Dear Student Activities Boards & Directors:
The 2018-2019 school year will be my twelfth 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 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. My third book, Time Is Irreverent, is brand new, and already it is an Amazon Canada #1 Best Seller in Comedy, Humour, Political Humour, LGBT Science Fiction, Alternative History, and Time Travel
With that in mind, I'm offering a bonus program, Indie Author Success: Outselling Big Publishers Without Selling Out (formerly Cool Writing Careers).
Unlike Around the World in 90 Minutes, which is a highly rehearsed show, performed primarily in auditoriums, ballrooms, and lecture halls, Indie Author Success is a 50-minute-long informal talk, geared toward classrooms and small-to-medium-sized groups.
Indie Author Success begins with an overview and then proceeds directly to questions and answers.
Topics we will cover include:
- Writing a book
- Self-editing tips
- Writing fiction vs. writing nonfiction
- Working with an editor
- How to find an agent and a publishing company
- Why you should bypass an agent and a publishing company
- Publishing your own book (finding a printer, hiring a book designer, getting an ISBN, etc.)
- e-books and audio books
- Getting distribution
- Promoting your book