FROM LOST IN CHEESELAND TO THE NEW PARIS DISPATCH
I first launched a blog, this blog, back in 2009. I had just graduated from AUP with an MA in Global Communication and the economy had crashed, leaving jobs sparse. I was uncertain of my professional future and thought that documenting bits of my life in Paris might be both cathartic for me in the disquiet of the unknown and helpful to friends and family. It was something I could control, at the very least. That became so much more than I could have anticipated, leading to a freelance journalism and publishing career; hundreds of stories and two books.
The internet began evolving much faster by the time my first book came out in 2017. User behaviors changed and blogs were dying as attention shifted heavily to social media. I launched my first newsletter as a sort of replacement to the slowly retiring blog format back in 2017 in preparation for my book launch.
WHY A NEWSLETTER?By now, the ills and challenges of the publishing industry might be well known to you (exhibit A, B and C). For authors, the enduring struggle is being told to boost our ‘platforms’. Despite impressive social media followings, blog…
