The reason I mentioned my need to be proactive in the last posting was as an introduction to my research methods for my book: "The Guardian Essential Guide to Living and Working Abroad". Although it would make my life much easier if I could rely on responses to my Guardian column "A Desk in the Sun", it's not going to give me enough examples of real people who've moved from Britain to live and work overseas.
Being proactive in this case means seeking out the websites, blogs and forums where British expats meet up. (I suppose the other method would be to travel the world to places where Brits have made their lives. My budget won't stretch to that.)
Ideally, I'd like to develop relationships with the people who run the ex-pat websites, blogs and forums. The first of these is with is Kay McMahon, editor of the online British Expat Magazine
www.britishexpat.com.
She's given me permission to cross-post on some of the country-specific forums (or "fora" as she, perhaps, more correctly calls them). I hope this will link me to some of the people I need to speak to for the book. If anybody else wants to collaborate in a similar way. I'd be delighted to hear from them.
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