S7: E140 Book Launch!

Season Seven

Episode 140

Book Launch!

This episode is a Virtual Party that you’re invited to attend with me as a way to celebrate the launch of my first book - the Afternoon Ti Guide to Teaching Music: Strategies and Support for Becoming Your Best Teacher Self. It’s been almost a year and a half into the making and I’m beyond excited and nervous to share it with you.

WRITING PROCESS

Started in September 2019
Read articles - Jeff Goins ... so much wisdom in his article about tips for writing a book
Takeaways that kept me going:

Work on one chapter at a time!

Set a daily word count

Write every day - doesn’t have to be a lot, but does need to happen often

Don’t edit as you go.

Would open a Google Doc and write about something that happened that day or a thought about teaching or various things that came into my head… repeat this over and over… then some of the thoughts began to flow together. And an outline of what I felt was important for teachers to know began to form. I quickly thought of sonata form and how the bookends contain the theme - but with different views of it and the middle section - the development - turned to look a little differently at things.
Off and on during Covid
Committed to a launch date with F-Flat books… was the catalyst for following through

BOOK CONTENTS

Exposition - Development - Recapitulation
Accompanying Journal

CHAPTER ONE

Reading

Where to find the book

F-flat books offers the e-books - extra 20% off for the first week of launch from February 1-7

Paperback book and journal on Amazon at the end of this week - should be up by February 5-6

Follow me on Instagram - @highafternoonti for more content and info!

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