Ask the Author: Jeremy Thompson
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Jeremy Thompson
Quite simply - my working life, my career as a journalist around the world.
Jeremy Thompson
I've always loved writing, that's why I became a journalist as a teenager 50 years ago. I've spent a working lifetime reporting the big stories of our age on paper, on radio and on TV.
So putting that lifetime of work into perspective was an exciting challenge.
So putting that lifetime of work into perspective was an exciting challenge.
Jeremy Thompson
I'm busy getting ready to promote my first book due out at the end of October 2017.
If that is well received and sells ok, then I'll start thinking about a follow-up --
fact or fiction.
If that is well received and sells ok, then I'll start thinking about a follow-up --
fact or fiction.
Jeremy Thompson
Many people say to me they're too daunted to even begin writing.
I always tell them to just sit down and write about something that's familiar - a story from their own experience.
Hopefully getting that down on paper will give you the confidence to build from there.
I always tell them to just sit down and write about something that's familiar - a story from their own experience.
Hopefully getting that down on paper will give you the confidence to build from there.
Jeremy Thompson
Being able to express yourself in your own words.
For once, you're master of your own word destiny.
You can go where you like with it and tell it just how you see it.
For once, you're master of your own word destiny.
You can go where you like with it and tell it just how you see it.
Jeremy Thompson
Fortunately, it was never a problem. But then I was writing my own life story, so I had no excuse for getting stuck!
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