Posts Tagged ‘Writing’
Describe happiness question was unexpected to my interviewees
I spent at least 45 hours interviewing and transcribing the results in Microsoft OneNote (which is the best thing that happened to me as a tool, besides Microsoft Word) and I wanted the interviewee to focus on my questions, so I threw a question on them that they did not expect: “Describe what happiness means…
Read MoreThe Power of Interviews when working on a book: new perspectives from each interview
Today I made two interviews, father and son, they both live in Dallas and they have also lived in the UK. It was fascinating to get two perspectives of living abroad; one from a father that did the decision and one from the son that had to go with the decision. Yesterday I interviewed a…
Read MoreThe angst of an author and about writing process
This is my second book (if one does not count my doctoral dissertation of 330 pages as a monograph) and I have to say that I have found my own way of building the content. It is much easier that with the first one, and I now know what works best for me as a…
Read MoreSocial media and its impact on people living abroad
Today, I was writing a section about the impact that social media has on our lives. Think about Facebook for example. That has changed completely the way we see the world. Today, I can follow my family and friends in Finland, what they are up to and also about their daily life. Some of you…
Read MoreHow does an author find interesting topics to write about?
I am sitting in a tram in Helsinki, the sun is shining and I have a bunch of Russian tourists around me on their way to downtown Helsinki (city-center). Observing the environment, wondering how I can transform this environment to my new upcoming book is what I am thinking about. Businesspeople such as me have…
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