Dear Student Activities Boards & Directors:
The 2017-2018 school year will be my eleventh year of presenting Around the World in 90 Minutes at colleges across the United States. Around the World in 90 Minutes is a high-energy digital slide show based on the travels for my book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. It has been a hit from coast-to-coast, becoming one of the most popular slide shows of all-time.
While Around the World in 90 Minutes is my signature show, I have also won ten national awards for my writing and possess substantial knowledge of the publishing industry. My first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet, became an Amazon #1 Best Seller for Wildlife. My second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico, was published in 2016, and it promptly became an Amazon #1 Hot New Release in five different categories. Later became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in the Travel, Ecotourism, and Puerto Rico Categories. It also won the National Indie Excellence Book Award for Nature, the Readers' Favorite Book Award for Environment, and two Silver Medals in the Nautilus Book Awards. With that in mind, I'm offering a bonus program: Cool Writing Careers.
Unlike Around the World in 90 Minutes, which is a highly rehearsed show, performed primarily in auditoriums, ballrooms, and lecture halls, Cool Writing Careers is a 50-minute-long informal talk, geared toward classrooms and small-to-medium-sized groups.
Cool Writing Careers begins with an overview and then proceeds directly to questions and answers.
Topics we will cover include:
- Writing a book
- Working with an editor
- Finding an agent
- Acquiring a publishing deal
- Publishing your own book (finding a printer, hiring a book designer, getting an ISBN, etc.)
- Getting distribution
- Promoting your book
- Writing-related careers for non-writers (agent, editor, book shepherd, book designer, publicist, etc.)
- Kindle and other electronic format books
