Any Day Now
Friday July 3, 2009
Proofreading is all done...just making a few last-minute changes. I will be sending the book off to the printer any day now. Whew.
Getting Started with Spanish: Beginning Spanish for Homeschoolers and Self-Taught Students of Any Age is a book that teaches beginning Spanish gradually yet systematically. This unique method was designed specifically to help homeschooled and self-taught students overcome the obstacles they face when studying Spanish at home. In each lesson, after learning something new, you can immediately apply what you've learned by translating the fun practice sentences. Download the free MP3 files that accompany the book, and listen to a native speaker (co-author Antonio Orta) pronounce all the exercises. As you practice speaking and understanding spoken Spanish, refer to the answer key in the back if you get stuck. Everything you need is here in one book, so what's stopping you from Getting Started with Spanish?
On The Verge of Publishing
Sunday June 21, 2009
We are in the final proofreading stage of the book. We are scrutinizing every word, every letter even, to find any typographical errors. When this stage is complete, probably in about 2 weeks, we will publish the book!! The recordings are not done yet, though. That will probably take about another six weeks or so. It's a lot of work.
Recordings In Progress
Monday June 1, 2009
Well, Antonio and I have finished the book, and now we are working hard on the recordings that accompany the book. Each lesson will have pronunciation recording as well as an author's commentary recording.
Things are moving along pretty well, and we hope to publish the book at the end of July--less than two months from now.
The Book is Finished
Wednesday March 11, 2009
I am happy to report that the book is finally done. Now, we are just doing a lot of proofreading and tweaking.
The main thing we are working on right now (that's ahora mismo in Spanish) is the audio recordings that accompany each lesson. There will be two sets of recordings: one just for pronunciation, and one that teaches through each lesson. So it will take us a while to finish these recordings, but we are definitely wanting to go to press by this Summer.
Changes You Can Believe In
Wednesday January 21, 2009
We just need to make a few more changes, and then have the book proofread one more time. So we are getting close to being done.
Almost Done
Sunday December 28, 2008
Well, we had some folks test out the book this fall, and we got some good feedback from that. Also, our editorial consultant has made some good suggestions, so we are doing a bit of fixin' and rewritin'. We should have all our changes made by the end of January. Then, we will go over the book one last time for final changes, and then send it out for proofreading. So we are in the final stages here, only a few steps left and this book will be ready to publish.
I Need a Nap
Tuesday June 24, 2008
Whew. Antonio and I worked like crazy on the book every day for about the past week. We now have the lessons for the entire book in place, and most of them are written. They just need some rewriting and editing. However, I will have to go back and rewrite many of the exercises because of some changes we have made earlier in the book.
Making Progress
Sunday May 11, 2008
Well, we have gotten most of the book mapped out, that is, the basic material we want to cover and the order of the lessons. This book will follow the same one-thing-at-a-time formula that you saw in Getting Started with Latin, the only difference being that in this book we will ocassionally be throwing in an extra word in some lessons when appropriate.
The book will have approximately 155 lessons, the first 20 or so of which we have finished. Remaining tasks include finalizing the order of the lessons, and writing a rough draft of the actual lessons once we have finalized the order. I think we can be done with this entire project by Christmas.
A Book is Born
Saturday March 22, 2008
After a lot of planning and dreaming, my friend Antonio Orta and I have decided to write a beginning Spanish book. This book will be a counterpart to my popular introduction to Latin, which is called Getting Started with Latin. The new book, as you have probably noticed by now, will be called Getting Started with Spanish: Beginning Spanish for Homeschooled and Self-Taught Students of Any Age. It will be very similar to Getting Started with Latin, and will have both the prounciation recordings and lesson-by-lesson commentary recordings. So I think that this beginning Spanish method will be just as big a success as the Latin book has proven to be.
I will periodically update this blog to keep folks informed of the progress of the book.
William E. Linney
