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Sunday, June 26, 2016
Developing mastery in the classroom through personalised learning
To master anything you first need to be taught how to do it then have the opportunity to practice it, test what you've learned and practice some more until you get it. That's about it. Yet in schools we seem to ignore this and revert to a list of lesson requirements that appease an observation checklist. My presentation at The Telegraph Festival of Education explored this and suggested a few steps that any school can implement quickly to rid themselves of the unnecessary requirements that they have imposed on teaching.
During my time at the Festival I heard a number of teachers having conversations about education, as they would at such a festival, and the topic of mastery often arose. I used the image of the young child leanring to ride a bike as an example of what mastery is. The opening line of this post also defines it quite simply. So with my definition out of the way I got onto examples of great teaching provided by Shaun Allison and Andy Tharby from the brilliant Bright Spots post . I've appraoched teaching in this way for most of my career. I have also been made to teach according to what my SLT deemed Ofsted wanted to see in a lesson. What I have found about both approaches is that the latter doesn't work. It does nothing to help teachers become better teachers and creates the culture of the show lesson for observation purposes which has become so prolific across schools today, in fact my partner has just spent the better part of the evening creating her show lesson for a lesson observation she has tomorrow. And for what? So a member of SLT can feel important at having judged a colleague by ticking a sheet of paper.
So, let's say that you get this and want to know where persoanlised learning fits in. Well, I'm an EYFS teacher and have been for the last 3 years. What I have discovered working in this age group is how essential it is to build a complete picture of every child in your class. EYFS teachers build these pictures up through daily observations of the leanring that happens and we use this knowledge to provide opportunities for children to practice what they have learned, test their understanding through feedback that happens there and then and helps move the child on to the next steps. Lessons flow into one another, timetables are written in September and never followed from then on, the daily learning structure depends almost entirely on the needs of the child. And it works. Yet when those very same children go into Year 1 and they enter 'Proper Primary' the approach is dropped in favour of the 'what we think Ofsted want to see' approach. Children are herded into ability groups, lessons become forulaic due to the schools accountability regime and immediate feedback is replaced with multi coloured marking that takes hours to do. Personalising learning goes out the window and mastery becomes another box to be ticked in a lesson observation and book scrutiny.
Hammering mastery into your curriculum whilst still expecting teachers to teach according to what you think Ofsted want to see does not work. And it will never, ever allow children to master anything they learn.
I suggest you start looking for answers by reading Tom Sherrington's excellent 'Principles of Effective Teaching' post to gain an insight into how your school can start developing effective teaching and learning. And if you want to improve teaching through obsevations then please read Tom Boulter's recent post 'Making observation optional'.
For further information on how you can personalise learning in your classroom check out these posts 'Innovating learning requires innovating the classroom' and 'Personalising Learning'.
Saturday, October 31, 2015
Switching on the Outstanding Factor
Every teacher has faced the impending lesson observation. Your senior leadership team have told you the date and what the subject will be. So you go home and start preparing for it, usually a few weeks in advance. You believe that you should approach the observation as you would any other lesson you teach but you know that your SLT want you to pull out all the stops.
What should you do?
Leadership teams have an unfortunate habit of using Ofsted's whole school observation checklist for individual lesson observations. Many teachers will add bells, whistles and even a few fireworks to make sure the observed lesson has all the outstanding features that the Ofsted whole school checklist appears to mention. To gain outstanding you must tick all the outstanding boxes after all. Teachers will also add in additional features the SLT have deemed necessary due to reading up on other school Ofsted reports. These features may or may not help improve teaching and learning but because the school down the road had them in their latest Ofsted report then your SLT wants to see them included.
So your not planned for outstanding lesson looks like this.
- Write the Learning Objective on the IWB (use of technology ticked)
- Discuss said LO with the class and what it means - tick
- Write a list of success criteria to achieve said LO (add additional criteria as you know your SLT like to see lots of them - tick)
- Show a video/image to draw in the class (this can be related to the LO or not, just make sure the children are engaged - another tick)
- Ask questions about the video/image but make sure you follow the recent no-hands up policy, use lolly sticks or even better use the class set of iPads lying in the ICT/Computing (what's it called?) suite/trolley and that app someone mentioned where you hold up a printed out QR code or something (lots of ticks here)
- Model the lesson and play a game on the IWB (children can't come up to use the IWB as that would take up too much time) - ticks galore
- Make sure children are not sitting on the carpet/chairs for too long as you have to make sure there is pace in the lesson (Mastery hasn't quite made it into your school's SLT lesson observation guidelines yet)
- Send your Higher, Middle and Lower groups off to complete their differentiated work (tick, tick and tick)
- Make sure your TA is with your Lower group and ask a few pertinent questions to show your control of the TA's function in the class -tick
- Sit with one group for at least 10 minutes, ask lots of reasoning type questions and listen intently. Try that bouncing question technique someone mentioned last term (ticks)
- As children are working interrupt them with inane questions so your observer sees you (tick)
- Do not mark any work during the lesson no matter how strong the urge as your SLT said no marking during lesson time (see next point)
- Lesson marking should be ticks and corrections, use corrections on the visualiser to demonstrate powerful learning opportunities (someone in SLT read this online and said it would be food to Ofsted) - ticks all round
- Add a mini plenary every so often, not because you and your class need one but because your SLT insist on them - a tick for every plenary
- Keep an eye on the time, the lesson cannot run over time nor should it end too soon. Let the children know when there are 5 minutes left.
- Plenary time, your SLT want you to move the learning on so do not use this as an opportunity to go through errors or misunderstandings, this is a time to move the learning on. (ticks, ticks and ticks)
- The observed lesson is over
Later that day you will discover whether or not your lesson was outstanding.
Your class on the other hand will wonder why you were being such a idiot.
Friday, July 24, 2015
Design Thinking and Moonshots
I recently attended the Google Moonshot Summit in Amsterdam which was led by the inspiring +EdTechTeam. This summit was very much like the Google Teacher Academy London last October which I attended as a mentor. This consisted of design thinking, creating a moonshot and was led by the brilliant +Ewan McIntosh and +NoTosh Ltd. Both events wanted its participants to think big, to create a moonshot. A moonshot is
"an ambitious, exploratory and ground-breaking project undertaken without any expectation of near-term success or benefit and also, perhaps, without a full investigation of the risks and benefits." (moonshotsummit)
Think big then think bigger. That's your moonshot. The process at both events involved lots of thinking, teasing out ideas and thoughts, pulling at every suggestion and making it bigger. It was tough but the design thinking process isn't meant to be easy, as President Kennedy said "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard."
So what is a design thinking process involve? I'll let Ewan McIntosh explain.
Design thinking is much more than using post-it notes, hexagonal pieces of paper or even LEGO bricks. It involves prototyping to solve complex problems. It can also help turn us from problem solvers into problem thinkers.
|Unpacking The Design Thinking process - image from Know without borders
I suggest you read through the following sites to develop a better understanding of the design thinking process.
During my attendance at the Amsterdam event, the teams came up with the following moonshots.
- What if we could gamify student learning where earned points were used to improve society?
- What if we could design teacher training that reflects best teaching pedagogy?
- What if we could create a system of Moonshot mentors for teachers and students?
- What if we could integrate community/city life into schools?
- What if we could build structure that allows students to co-create the curriculum with teachers and experts?
- What if we could design a meaningful learning environment and assessment system?
- What if we could connect students locally and globally to solve authentic problems together?
- What if we could create a program to allow students to chose what they want learn?
I was involved with moonshot 6 and one of our possible solutions was to get rid of high stakes testing that costs millions and instead put that money into improving teaching and learning for all. We can't think of any valid reason why this can not be possible and I would welcome your thoughts about this and the other moonshots.
Thank you to the +EdTechTeam for their fantastic event in Amsterdam, to +James Sanders for his inspiring story, +Mark Wagner, +Molly Schroeder +Jennie Magiera for their drive and passion, and to the inspiring +Esther Wojcicki for sharing her time, thoughts and energy with us.
Thank you to the +EdTechTeam for their fantastic event in Amsterdam, to +James Sanders for his inspiring story, +Mark Wagner, +Molly Schroeder +Jennie Magiera for their drive and passion, and to the inspiring +Esther Wojcicki for sharing her time, thoughts and energy with us.
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Admission requirements
All applicants must be qualified to study at an Austrian university. For further information please see: www.fh-salzburg.ac.at/en/studies-teaching/applicants-with-an-international-previous-education/
Please also note that there may be additional requirements. For more information please see "Zugangsvoraussetzungen" and "Aufnahmeverfahren" on the german website of the degree programme.
German language skills
Please note that the degree programme is conducted in German language! A proof of language proficiency is part of the admission requirements. A very good command of the German language is necessary.
The Physiotherapy Bachelor programme requires at least level B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR).
The Salzburg University of Applied Sciences does not offer any German language courses prior to admission to a study programme. Prospective students have to take care about that on their own responsibility.
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"So, when is the city girl going to make an appearance?" Landon Cutter finished cleaning the stalls while John hauled another fifty-pound bag of sweet feed into the barn.
John's phone beeped before he had a chance to answer his brother. He stacked the bag on top of the others he'd already hauled in, then fished the cell from his pocket and read the text. "How about that, her plane just landed." He glanced down at his sweat-soaked shirt, work jeans and boots. "Man, I've got to take a shower before she gets here."
"You've got plenty of time. It'll take her a good hour or so to make it to Claremont from Birmingham. Plus, from what I hear, it takes a while to get luggage at the airport."
John wasn't certain Landon was all that keen on his bringing in someone as prominent as Dana Brooks to their farm. Landon figured she wouldn't grasp the concept and appeal of down-home Southern pride. The Brooks family of Chicago rivaled the Trumps in money and influence, so John had also been surprised that the late Lawrence Brooks's daughter had seen merit in his business plan. In fact, John had sensed an undeniable appreciation in her texts and conversations. And if anyone could sell his dude ranch idea, it was Dana Brooks.
"She didn't fly into Birmingham. Her plane landed at the local airstrip in Stockville." John removed his work gloves, slapped them together and tossed them on a shelf in the tack room. "They've got a private jet. She should be here in half an hour."
Landon whistled. "A private jet. Isn't that something? And she's coming here to help you start a dude ranch in North Alabama?"
"Reckon I must have won her over with my unique idea and Southern charm." John's smile was instant, but he fought to maintain his confidence about the classy lady hopping on a plane to see the ranch firsthand. And she planned to stay for a month, until they got the place up and running. How would he entertain a Chicago socialite on a ranch for four weeks? "I'm going down to the fishing shack to clean up before she gets here."
"Fishing cabin," Landon corrected. "And you'd better get used to calling them cabins, or Georgiana is liable to have your hide."
"Right, my fishing cabin." John didn't know if he'd ever get used to the term. Landon's wife, Georgiana, had the idea to turn the old fishing shacks on their property into something more habitable that would appeal to those interested in an outdoor getaway to fish and relax. Cutter's Fish Camp had only been open a couple of weeks but was doing great, with regular weekend reservations for five out of six cabins. John was thrilled with the early success, but he still wanted to succeed with his own business plan, the one the bank had so quickly turned down. However, business magnate Dana Brooks had faith in his dude ranch idea and in John.
He saddled his horse, Red, and started across the fields toward the stocked pond and the fishing shackscorrectioncabins. When Landon married Georgiana, John insisted that the two of them, along with Georgiana's seven-year-old daughter, Abi, live in the Cutter family home, a two-story log cabin at the center of the property. He, on the other hand, would live in one of the fishing shacks and therefore be nearby whenever a fishing camp guest needed anything. He liked the rustic, compact cabin and the seclusion the place provided from the outside world. True, guests surrounded him when the cabins were rented, but the majority of the time they kept to themselves and he had the perfect place to meditate on God and study for his business degree.
The cabins were multicolored, Georgiana's idea to paint them similar to Charleston's Rainbow Row. Being blind, Georgiana often discussed the appeal of color and how she remembered hues from before she lost her sight. Consequently, the cabins were painted with the favorite colors from her memories. John hoped the look would appeal to the city girl, Dana Brooks. His cabin was sage-green and the smallest of the lot. He'd stuck a couple of rockers in the front, and Abi had helped him put blooming plants in big pots on each cabin's porch, including his own. Riding closer, he took in the colorful cabins, the sky turning turquoise in the early afternoon, the green mountains, the brown water from the pond. The place looked like a postcard or an ad for the newest dude ranch, the only dude ranch, in Alabama.
Maybe the scene would impress Dana Brooks.
He dismounted, and Red moved to graze near the cabin, then John glanced toward the edge of the property, toward the dirt road entrance, and noticed a gaping hole in the fencing. Undoubtedly his oldest and most ornery cow, Gypsy, had once again decided to play nomad. She'd been escaping since she was a calf, hence her name; now at nearly sixteen, Gypsy was already a year past the age Charolais cattle typically lived, and she still managed to escape. But nowadays she often got confused, wandering out, then wandering right back in. John scanned the field, but didn't spot Gypsy. He had no idea whether she was out or in, but either way, he had to fix that fence before he lost more livestock. You couldn't very well have a dude ranch without horses and cattle.
John withdrew his cell and noted the time on the display. 4:00p.m. Ms. Brooks would be getting a rental car in Stockville. Maybe that'd take enough time for him to repair the fence and clean up before she arrived.
God, help her like this place, and help me make a good first impression.
Dana stepped onto the tarmac while her copilot, Ned, unloaded her bags. She'd only needed Mark, her pilot, and Ned for the trip, so Ned had assumed the duty of assisting her while Mark got everything in order for their flight back to Chicago.
She'd requested a vehicle that would blend with farm country, some type of SUV, and the sole Stockville car rental agency had delivered nicely. A tall, thin man in a black T-shirt and blue jeans stood beside a white Cadillac Escalade parked nearby. Definitely not standard car-rental-agent attire, but he did have a name tag stating that he was Jesse Burger with Stockville Car Rental.
"Ms. Brooks." He moved quickly toward her with a way-too-broad smile in place. She wished people wouldn't get so nervous around her, but that was part of being the late Lawrence Brooks's daughter that she couldn't change.
The late Lawrence Brooks. Dana frowned, still having a difficult time getting used to the fact that her father was gone.
"I'm Jesse Burger." The friendly man grabbed her outstretched hand and pumped it vigorously.
"Nice to meet you, Jesse." She pushed her sadness aside and managed a smile for the friendly man.
"Welcome to Alabama. I hope you like your vehicle. We don't typically keep this type of SUV at the agency in Stockville, but we brought this one in from Birmingham just for you. I reckon you'll enjoy the ride. It's really sweet."
Reckon? Sweet? She was charmed by the accent and by the local flavor in his speech. It reminded her of the thick drawl she'd heard on the other end of the line the few times she'd spoken to John Cutter. "I'm sure it will be fine."
"I'll admit I kind of volunteered to go pick it up so I could drive it. I've never been in a Cadillac. Talk about a smooth ride. And it sits high on the road, almost as high as my dually." He motioned toward an oversize red pickup truck with two full doors and humongous tires, similar to those she'd seen in advertisements when the monster trucks were at the Sears Centre Arena in Chicago. Naturally, she'd never seen one of the big trucks up close. She was more of an opera and ballet kind of girl, but she couldn't deny that she found the oversize truck interesting. However, anxious to get to the Cutter ranch, she wouldn't take time for a perusal now.
"I went ahead and programmed that address where you said you were headed into the GPS. It's got all the roads already highlighted for you and ready to go. But really, you just take the main road from Stockville to Claremont. It's called Old Claremont Road if you're headed from here to there. If you're coming the other direction, it's Old Stockville Road."
"Seriously?" She'd never heard of anything so bizarre.
"Sure. Wouldn't make sense to give credit to only one of the towns." He grinned big.
"No, I guess it wouldn't." This trip was definitely going to be interesting. A road with two names, depending on which way you were driving. Her brother would never believe it.
"And that farm you're looking for is about dead center halfway. Shouldn't take you more than twenty minutes from here, I'd guess. Maybe fifteen, even."
"Thank you." She eyed the SUV. "I've never been in anything like this, but I'm looking forward to it." She had a Prius and a BMW in the garage, but hardly ever went anywhere on her own. She'd wanted the environmentally friendly Prius but also hadn't been able to resist the cute little red Z4. But even though she had the two vehicles, a driver typically took her wherever she wanted to go in Chicago. Driving amid paparazzi had never been appealing, and they crowded her car so terribly when she went to town that she'd practically forgone the fun of driving. She was rather excited about the Escalade, and about the fact that the paparazzi hadn't followed her on this venture. No sign of a camera anywhere.
Ned put the last of her bags in the back of the SUV. "Ms. Brooks, will you need anything else before we return home?"
"No, Ned. And I'll keep you posted on when I plan to return. Should be four weeks or so." She was determined to show her brother, Ryan, that she could help "young dreamers," as he called them, to make it in business. Their father had once been a young dreamer, and he'd regretted not helping others do the same before he died. Dana was doing this for him and for herself. She wanted to do the right thing, wanted to help others, even if she had virtually no experience yet.
Her father's repeated words over the last few weeks of his life echoed through her thoughts.
"I was selfish. I forgot God, forgot myself. Only cared about the money. More money. More power." Tears had slid down his weathered cheeks and pierced Dana's heart. It'd been the first time she'd ever seen him cry. "Don't end up like me, Dana."
She'd vowed to him that she would follow his wishes. Now if she could get Ryan to understand that their father did have a change of heart before he died, that he really did encourage her to use funds from Brooks International to help rags-to-riches hopefuls.
Her cell phone rang, and her brother's name displayed, as if he were reading her very thoughts. She answered and put the phone on speaker while she climbed in the comfy SUV. "Hey, Ryan, give me a moment. I'm getting in my vehicle."
"Sure thing."
"There's heated seats." Jesse pointed inside the car. "Just push that button right there. But be careful, I tried 'em, and they get mighty hot mighty quick." He slapped the back of his jeans with a grin. "And all your payments and paperwork and everything were all taken care of. I guess you knew that. There's a copy of everything in your glove box. Oh, hang on, nearly forgot." He pulled a paper out of his back pocket. "I do need your signature on the contract showing the vehicle is okay and for the insurance and all."
"Thanks, Jesse." She signed the paper and closed the door.
"Heated seats." Ryan couldn't hold back his laugh.
"He's a very sweet man." Dana watched Jesse Burger head toward his monster truck. "Very down-to-earth."
"I'll say. So, you already growing accustomed to Nowhere, Alabama?"
"I'm still at the airport, if you can call it that. I wouldn't say I'm accustomed yet, but it looks nice." She took in her surroundings, mountains in the distance, trees and fields all around. The airport was more of a runway in the middle of a pasture.
Jesse waved before climbing in his big truck, and Dana waved back.
"Nice. Right. Well, while you're hanging out with the farmers, I'll keep running the business in the real world." He paused, and she knew what was coming before he started. "Honestly, Dana, this is not what Dad wanted. Think of all the medications he was taking when he talked to you those last days. That wasn't our father. Do you seriously think he'd want you to turn your back on Brooks International? He built this company from the ground up, and he expected us to run it after he was gone. This business was his life."
"Exactly." Those were her father's precise words, in fact. "And he wanted more. He wanted to do more, help more, specifically help others more."
"Listen, I haven't got time to argue with you about it now. I've got a meeting with marketing in five minutes." He huffed out an exasperated breath. "I could use you here, Dana. That's your expertise, not mine."
"You said you had no problem with my giving this a try. And it is what Dad wanted, whether you believe it or not."
He ignored the last part of her statement. "For one month max. You promised me that."
"Right." She wished she hadn't agreed to a time limit on her act of goodwill. What if it took longer than a month to get a dude ranch up and running in North Alabama? Her dad had wanted to help others, and John Cutter had impressed her immensely on the college entrepreneurial forum she'd joined online. Plus, she'd been drawn to the country drawl, the enthusiasm for his business plan and the optimism that radiated from the Alabama rancher. In fact, she couldn't wait to meet the guy. "I've got to go, Ryan. I'll call you in the morning and let you know how things are going."
"Fine," he muttered before disconnecting.
Starting the SUV, Dana glanced at the GPS and began her drive to the farm, thinking about the cowboy with the delicious Southern drawl. Did he look as good as he sounded on the phone? She'd searched the internet for John Cutter, of course, but there was no sign of a Facebook page or anything else with a photo on it. No, she couldn't see herself with a country boy long-term, but John Cutter did have something. His texts were witty, their conversations interesting, and she found herself a little nervous about meeting the Alabama rancher. Dana couldn't remember the last time she'd been nervous about, well, anything.
Her suitcases bumped against each other when she turned out of the airport, and she wondered if she'd even brought the right clothing for this trip. She had an entire suitcase for shoes. Right now she wore typical travel-wear, a navy-and-white jacquard cardigan over a matching shell, a navy gabardine skirt and high-heel pumps. Granted, she wanted to impress him with her business panache, but she also had to admit that she had no idea about appropriate ranchwear. She planned to head out shopping as soon as she got the right attire in mind, because while she did want him to see her as a businesswoman, she also wanted him to see her as approachable. Maybe even very approachable. She'd heard Southern men were gentlemen and treated ladies "right."
Every guy she dated in Chicago seemed to be after the Brooks name and money. John Cutter didn't come across that way. He came across as black and white, honest to a fault, particularly when he told her all the reasons the bank gave for turning down his business plan. No genuine investor would ever fund a dude ranch in the middle of who-knows-where, Alabama.
But she would.


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It has been speculated that Neil Hamburger was first brought to popular attention when the comedian's body was discovered frozen in an Atlantic City dumpster. He was, of course, thawed and wrung-out, then rapidly educated in the last 40 years of pop culture. But Hamburger has little love for these modern celebrities and roasts them accordingly in his live acts. He's a sight, and to see a Hamburger show is to witness one of the strangest personas working the comic scene today. With his rumpled, out-of-date suit and phlegm-hacking pauses you might think he's confused this gig for the Rosenblatts' bar mitzvah happening across town, but no, we assure you, Hamburger is here entirely for your amusement. Not only that, but tonight you'll get a double-serving of eccentricity when Tim Heidecker (of Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!) splits the spotlight. There's more support by The Kenny "K-Strass" Strasser Yo-Yo Extravaganza and DJ Douggpound. The whole thing kicks off at 7 p.m. at the Texas Theatre (231 W. Jefferson Blvd.) and tickets range $16 to $20. Get them at paradeofflesh.com.
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According to Ellsberg, coverage on a popular single-author blog with a wide sphere of influence is what put his book on the map. Antabuse cost, (By the way, there is a distinction between publicity and marketing. Publicity means spots on radio and television shows, advertising, where can i find Antabuse online, and articles and book reviews in newspapers and magazines. Antabuse For Sale, While publicity is short-lived—the biggest push done within the first month that a book is out—marketing is an ongoing effort that can last months, even years.)
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Zoe Fitzgerald Carter, author of Imperfect Endings: A Daughter's Tale of Life and Death, agrees with Konrath and Ellsberg: "I certainly found that mentions in The New York Times, excerpts in O magazine, and getting reviewed in People did almost nothing in terms of my sales. And all that endless social media. Japan, craiglist, ebay, overseas, paypal, Not so much …"
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Gerard Jones, author of Men of Tomorrow: Geeks, Gangsters, and the Birth of the Comic Book, Antabuse from canada, reminds writers that although book sales are nice, they are not the only way for authors to make money. What is Antabuse, "I've gotten a lot of paying gigs talking to colleges and other institutions, and those can keep rolling in long after the shelf-life of the book. Antabuse For Sale, … In terms of perceptible Amazon up-ticks, the only broadcast media that ever helped were NPR interviews where I got to talk about the content of the book at some length (Fresh Air helped, but the biggest jump was after Talk of the Nation). Mass-audience radio never did squat, not even Howard Stern in his pre-satellite days, Antabuse use, nor did TV. But a speaking agency picked me up and landed me a series of public debates after I appeared on the Today Show, Rx free Antabuse, which in turn led to other stuff. I also had a university events programmer tell me he was already interested in bringing me in but didn't really decide until he saw that I'd been on Bill O'Reilly's show. I've also picked up quite a few article- and editorial-writing gigs off my books, at least some of which were helped along by publicity, Antabuse without a prescription. .., Antabuse For Sale. I've found that initial sales usually don't matter that much; publication is usually the beginning of a long trudge. But the rewards of the trudge can be a lot more rewarding than you think they might be while you're still processing the realization that you're not going to soar onto the NYT bestseller list."
Although there are a number of authors who have launched bestsellers after strategically and methodically (as Hale puts it) building an online presence like Rebecca Skloot , Antabuse forum, (The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks), Gretchen Rubin (The Happiness Project), and Ferriss himself, T.J, buy cheap Antabuse. Stiles, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning The First Tycoon: The Epic Life of Cornelius Vanderbilt, Is Antabuse addictive, cautions that no one really knows what makes a book successful. "When a book DOES succeed, publicity is usually an element," Stiles says. Antabuse For Sale, "What makes a book succeed. If anyone could figure out a formula for that, then publishers wouldn't lose money (or just break even) on 70% of the books they release. Only about 30% make money. Everyone's in the dark—not when it comes to what makes a good book, but what makes a commercially successful one. So many great books don't make money. … as William Goldman said about Hollywood, 'Nobody knows anything.'"
{Meghan Ward writes book reviews for the San Francisco Chronicle and is working on the memoir Paris On Less Than $10,000 a Day. A version of this post appeared at meghanward.com/blog, where she writes regularly about the book industry.}.
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