What Does It Take to be a Writer? with Jennifer Courtney
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Readers and writers—this is a must-listen episode! Robert sits down with Jennifer Courtney, the Global Curriculum Director for Classical Conversations Multi-Media (CCMM), the publishing company of all Classical Conversations® curriculum. In various roles at CCMM, Jennifer has written a variety of books and resources, including Classical Christian Education Made Approachable, the Essentials Curriculum, Fifth Edition, and many books in the Copper Lodge Library series. Among other points of conversation, Jennifer discusses the challenges of preserving the truth and beauty of work when translating it into another language, what's involved in the process of writing a new curriculum, writing about classical, Christian homeschooling from a Los Angeles hotel, what makes a book a "classic," how she discovers new books, and what books she is reading currently. Plus, in the "Current Events Discussion," Robert discusses ESG investing, and in "Classical Crypto," Will talks about the emerging cryptocurrency HBAR.
Show notes: refiningrhetoric.com/jennifer-courtney
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