I know you've all been trying to figure out the best way to share Not Quite There with your friends and family, especially with the holidays approaching. Now linked on the Not Quite There web site is the following sixty second promotional video for your viewing and sharing enjoyment. Please, tell a friend!
Have You Read The Book?
If you've already enjoyed Not Quite There cover to cover (or on to off if you bought the digital version), please consider leaving a review. Even if you didn't enjoy it, this is one time when the only bad press is no press. Links to the book on Amazon and Barnes & Noble are provided below, for your editorial convenience.
A couple of years ago at work, the company solicited new project ideas through an online suggestion forum. Over 100 ideas were submitted. Upon reviewing the first 100, senior management determined the effort was wasted as none of the ideas reviewed were viable. The forum was abandoned. Here’s the problem: what if idea 101 was the next “big thing” for the company? Having finished writing Not Quite There, I now face a similar challenge. Out of all the experiences I crammed into the book, what if I missed the one that people will really want to read? Read the rest...
Miss K was supposed to clean the play room tonight. She did not. I told her mommy would be mad. When she got out of bed a few minutes ago to tell me she isn't tired, I told her to go clean the play room. "In the middle of the night?” she exclaimed. “I've never done THAT before." It turns out it was going to take a lot longer than I thought.
Unless you've been living under a rock, you should know by now that I've written a book. Not Quite There will be released in both paperback and eBook on November 1, 2012. Links will be available on the Not Quite There web site at http://notquitethere.theroadscholars.com.
Beginning October 1, the Not Quite There Facebook Trivia Challenge begins. The winner will receive a free autographed copy of Not Quite There. To participate, "like" The Road Scholars Fan Page. Participation in the challenge is subject to the rules.
At the beginning of the 2011-2012 school year, Josh Hoekstra had his sophomore American History students at Rosemount High School define "courage". "The students came up with their own personal definition of courage and wrote that definition on the inside of their notebook (where they would see it each and every day)," writes Hoekstra on his web site. When the NCAA basketball tournament started this past Spring, Hoekstra brought a tried and true technology into his classroom: good old-fashioned competition.
We recently watched a video on Facebook of a friend's five year old son, Jake, trying to hula hoop.
Kaitlyn immediately offered some advice to help his technique.
In addition to some new content on the web site I want to make you aware of, I thought I would also share a quick comment or two about my book. I have completed proof-reading Part 2 and have now begun proofing Part 3. It's been many years since I've reviewed most of this stuff and I have to say, it's really really good. I think you are going to enjoy it and I am working as fast as I can to get everything reviewed, formatted, and available in both electronic and hard copy formats by July of this year.
