I have been a public relations professional since 1990 and have been working independently since 2007 providing freelance writing services, corporate communications training and writing workshops. I had moved to Dubai in 2007, which was what triggered my career transition. I was inspired by friends and colleagues at the same time to share my experiences with others and wrote my first book, @Home in Dubai...Getting Connected Online and on the Ground. More recently I published my first novel, Mental Pause.

- Fiction Writer's Platform Editor's Choice Award - The Power of Suggestion and And Truth be Told.
- NaNoWriMo 2011 winner

My first novel, Mental Pause, launched on March 8, 2013, International Women's Day was self-published. My first book, a non-fiction called @Home in Dubai... Getting Connected Online and on the Ground (Summertime Publishing) came out Dec 12, 2011.

Global Writing Solutions Online
A professional freelance writer ready to help when the words just won't flow.

@Home in Dubai
"Reading Anne O'Connell's @Home in Dubai is like sitting down with a friend over a cup of coffee and having all your questions answered." Zvezdana Rashkovich, author Dubai Wives

Writing...Just Because
After 20 years in PR, I decided it was time to just write! Here's where I blog about what it's like to be a freelance writer, the process of becoming an author, what it's like to live as an expat and I do book reviews on these topics too.

Anne the Writer
Here's where I interact with friends and followers (mostly other writers) and share interesting resources that I come across in my daily work and play.