Hello everybody!
Hello everybody! Let's make some books! This is the place to write a short intro to who you are, where/who you teach, and what sort of materials you're going to be working on during this course.
I've got two (or three?) books I'm going to be working on as well, so I'll go first. I don't actually teach full-time anymore, though I do periodic teacher training and sometimes short courses. I mostly write and edit ELT materials, both for traditional publishers and for my own little publishing company--so I both publish other people and stuff that I've written.
The projects I hope to finish during our month together are an ELT book on using Facebook for networking, and then--if time, if time--a grammar book for self-published fiction writers. That book has gotten bogged down though because I realized it really wants to be two books, one on grammar and one on vocabulary, and that sounds like a lot more work. But as they say, the answer to "How do you eat an elephant?" is "One bite at a time."
I live in the US, in Oregon (on the west coast), but for about half our class I'll be working in South America--Peru, Ecuador, and Chile. Fingers crossed for good hotel Internet! I did some of my sessions last time while traveling, though, and the iTDi folks handled all the tech stuff beautifully, so I'm not worried.
I've got two (or three?) books I'm going to be working on as well, so I'll go first. I don't actually teach full-time anymore, though I do periodic teacher training and sometimes short courses. I mostly write and edit ELT materials, both for traditional publishers and for my own little publishing company--so I both publish other people and stuff that I've written.
The projects I hope to finish during our month together are an ELT book on using Facebook for networking, and then--if time, if time--a grammar book for self-published fiction writers. That book has gotten bogged down though because I realized it really wants to be two books, one on grammar and one on vocabulary, and that sounds like a lot more work. But as they say, the answer to "How do you eat an elephant?" is "One bite at a time."
I live in the US, in Oregon (on the west coast), but for about half our class I'll be working in South America--Peru, Ecuador, and Chile. Fingers crossed for good hotel Internet! I did some of my sessions last time while traveling, though, and the iTDi folks handled all the tech stuff beautifully, so I'm not worried.
Fingers and toes crossed about the IT. Looking forward to your expertise in making books, making connections with people, and making puns and jokes!
ReplyDeleteDorothy, I am very much looking forward to being part of this course!
ReplyDeleteHi Dorothy,
ReplyDeleteLooking forward to hearing more from you, and being a (much, much!) better student this time around! :)
Hello Dorothy! I'm looking forward meeting you and attending this course, although things will be challenging for me too! I hope I can make it and enjoy it as much as I want to!
ReplyDeleteHi Dorothy. You might remember, I also took the course last year. Unfortunately, I was very busy at that time, as I had just changed jobs and I didn't manage to self-publish my project. This time I'll do something smaller just to make sure I complete the whole cycle! Looking forward to working with you again.
ReplyDeleteMargarita Kosior No worries... it's also a ton of information to take in. And this time you've got a sort of head start!
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