Monthly Blog

So this month has been a crazy ride. so far I have learned quite a few things, first we had to come up with our second answer to our senior project which was quite confusing and had me stumped but with the help of my mom,who is the person I interviewed, i learned a great deal. First I found that my mom knew so much on publishing and had quite a few tips like:

1.  reread all your work
2. Make sure that you get the right publisher according to your genre
3. have fun writing your book

my mom is the author of a textbook.

she spent a lot of time on her book and helped me through my thought process and she will also be helping me finish my book that I am writing. she is someone to definitely look up to being in the future because she has accomplished so much. 

Blog #16: Answer #2

1.  What is your EQ?

• how has consumers preference for electronic books most changed the publishing industry?

2.  What is your first answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• consumes preference has made authors more inclined to publish electronically because of the easy way to publish and the royalties they are given.

3.  What is your second answer? (In complete thesis statement format)

• Authors choose to publish electronically because of the wide spread amount of people who have access to the online world.

4.  List three reasons your answer is true with a real-world application for each.

• Most people have smart phones an that is an easy way to access electronically published books.
• People now have computers and there are many websites available to them.
• last but not least a lot of people are on the go and I'm pretty sure they don't want to lug around books so it would be easier for them to access the books with just one thing.

5.  What printed source best supports your answer?

• print is dead. by Jeff Gomez

6.  What other source supports your answer?

• Coker, Mark. "2014 Book Publishing Industry Predictions -- Increased Competition Between Traditional Publishers and Indie Authors." The Huffington Post. TheHuffingtonPost.com, 07 Jan. 2014. Web. 29 Jan. 2015.

7.  Tie this together with a  concluding thought.

• through the many years publishers have been trying to keep up with the demand for books and find new innovative ways to get readers the books. Now with electronic publishing publishers have that chance.

Blog 14: Indépendant Component

Title:  Independent Component 1
Label:  Independent ComponentDue Date:  Friday 2/6 at 8AMContent:  

• LITERAL

• (a) Write: “I, Sarah Regan, affirm that I completed my independent component which represents 31 hours of work.”

• (b) Cite your source regarding who or what article or book helped you complete the independent component.
• My mom helped me more than anything during my endeavor for answers in my senior project. She motivated me over and over again. 
  
  
  
  

• (d) Explain what you completed.    

• During my time for this independent component I have finished a class on research and also wrote a first draft of a book I want to get published. 

• INTERPRETIVE 

• Defend your work and explain its significance to your project and how it demonstrates 30 hours of work.   Provide evidence (photos, transcript, art work, videos, etc) of the 30 hours of work.  

• My work helps with my senior project because it gives me a chance to feel like a real researcher and publisher. I have only read about publishing and now I'm going to try and get my new story published and go through the publishing process.

• APPLIED

• How did the component help you understand the foundation of your topic better?  Please include specific examples to illustrate this. 
• The project helped me understand the foundation of my topic better by giving me a chance to feel how a researching publisher feels. I do a lot of researching when it comes to writing the story I have. I wrote a story about something I'm passionate about and now I'm ready to try and publish the book.