I think I might want to start writing a book. What do you think? I really don't want to write a completely new book per se, I want to update a book that I read a few years ago that has, in some ways, been out of date for years even a few years ago when I read it. It's called How to Learn Any Language; Quickly, Easily, Inexpensively, Enjoyably and On Your Own. I read the book several years ago and I recently listened to an interesting podcast about language learning and it inspired me to look more into it. Looking back a the book I realized (again) that though some of the things mentioned in the book are terribly out of date, e.g. mentions of numerous tape players including portable ones (as if they are a new development). So I think I'd like to take on the tremendous job of rewriting the book with updated ideas like CDs, .mp3 formats, podcasts etc. The over-arching ideas in the book are wonderful, hence the reason I'd like to update the text. That and I think the author's ideas/methods are overlooked by many linguists and I'd like to get the ideas from the text out into the world.
There are so many obstacles to my idea...
One, I SUCK at finishing things: I started putting my wife's family cookbook into eBook format with the program iBooks Author, yeah not done yet. I also started writing a beginner music textbook, also not done yet. Granted, the cookbook and textbook were pretty much spur of the moment ideas that I didn't really plan out. Of course so far this one is too!
Second, I have NO IDEA where to start! I know that one of the most important things I should knock out first is contacting the original author and getting his permission to do this project. I also need to get permission from the publishing company (if there is one) to do the update also. I need to find a publishing output also, though I'm pretty sure the iBook Author program has a publishing option built into the application.
Third, I don't really know if I'm qualified to write a book even an update to a book. I know it doesn't technically require any expertise to write a book but I'd like all the work I plan to put into this to do someone somewhere some good.
I don't particularly have any language-related photos, so I'll just post one from my trip to Korea: (yes, that was our "Adventure Dog," that I lost in Italy on my last trip to the desert)
There are so many obstacles to my idea...
One, I SUCK at finishing things: I started putting my wife's family cookbook into eBook format with the program iBooks Author, yeah not done yet. I also started writing a beginner music textbook, also not done yet. Granted, the cookbook and textbook were pretty much spur of the moment ideas that I didn't really plan out. Of course so far this one is too!
Second, I have NO IDEA where to start! I know that one of the most important things I should knock out first is contacting the original author and getting his permission to do this project. I also need to get permission from the publishing company (if there is one) to do the update also. I need to find a publishing output also, though I'm pretty sure the iBook Author program has a publishing option built into the application.
Third, I don't really know if I'm qualified to write a book even an update to a book. I know it doesn't technically require any expertise to write a book but I'd like all the work I plan to put into this to do someone somewhere some good.
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| It reads: "Heaven (or Sky) Park" (the name of the park) |
