If your school is a bit off the beaten track, or unable
to come up with big fees, Try a SKYPE-WEBCAM
visit to meet the author.
teachers or schools that would like a Skype/Webcam
visit from an author like me . . .
An author who loves to get reluctant readers
HOOKED on READING.
Just like my in-person school visits, I would talk about writing books, illustrating them, read one of my latest, and maybe run a short lesson on writing or rhyme. I am happy to provide whatever the class curriculum needs. I will encourage the use of active and powerful words - of kids exercising and playing with their imagination. The idea is to paint instant word pictures in your reader's head. This brings the plot and the characters alive.
to fun, adventure, and a chance for great educational
opportunities – all from the safety of your comfy chair.
By: Margot Finke,
on 3/28/2011
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"Taconi and Claude"
to the Australian outback of the early 1950s.
The rich and fascinating flora and fauna of this area of Australia rises off the pages. Kids will smell the gum trees, feel the scorching heat, and wonder at the termite mounds. A fear of wild dingoes might steal over them at any moment.
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http://australian-animals.net/aussie-pics.htm
By: Valerie Walsh,
on 12/12/2008
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By: Julie Fortenberry,
on 2/6/2008
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"GOSH YOUR AWFUL...SWEET. "
"I HAD TO LEARN TO LIKE OLIVES. But you have always appealed to my good taste."From gasolinealleyantiques.com
Posted on 5/3/2007
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Remember when I told you that Maureen Johnson’s book The Bermudez Triangle was being banned from an
Mrs. Janet Vernon, Executive Director of Secondary Instruction
UPDATE: Mrs. Vernon’s email box is full, but you can email her assistant, Becky Brubaker, and ask her to pass your thoughts along to Mrs. Vernon
Dr. Richard Rosenberger, Executive Director of Human Resources
Mr. Chuck McCauley, Principal of Bartlesville High School
And could this be the next new thing your agents and publishers do for you, fooling around with iMovie until they’ve made a trailer for your signing?
Are you ready for some “polished prose and raw lust?”
Thanks to Powells this little possible controversy caught my eye. It seems that this guy thinks someone at Nike might owe Chuck Palahniuk some money for this commercial. It’s a little too similar to Fight Club, in his opinion. What do you think?
And finally, the best for last. How far would you go to satisfy that “I must have the next book in the series NOW!” craving? Jennie of Jennie’s B(ook)log gives us one example with “Olive’s Bold Ascent.”
If you’re interested in Olive’s first adventure, you can find it here. You can also read an excellent interview with Jennie about being a copywriter here.
I was going to wait to post these all on Friday when I know half of you aren’t really working at your jobs, but I have to be up at six am for a thirteen hour shift. If anything gets posted on Friday it will be a miracle.
And by the way, how mad am I that the Kentucky Derby is on my birthday on Saturday? Now I’ll never have the energy to go out afterwards and pretend that all of
*But, hey, they’re all book related in some way, so claim it is work!
Margot - I am very interested in doing this too. Have you done it before? I am worried that my presentations, being so interactive, will not translate well to the screen. If you have any advice, I would be most grateful! You could reach me at [email protected] Thank you so much!
Susan thanks for the comment. I think Skype-Webcam school visits will become popular with time, and the increase of Skype and webcams in schools.
These days travel time and hotel accommodations are expensive + schools lack the funds they once had. I will e-mail you as requested.
Margot Finke
http://www.margotfinke.com