Learn Spanish CD Set

by Anne Emerick

Why is fun the number one consideration you should have in choosing a Learn Spanish product? Because you need more fun and less work in your life. Because unless a Learn Spanish product is fun OR you are a masochist or a drone, you won't keep using it. Because fun will engage your mind. Now, no two people share exactly the same idea of, "What is fun" So let me tell you how No-Work Spanish audiobooks help you learn Spanish and you can tell me if that sounds like something you'd like. No-Work Spanish audiobooks tell a story. Each sentence of the story is read first in English, then in Spanish. At the end of each chapter, the chapter is repeated entirely in Spanish, to reinforce the Spanish version in the listener’s mind. So here is the fun part. You can listen to these stories while you do other things They are meant to entertain. Finally, No-Work Spanish audiobooks are fun because they contain no drills, no 'repeat after me'. Most language learning programs rely on repetition to make you remember. No-Work Spanish relies on the fact that emotional connection is what makes words memorable. Emotional connection is what makes words memorable -- What's that mean? Think about something someone said that you will never forget. Bet it was something that made you feel really good or really bad. The more words touch your emotions, the more memorable they are. No-Work Spanish audiobooks aren't going to make you laugh hysterically, cry with joy or sadness, BUT.... you can bet your bippie that we'll make you feel SOMETHING which is more than you will get repeating, " ¿Cómo estás? "

Audio CD

Published January 1, 2010

About the author

I've always loved books and writing stories. I can remember devouring Walter Farley's Black Stallion series, Gone With the Wind, Manchild in the Promised Land and The Dog in My Life, not necessarily in that order. I was always on the lookout for more good books.

I wrote stories and submitted them even as a teenager. My early creations included Patches the Dog, and Frances, the story of a man who kills a charging bear then befriends the bear cub she was protecting. For the first thirty years of my life I found "rejection letters" to be devastating and I gradually stopped writing.

My husband encouraged me to keep writing, but the closest I got to getting published were “favorable rejections.” I got a big boost of writing adrenaline when I attended an SCBWI (Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators) conference with Paula Danziger as the keynote speaker, but I still had absolutely zero publishing credits to my name. I used to joke with my SCBWI friends that if I was still attending conferences and not getting published that at the 10 year mark they should take me out back and shoot me. Fortunately, they did not take me seriously.

My turning point?

I attended a First Pages Conference where we submitted the first page of one of our stories. It would be anonymously read aloud to attendees then three editors would comment on if this submission came to their slush pile would they read past the first page.

When they read my first page, people laughed. It was a delicious sound. I had made people laugh out loud. The editors talked positively about my submission. I was sure if I mailed it to one of them and referenced the conference that I would be on my way to getting published at last. Instead I waited nine months for a form rejection letter from the editor who had said that the audience’s reaction to my story indicated that it was on-target and well-done.

So where did I go from this turning point? Into self-publishing and I have never looked back. I’m an independent person and hate having others control my fate. That’s a good temperment for a self-publisher. I’m also very determined and no longer easily discouraged, other traits essential for writing and publishing.

I hope readers enjoy my writing. I have always loved to make people laugh, whether in person or through my writing, but I strive to brighten other people’s lives with my writing in more ways than just humor. If you’ve enjoyed something I’ve written I’d love to hear it. Meanwhile I’ll try to create awesome books.