A Blog-A-Book starting point and "Followers"

Blogging a book is a new concept for me and my thoughts never stop racing around in my head like marbles in a glass jar.  When I first began to think of the project, I could not decide whether to write one full book, a book of short stories or a memoir.  Several readers have asked me how they can "follow" my blog to keep up with each new post.  And I have been working on that issue -- Today, I am hopeful that my Website Guru, Mandie, has explored the points necessary to make this happen.

Please be patient as we work toward the project and eliminate all the loose strings that still hang...

Once it is finalized, you can just click on my red 'follow' button on the home page of my website at www.patriciabbsteele.com and it should take you to a box of options.  You can click on a reader to open the posts or click on "receive by email."  

I hope you do come along for the ride on this virgin project...and I encourage you to leave comments along the way.  Stay tuned!

BLOG A BOOK Future Project

A NEW BOOK VENTURE!  As I continue to learn and hug new adventures through my computer, I decided I must plan a new project.  I intend it to be a fascinating journey.  Simply put, at the end of summer, I plan to write a book ON-LINE.

When I first heard of this concept and listened to the plan to accomplish the fete, I was tossed back in time to my 7th grade English class.  Her name was Mrs. Spencer.  She was intimidating, fiery, a bit fierce and she taught the class with an iron fist.  I loved her.  And I learned more in that English class than any before or after.  At precisely 1:00 every day, she chose one student to be her "timer" and she opened a hardback book to read to the class.  No one moved.  Again, "precisely" fifteen minutes later, her "timer" called out to her, she closed the book and put it away.  The class usually sighed with disappointment and a great deal of mumbling.  

Typically, I do not (now) enjoy listening to others read to me.  As a child though, my mother gathered me and my brothers around her knee (we sat on the floor, she got the couch) and read fairy tales to us from a very old, worn-out Book of Knowledge.  We were mesmerized and the memory still stays with me and a soft feeling explodes through my chest.   I am now the proud owner of the entire set of books.

Mrs. Spencer, on the other hand, would read, twitch her pursed lips at times and exaggeratedly turn each page. Did I even blink as I anticipated the next part of the story?  The book was titled, PARIS UNDERGROUND.  Years later, I found the old book, certainly now out of print, and tried to read the book.  I realized it was Mrs. Spencer, not the book, that held us spellbound.  Yes, the book was good, but hearing just a tiny piece of the story each day kept us still, listening and quiet.

My hope is to create that anticipation for others in my Blog to Book project and my timeline goal is set for September, 2015.  I'll be Mrs. Spencer and you can be me.... (smile).