Inspiring Women Summer 2018

INSPIRATION IN THIS ISSUE
OUR PROFILES: WOMEN OF WORDS AND LANGUAGE
An Introduction 4
Paris: Haiku – Life in 17 Syllables 5
London: Characters Evolve for a Novelist 9
Colombia: Creating a Cookbook that Tells a Story 16
Germany: A Journalist’s Worldwide Curiosity 20
The Hague: Mastering the Spoken Word 22
Toulouse: An Activist’s Writing Against Injustice 31
Italy: Legally Addicted to Words 34
Bogotá: A Writer’s Advice – Complete the Book 40
Bern: Navigating the Serious Side of Poetry 43
France: A Textbook Example of a Curriculum Writer 50
Sweden: A Writer’s Festival – A Script for Success 53
Connecticut: FAWCO is “a-Twitter” on Social Media 55
Scotland: Successful Writing for the Digital Age 60
Rome: Notes from a “Traveling Wordmonger” 62
OUR FEATURES
First Take: New Member Reflections 12
Guilty of GILTI? A New Tax for Some Expats 15
Just for Fun 19
A Club Inspires: AWC The Philippines 26
Home and Away: The Finish Line 37
An Introduction to FAUSA 47
IN EVERY ISSUE
Inspiration from the Editor 3
From the Cover Coordinator 3
Inspiring You 64
Magazine Feedback 64
More About This Issue 65
Coming This Fall 66
Esquire Group p. 15
London & Capital p. 8
ADVERTISERS’ INDEX
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