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JACK THE HACK: Expat authors, once you have a blog, it’s schmooze it or lose it (3/3)

11 Comments Posted by on December 5, 2013

Jack Scott and his partner, Liam, set up home in the Turkish port town of Bodrum in the late aughts. They were seeking sanctuary from a pressured existence in London. In the event, the expat experience proved to be something for Jack to write home about, as in a book! The pair have since returned […]

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JACK THE HACK: Expat authors, time to build a great and powerful blog (2/3)

5 Comments Posted by on November 6, 2013

The expat experience Jack Scott and his partner, Liam, had in the Turkish port town of Bodrum—they were seeking sanctuary from a pressured existence in London—proved literally to be something to write home about, as in a book! They have since returned to the UK, where they are living the life of Riley in Norwich.  […]

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JACK THE HACK: Expat authors, let’s reopen that blogging can of worms (1/3)

9 Comments Posted by on October 2, 2013

A pressured existence in the UK led Jack Scott and his partner, Liam, to seek sanctuary in the Turkish port town of Bodrum. This expat experience was literally something to write home about (as in a book!), after which the pair returned to the UK, where they are living the life of Riley in Norwich. […]

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JACK THE HACK: Expat authors, let’s review the reviewer situation

6 Comments Posted by on September 5, 2013

After an expat experience in Bodrum, Turkey, that was literally something to write home about (as in a book!), Jack Scott traded in the dream for a less pressured existence back in the UK, than the one he was originally escaping from. In his monthly column for the Displaced Nation, he attempts to give back […]

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JACK THE HACK: Expat writers, now to deal with fame and fortune … or the lack

14 Comments Posted by on August 8, 2013

Jack Scott is back with his monthly column for all of you wannabe authors who are hacking away at travelogues-cum-memoirs, or autobiographical novels. After an expat experience in Bodrum, Turkey, that was literally something to write home about, Jack and his partner, Liam, traded in the dream for a less pressured existence back in the […]

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JACK THE HACK: Expat writers, time to crank up the PR machine!

14 Comments Posted by on July 10, 2013

Jack Scott is back with his monthly column for all of you wannabe authors who are hacking away at travelogues-cum-memoirs (or cum-novels?). For those who don’t know, he was a Random Nomad for the Displaced Nation way back when we started this site. After an expat experience in Bodrum, Turkey, that was literally something to […]

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JACK THE HACK: Advice to all you expat writers: Publish and be damned!

19 Comments Posted by on June 5, 2013

Jack Scott is back with his monthly column for all of you wannabe authors who are hacking away at travelogues-cum-memoirs (or cum-novels?). For those who don’t know, he was a Random Nomad for the Displaced Nation way back when we started this site. After an expat experience that was literally something to write home about, […]

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JACK THE HACK: How do you know whether you want to write a memoir or a novel, and what’s the difference?

14 Comments Posted by on May 8, 2013

Jack Scott is back with his monthly column for all of you wannabe authors who are hacking away at travelogues-cum-memoirs (cum-novels?). For those who don’t know, he was a Random Nomad for the Displaced Nation way back when we started this site. After an expat experience that was literally something to write home about, he […]

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JACK THE HACK: You’re thinking about writing a travelogue or memoir. Should you start with a blog?

22 Comments Posted by on April 10, 2013

Today we introduce a new monthly column by Jack Scott, who was a Random Nomad for the Displaced Nation way back when we started this site. After an expat experience that was literally something to write home about, he and his partner, Liam, have traded in the dream for a less pressured existence back in […]

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Expat, repat, and otherwise displaced reactions to the 2016 US presidential race

13 Comments Posted by on November 23, 2016

Welcome to the Displaced Nation’s virtual panel discussion on the most recent presidential election in America. (Hey, we figured if the pundits could get it all wrong, we could all be pundits, too!) Before we get started, let me quickly explain how this panel came about. As some of you may know, I lived abroad […]

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