Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Participation


Whenever I have to teach, whether it be at church or at work, I always use the method of class led discussions. This method prompts a more interesting class and less work on my part. I'd like to think that I use this technique on my blog. You guys are a wealth of knowledge through either personal experience or study. I learn so much from each of your comments and your blogs. So don't think of me as lazy, but as mediator of debate.

On to other news.

My friend and fellow blogger Heidi had her launch day for her book "Some Kind of Normal" on Monday. Go check out her blog for more details.

I've always wanted to write a super hero book. I've been obsessed with them since I was a kid and watched the Wonder Twins activate. The other day I just started writing, had no clue what the story was going to be, but as I wrote it prompted ideas and now I have another project to work on. Funny how that works.

18 comments:

JKB said...

I think book ideas are like (really cute) cockroaches.

Where you find one, another eight or nine are hiding. And if you let them out, soon they're crawling all over your food.

(How's that for gross, right?)

:-D

Tabitha Bird said...

LOL JKB- "book ideas are like really cute cockroaches!" Love that!

All the best with the new project.

Patti said...

Love that analogy Jen. I had a cochroach of an idea.

Susan R. Mills said...

How exciting! A new project. Good for you. Can I beta read it when you finish?

Robyn Campbell said...

New projects are always so much fun aren't they? This one sounds like a winner. :)

Southpaw said...

Something new, yeah. That's always fun and fresh!

Ellie Kings said...

New ideas are always exciting, once you get going. Have fun with it!

Jessica Nelson said...

It's def. funny how new ideas sneak up on us. You just reminded me that I'd had an idea and I forgot to write it down. Grrr...can't remember it now. LOL

You sound like a great teacher! I loved the classes where we could be more involved.

Patti said...

Jessica: I had that happen. I had a dream, but was too lazy to write it down in the middle of the night. By the morning it was forgotten.

Shannon O'Donnell said...

Good luck with your superhero idea - the world can never have too many heroes! :)

Jody Hedlund said...

A superhero book would be fun to write! And thanks for always facilitating discussion with your blog!

Tara McClendon said...

Good luck with the superhero book. i'm interested to find out what type of powers the hero will have. :]

Kristen Torres-Toro said...

I will! Thank, Patti! And yay for the new project!

Kasie West said...

I agree with your "facilitator of discussion" method of teaching. I teach once a month at church and I try to do this as much as possible.

Congrats to your friend and her book launch. And congrats to you on your new idea. I love new ideas. They're so fun.

Dawn Simon said...

I learn from blog comments too. This is such a great community!

Congratulations to your friend Heidi. I watched her book trailer--very cool.

lisa and laura said...

Hoorah for new ideas!!! Can't wait till we start writing shiny new words again.

Tana said...

I love starting new WIP's. I spent all of 2009 doing just that. Now off to edits...

Natalie said...

I LOVE getting new ideas! I just need to learn to finish them.

I gave you a little award on my blog yesterday. :)