Comments on: Guest bloggers wanted

By: Boris

Boris — Thu, 17 Sep 2009 03:34:12 +0000

Hi Em,
Sorry, been away for a few days, now the original comment has been approved making the second look out of place… We like difficulties and humour, France related, preferably with a little bit of something useful thrown in so that people thinking about doing the same just might learn something. And sentences that start with and, but, etc.
Why not tell us what is causing your woe, we all like hearing other people’s troubles, makes us feel better about ourselves I think.
If you still feel inclined to have a go send it to francethisway@gmail.com
PS my name isn’t Chris

By: Em

Em — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 21:37:04 +0000

S’funny. I replied to your last response but can’t see it here. I guess you thought it was pap! … off to slit her wrists …

By: Em

Em — Mon, 14 Sep 2009 10:31:40 +0000

Hi Chris,
Phew! Nearly scared me off there. I’m sleeping with my etymological from now on. I’d like to give it a go though, but only if you spare me public humiliation and don’t print your scoldings. I’m very new to this. Is it possible to see examples of what you rate highly and lowly? Or a clue as to what you definitely don’t want? I don’t imagine many people would be interested in 700 painful words on building the HMS Victory out of matchsticks, but you never know. No I haven’t! Obviously – apologies in advance to shipbuilders everywhere.

By: Boris

Boris — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 12:10:39 +0000

Hi, well sure I’d be OK with VERY FAMOUS PEOPLE stopping by to share their thoughts, but wasn’t really what I was meaning. I was thinking more about normal folk, or slightly normal folk, writing about their own French experiences etc.
But in reality a few people have written potential posts and they have all ended up, well, not being posted. Not because they weren’t well written, but because mostly when I read them I think they wouldn’t quite fit in right. No-one else’s fault of course, just me being a bit neurotic.
But if you feel a wish to share your ‘mental stack of woe and heart-lifting’ I expect I could make an exception…

By: Em

Em — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 10:10:38 +0000

Hello there! I can’t tell you how pleased I am – to find this site -Excellent! And to know that when I move into my little house in Chateauneuf sur cher, I won’t be little lost voice, is very reassuring. Yes you can start a sentenc with and. For my next challenge I deliberately chose to buy in Cher, as I want to improve my French without the temptation of relying on ex-pats to assist in my panic. To help me out of it not increase it that is. I already have a mental stack of woe and heart-lifting to share and I’m not there yet.
When you say ‘guest bloggers’ do you mean someone famous? Along the lines of eg. Quentin Tarentino writing the preface to a book by Spike Lee? No I don’t know if he has – but he could! I’m not famous. Well only for some things among people who know me. Like my delicious and never-the-same-twice soup, my baby-whisperer status, or my flair for interior design a la skip.
Tara for now Em

By: Nick Rowswell

Nick Rowswell — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 15:21:01 +0000

Nice blog Mr B. Do you still need guest bloggers?
I blog in Bourges, I’ve been here for 18 years.

Cheers

By: jennifer

jennifer — Tue, 10 Jul 2007 14:34:35 +0000

dear tony, thanks for this suggestion. i have been living in toulouse and keep trying to place a great article i wrote on the opening of a new boutique, manoush, related to the larger line in paris. i’m having trouble as the expat newspaper here won’t accept the article, with pictures, unless the boutique purchases advertising. could i post the article here? or can you advise another good venue for this 700 word piece? please advise. i look forward to hearing from you as well as reading your work.
sincerely, jennifer of toulouse

By: Boris

Boris — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 06:31:17 +0000

Cheers Tony, Thanks for the suggestion. I’m not really looking for automated feeds – if that’s what you’re describing, sorry I’m not very technical – in part because of duplicate content problems, but if you would like to write a related article it would be very welcome.

Cheers

By: tony tidswell

tony tidswell — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 13:41:44 +0000

Hi,

As we both use WordPress we can add feeds to publish content both ways – I am doing a couple of Blogs about France which may have stuff you can use

http://www.twiku.com
and
http://www.fruk.eu

I use the WP-o-Matic plug in for automating feeds

Well done on your blog

Tony

By: Boris

Boris — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 19:14:52 +0000

Hi Corina, thanks for stopping by.

I’m forever researching France for the main francethisway site – there are a lot of places in France, I’ve come to appreciate – so I can usually muster up unknown facts about small villages in the Alps or islands off the coast of Brittany that no-one else has ever heard of. I’m still useless when people in the gites ask which local restaurant is open, though…

I change the ‘theme’ of the blog about once a month just to confuse and disorientate people – I think this one has about two weeks left to go. Sometimes I even go mad and have photos.

I’ll take a look at your blog articles thanks for the suggestion, and meanwhile please do send along an article or two about any experiences and I’ll stick them up. You’ve reminded me, I also have a banking tale to tell when I get a moment…