Ilene Springer
My blogs
| Gender | Female |
|---|---|
| Industry | Communications or Media |
| Occupation | Writer, EFL teacher |
| Location | Sliema, Malta |
| Introduction | Ever think of moving abroad? Join me on my journey as an expatriate through my blog: www.An-American-in-Malta.com--and also through my book The Diary of an American Expatriate. Please visit my EFL blog www.Chocolate English.eu. |
| Interests | At the age of 55, I left the US (and two grown daughters) because of losing my job and my subsequent escalating health insurance premiums. I made my way to Malta (south of Sicily) with my cat, a German man I met on the Web six years earlier and plans to continue writing and to teach English as a Foreign Language. I did it--but it's been very hard, often crazy. I wrote a book that got published by AUK in London. It's called The Diary of an American Expatriate . I need it to become a bestseller so that I can visit my daughters more often in the US. BTW, on of my main interests is ancient Egypt. Although I believe I lived there in a former life, I'm trying to focus on and get through the present one. |
| Favorite Movies | Gone with the Wind, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, The Wizard of Oz, Peter Pan, The Horse Whisperer, Little Miss Sunshine, The King's Speech--and lots more. I love movies. |
| Favorite Music | All Broadway Musicals--The King and I, Camelot, West Side Story, Oklahoma, Carousel, Peter Pan. Also love the late Whitney Houston and the "old" days of The Beatles. |
| Favorite Books | Sherlock Holmes--all 60 stories and novels, Shogun and the rest of the series, everything by James Michener, Bridgette Jones's Diary |
You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?
First, let it happen and then I'll decide. I have enough going on in my head (including panic attacks and obsessive thoughts) that I don't think there would be room for fame to get in there.