales from the Expat Harem: Foreign Women in Modern Turkey (Seal Press, 03/06)
writer -- The Subway Chronicles: Scenes From Life in New York (Plume-Penguin, 09/06)
writer -- The Thong Also Rises (Travelers’ Tales, 09/05)
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Posted on August 11, 2010 at 8:13am —
Bornean Buddha
According to the Tibetans, today is Buddha’s birthday. A prince with everything in the world, he set off on a quest to discover the truth of life. I’m remembering a mindfulness adventure I had this week, fifteen years ago:
Bornean Buddha by A.Ashman… Continue
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Posted on May 27, 2010 at 6:30am —
Authority abroad
I've always admired the rugged ability of certain adventurer-writers to appear masterful in the wider world.
True or not, it’s easy to envision legendary expatriate authors like… Continue
True or not, it’s easy to envision legendary expatriate authors like… Continue Posted on May 17, 2010 at 9:33am — 2 Comments
What's a global niche?
Glo· bal· niche, n.
psychic solution to your global identity crisis
[see expanded definition of a 'global niche']
Don't coin too many terms, a search-engine optimizer recently advised me. "No one’ll know what you're talking about, and those who might won't be able to find you on the Internet!"… Continue
psychic solution to your global identity crisis
[see expanded definition of a 'global niche']
Don't coin too many terms, a search-engine optimizer recently advised me. "No one’ll know what you're talking about, and those who might won't be able to find you on the Internet!"… Continue
Posted on May 15, 2010 at 10:44am — 2 Comments
Psychic location independence
Recently LocationIndependentProfessionals.com asked why we want to be location independent. "Whatever you're looking for you can find where you are." It's simply not true.
We can get what we want where we are -- but not with a local solution. Try a psychic one.… Continue
We can get what we want where we are -- but not with a local solution. Try a psychic one.… Continue
Posted on May 7, 2010 at 4:51am —
Comment Wall (19 comments)
- At 4:35pm on June 21, 2010,
Marsha Victor said… - What an amazing catch dear Anastasia, article and all :-) Always a pleasure to connect with another masterful crafter doing her thing ! Best Regards - Marsha
- At 9:40pm on May 15, 2010,
Katherine Jenkins said… - Thanks for the congrats on receiving agent representation, now I'm working on a book deal! Hope all is going well with you!
- At 12:25pm on April 13, 2010,
Dr Suzanne Conboy-Hill said… - Glad to find you weighing into the twitter debate! I was a sceptic but came around pretty quickly when the penny dropped - use it or lose out. It's the same as email v letters, downloads v cds, hard copy exclusive journals v open access online publications. Grab it and make it work for you or it will certainly freeze you out. Nice to know you!
- At 9:30am on April 12, 2010,
Kelly Lynn Thomas said… - Hey! It's good to see you here too! =D
- At 8:53am on March 8, 2010,
Kamy Wicoff said… - Hi! Just wanted to say thanks for the hashtag and the tweet -- I am getting new comments every couple of minutes and I can hardly keep up. (Trying to tweet each title.) So fun. Glad you are here.
Kamy
- At 11:17pm on January 19, 2010,
Christina Brandon said… - Same to you! I've been curious about Turkey for a while and will check out your blog!
- At 9:18am on January 19, 2010,
Zoe Zolbrod said… - No, I wasn't aware of the global writers group, and I'm not a member. I'll check it out and see if I fit in.
- At 12:26am on January 11, 2010,
Anastasia Ashman said… - Whoops, sorry to the people who left a comment on my wall this week, I erased them by accident!
that includes Meg Waite Clayton and Jill Starishevsky....know that I received your notes by email and thank you!
- At 8:55pm on January 1, 2010,
Erica Lyons said… - Anastasia:
Happy New Year- happy to write a guest post- thanks. I just got back from Thailand and opted to read four books and snorkle rather than work. I am back home and now need to make it through the next week - I have to get everything to my designer in the next few days- nothing like a bit of pressure!
- At 9:00pm on December 4, 2009,
Maryn McKenna said… - Hi, Anastasia - I just joined the Global Writers group and saw your introductory note. I wondered whether you know (or would like to know) Marla Petal, who is an American married to a Turk and lives between Istanbul and Geneva. She runs an NGO focused on making schools earthquake-safe. I know her from doing a story about her: http://www.more.com/2009/4814-the-earthquake-avenger.
xo, m.
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