I can slant my visit toward writing/research/publishing, science, or social studies.
Examples:
Researching and writing nonfiction books.
I explain to students how I moved from research to rough draft, to revision to a finished book, showing them my actual manuscript pages with editor marks during a PowerPoint presentation. At the same time, I share interesting facts about X-rays, Marie Curie and radiation that I used in my books. At the end of this presentation, I share an unusual slide show of X-rays images of alligators, monkeys, snakes, dolls, toy trucks, broken arms, grapes and even chocolate chip cookies.
A school visit about a real American hero.
Varian Fry, who during the dark days of the 1940s realized many people were in danger and did something about it. Many in the United States don't understand that World War II had been raging in Europe for years by the time America entered the war in December of 1941. While sharing my experiences about writing a nonfiction book about Varian Fry and his role as a Holocaust rescuer in France, I will be explaining what was happening in Germany and all of Europe as Hitler expanded his empire. Included is a PowerPoint presentation with photographs of these historic days.
Examples:
Writing Science for young reader--with the boring
parts removed.
How to build a hero: Writing biographies
Examples:
How to research, write, and get your book published
How to write query and cover letters
What every nonfiction writer should know
Bore no more: writing nonfiction that zings
