Photo:The book is out and it's Partytime! (I shot this party-hearty group of clowns just sitting down for a post-performance expresso, at a café in Parma, Italy)
Well after a year of talking about (and working on) my ebook, How to Learn a New Language with a Used Brain
So put on your dancing shoes, and let me tell you about the book. Why did I write it? Because it's a subject I'm passionate about, and because I've received so many questions on the blog about language learning. It's a short and sweet, an upbeat ebook on language learning that you can read in an hour or two. The book is specifically targeted at folks who are past college age (some of us, way past) but are studying a language. And not just French, by the way, but ANY language. It doesn't matter if you're just starting out with a new language, or you've been studying for ages, I hope you'll find something in this book to help you along on your language adventure. Here's what's included:
- Surprising reasons WHY you should be learning a new language, and how to do it right.
- A program for learning that you can tailor to your needs and learning style, called Six Steps to a Bilingual Life: A Roadmap for Your Language Journey, with a focus on keeping your motivation up, and finding ways to immerse yourself and practice conversation, plus keeping it FUN.
- Learning tips and secrets from YOU, dear readers, and from expat friends, language experts, and professors.
- A "Best of" review of all the major resources for language learning, from freebies to packaged programs and including lots of the dazzling new online opportunites out there.
- A special section for expats, on how they can optimize their language learning.
All this for $2.99, and it's available by clicking right here here
on Amazon,com, here for Amazon.co.UK or here for Amazon.fr. It will work on your Kindle reader, your ipad or iphone, or Android reading devices (or even on your computer: get the free Kindle for Mac app here, or Kindle for a PC here). It's also available on Amazon in Italy, Austria, Germany, Canada, China and Japan.
Even if you're not learning a language, this makes a great inexpensive GIFT for language students of all ages, even young ones. (You can gift a Kindle ebook easily on Amazon, find out how right here).
If you’d like to help spread the word, please post my link on Facebook, tweet it, or add it to your Pinterest book page. And it would be hugely helpful if you add a REVIEW on Amazon or on Goodreads.
Now Ron (my publisher and I.T. department!) and I would like to raise a toast to you, all of our Southern Fried French friends, for your contributions to book and blog, and for your help, support, and loyalty along the way. Bonne Santé!
RECIPES: Treats for our Book Fête
For our virtual party, let's serve some really fun nibbles.
Since the book is international, we'll go with that theme, beginning with something Italian. That it can only be our own Patricia Glee's Italian Wine Cookies, from her Umbria guest post of February 2011. I've been making these barely sweet wine crackers a lot lately for nibbling.
Now a little something southern: Here's how to make quick spiced pecans. Put 2 cups of pecans in a black skillet over medium heat and stir for a couple of minutes until they begin to smell toasty. Add 2 tablespoons (28 gr) of butter, and keep tossing until it melts and nuts are well coated. Sprinkle with sea salt, fresh ground pepper, a dash of cayenne pepper, and a teaspoon of sugar. Toss for another 2 minutes. Drain on paper towels and serve warm or at room temperature.
Of course we need something French! For that I would choose bite-sized grilled cheese sandwiches with gruyere and smoked salmon. Grill them in butter on thin-sliced bread, cut into quarters, and serve hot.
Now pour a good bottle of white Burgundy, and you'll be talking like a native before you know it!
In the COMMENTS: I expected to get some funny comments about my pigeon adventure, and I was not disappointed, merci. Check them out, and Bennett, by email, said "Lynn, your blog insprired me, I had pigeon pie for dinner." And to Jetagain, yes I would problably release all the lambs and cows too if I could. Now about that bird market in the painting: It's every Sunday in Paris at the Place Louis Lepine near Notre Dame. I don't dare go, it would be too expensive!
Please go over to Kristin Espinasse's blog, French-Word-A-Day this week if you'd like to read my guest post, "Learning to Chit-chat in French".
23 thoughts on “My Book Release Party: You’re Invited!”
Congratulations Lynn! I can’t wait to dig in and get some helpful hints.
I wish I could be there to party with you, but at my age I’d probably not last very long at such a gala event!
Bonne chance avec le livre. . . . Herm
Hi Lynn, Hi Herm! Joining you here now at the party–rock on! Herm, we’ll dance all night, like they do in France, and that’ll keep us up with the others. Lynn, so happy about your book. Félicitations! LOVED reading your book!
Congratulations, Lynn, et Bonne Chance!
Congratulations, Lynn!! So cool to be able to order your book with one click while lying awake with jet lag! Too bad I have to go to work, but look forward to it for the weekend!
Cannot say enough about how useful I found all of the suggestions. You have such a gentle way of expressing all of the information on a subject that too many of us find literally terrifying. It was like you were offering a hand to hold while jumping into the cold water. Congratulations Lynn!!!! (oh and RON TOO) 🙂
Mazel tov! The book looks great and I’m very happy for you. What a huge undertaking… I will fête you with crêpes et cidre! Mmmmm…
Congratulations Lynn! I wish you much success and I’ve already ordered the book. I can’t wait to read it over the weekend.
Soon as I get my Ipad (on my summer to-do list!) I’ll be back to get your book. Will be fun to get your perspective since I’m used to teaching 14 year-olds and dealing with their, shall we say, adolescent perspective. In the meantime…smoked salmon grilled cheese bites?! Oui, s’il vous plait!
Congrats, Lynn on the book release! It has been a long time coming, non? Just sent it to my Kindle and I look forward to reading it.
AND, congrats to you and Ron… for finding a way to an alternate “retirement” lifestyle that is outside the box. You two were so bold and you have your just reward of a beautiful life in France. Your move paid off, and I think you have caught the golden ring. I always enjoy reading about your adventures.
It was a pleasure to meet you and your friends when I was staying at Balleure. I admire you all!
Jacki – Boise
Getting on Amazon to purchase your book ‘right now’, the 24th. Bet your Number 1 in the Amazon ratings. Yay!!! Great big hugs Lynn!
I’m really disappointed that the book’s not available as a paperback, since I continue to resist getting a Kindle. Even though I work in the high-tech world of medical devices, I’m still too old-fashioned to abandon my library.
A Southern gentleman,
Ned
Congratulations Lynn! I just purchased it this morning & thank you for your lovely email to let me know. I will toast you with my morning coffee. I can’t wait to try these recipes you have listed. So excited for you!
Felicitations Lynn!
I bought my copy a minute ago and when I opened it on Kindle and saw your quote by Charlemagne on the first page I just had to comment before reading further. Charlemagne is/was so right! On my first visit to France 16 years ago I felt an immediate connection to the country and its people. It was an odd deja vu moment as I looked out the train window at the landscape between Calais and Paris. Maybe my second soul awakening? Fast forward to today and I know I possess a second soul and it is definitely French. Ten plus years ago I began taking language lessons through the Alliance and each trip back to France I have felt that second soul emerge a little more in rhythm with my language comprehension and interaction with the French people.
You have created a book that will speak to many, many language lovers and learners worldwide. I can’t wait to turn to the second page.
Lynn,
I notice the comment on paperback. It’s not really all that bad. Why don’t you go for it? You have your cover. You have your text. You just need to re-work it for the paperback. And it won’t cost you anything but the ISBN#. And I hope you purchased more than one when you purchased for the e-book as they’re always good for future endeavors. Give me a shout if you need any help.
I like to buy books in paper when I know the author, but I DO have a Kindle, so that’s what I bought.
Chris
Have just downloaded on to my Kindle. Will make quickie Gazpacho soup from Sam’Club recipe book, turn on the a/c and read to all the little french egrets after dinner..Happy Memorial Day weekend.. This 92d weather here calls for serious cake-any sugguestions?
Way to go! And perfect timing . I just started Spanish though I’m not giving up on French. We’ll drink a toast to you and Ron tonight!
I’m going to put it on my ipad.
Congratulations!!!! Cheers to this new book and the upcoming!!!
Sending you lots of hugs!!
Ido
Lynn,CONGRATULATIONS!!!!
What a fantastic achievement! (and! one we can all share in!)
So enjoy every one of your posts and now it’s gotten even better!
Just ordered your book from Amazon and can’t wait to get started!
I especially love that it’s available on Kindle (don’t know how I’d survive without mine!)
Wishing you every success!
Félicitations, Lynn à l’occasion de la publication de votre livre…I squeaked in just under the wire, as it’s still the 24th in Pebble Beach. Your books awaits in my Kindle along with Kristin’s latest, and I know that I’ll enjoy every word of each of them. Love the blog!
Waiting…for a paperback edition ??? or will I finally get an iPad ?? Whatever is the choice…CONGRATS !
Hi again, Lynn…
Jusst finished zooming through the book on my Kindle and it is FABULOUS – what a great job you did of boiling it all down to the essential and helpful. I will definitely be going back for second helpings and a more careful dive into the info.
Really — just wonderful. So enjoyed it… picked up some good tips… and some fond memories of the expats I met of your friends at the market and at the language group at Chateau Balleure. Plz say “Bonjour” to them all for me!
Just learned I will be going to France in the Fall. Was going to purchase your book; now I really need it. Thank you.
Hi Lynn:
How do I get your new book in paperback? I do not have a kiindle