{"id":1617,"date":"2015-08-11T15:23:23","date_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:23:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/?p=1617"},"modified":"2015-08-11T15:23:23","modified_gmt":"2015-08-11T15:23:23","slug":"celtic-wisdom-audio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/2015\/08\/11\/celtic-wisdom-audio\/","title":{"rendered":"Celtic Wisdom Audio"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CWCover.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-189\" src=\"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/CWCover.jpg\" alt=\"Celtic Wisdom by Cindy Thomson\" width=\"235\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a>Almost an Audiobook!<\/h3>\n<p>I&#8217;m trying something new! Since <a href=\"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/celtic-wisdom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Celtic Wisdom<\/a> is out of print, I thought I&#8217;d try recording an audio version. Uh, not as simple as it sounds! There are Irish words in there, and the book was published in UK English, so some things are not the way I would usually say them. For instance, sometimes their verb-subject agreement is different.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not perfect, but for those of you who like listening to podcasts, you might like it. (It&#8217;s possible I&#8217;m the only who will notice these quirks.)<\/p>\n<h3>A Free Introduction<\/h3>\n<p>So I&#8217;m posting the mp3 here of the first chapter. If you like it, let me know: would you be willing to pay say, 99cents, for additional chapters? It takes me hours to record one part, so I need to know if this something readers would like before I press on.<\/p>\n<p>The chapter titles:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>How the Ancient Irish Found the Christian Path<\/p>\n<p>Patrick<\/p>\n<p>Brigid<\/p>\n<p>Columcille<\/p>\n<p>The Apostles of Erin<\/p>\n<p>Celtic Learning and Art<\/p>\n<p>Celtic Prayer<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mouremntmeme.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-391\" src=\"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/09\/mouremntmeme-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Learning about the Scots-Irish with author Cindy Thomson\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h3>The Free Chapter<\/h3>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-1617-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Celtic-Wisdom-Part-1.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Celtic-Wisdom-Part-1.mp3\">http:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/08\/Celtic-Wisdom-Part-1.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Almost an Audiobook! I&#8217;m trying something new! Since Celtic Wisdom is out of print, I thought I&#8217;d try recording an audio version. Uh, not as simple as it sounds! There are Irish words in there, and the book was published in UK English, so some things are not the way I would usually say them&#8230;.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[142,57,5],"tags":[160,340,312,191],"class_list":["post-1617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ancient-ireland","category-books","category-celtic-wisdom","tag-ancient-ireland","tag-celtic-christianity","tag-celtic-wisdom","tag-st-patrick"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cindyswriting.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}