Comments on: Bangkok’s (S)expat Writers

By: No Patpong

No Patpong — Sat, 11 Dec 2010 08:03:55 +0000

Ray Needham book like Big Mango and Ambassador Mistress is just all about what he seeing and doing on Patpong.

By: sukexplorer

sukexplorer — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 06:41:47 +0000

“Says Chris Moore, slightly on the defensive: “Getting published is nevertheless tough.” Not to mention getting distributed.”

Errr, not if you self publish through your own Heaven Lake Press company, Chris.

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 10:01:16 +0000

Hah! You got that right …

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:49:38 +0000

Well, maybe the American original created a Canadian double – or vice versa -, just to be on the safe side as you never know in Thailand …

BangkokDan

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:43:20 +0000

If it wasn’t for a friend drooling over a fellow Canadian’s proliferation, I wouldn’t have picked up on it myself.

(embarrassing is spending way too long trying to figure out how Chris was born in Canada but raised in Ohio and has a home with loving family in California yet spends most of his time in Bangkok with his wife and four dogs … there’s more but it gets really bad …)

By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:31:03 +0000

Cat, thousand thanks, how embarrassing. Corrected. And I thought Chris added that "major cult status" himself ... BangkokDan

By: Cat

Cat — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 08:14:19 +0000

And Christopher Moore finally, from Ohio, who enjoys the Wikipedia-entry of being “a best-selling author with major cult status.”

Right name. Wrong Moore. Wrong wiki entry.

The one you want goes by Christopher G Moore. He was born in Canada, not the US, and is a long time BKK resident.

I made the same leap at first (when researching for an article due out next week).

There’s actually two Canadian authors of the same name. Just be sure to add the G when googling …

By: Stephen Leather, Bangkok’s Most Immortal Expat Writer

Stephen Leather, Bangkok’s Most Immortal Expat Writer — Sat, 12 Apr 2008 06:33:31 +0000

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By: BangkokDan

BangkokDan — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 09:23:38 +0000

Spot-on Carl – but is there demand for such forums?

A friend of mine tried to start a writers’ forum here in Bangkok. Didn’t take off so far. Writers are not the most sociable beings, they love a cozy, protective isolation.

And yes, a write about the expat writers is highly promising. There is so much more to tell about this milieu – which it is.

Got something more extensive on the subject in the pipeline that’ll be up soon.

BangkokDan

By: Carl Parkes

Carl Parkes — Fri, 28 Mar 2008 03:07:53 +0000

Dan, another good one. I’ve been thinking about writing something about that exact same subject, but you did it first. You also have the advantage of living in Bangkok while I live in San Francisco, so you have closer contact and can go to those FCCT events. I think the whole subject could use plenty more background and stories, and somebody will do it, but it probably won’t be me.

OK; somebody claim http://writersinthailand.blogspot.com

and then get other writers there to discuss their books, sales, editors, rip offs, etc.

I’ve got something about the trials and tribulations of travel writers at: http://travelwriters.blogspot.com

And, a Facebook page, for those crazy enough to join that networking site.