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"I don't need much when I come to an Author Visit but these items make my job easier."

Author Visit Basic Needs

Each presentation has its own set up but they are quick and easy. I can discuss the details when you book an author visit. In every case, it is helpful to have:
- a small table
- a chair
- some water
- a clip on hands-free microphone (Even the most durable voice can disappear without notice.)

Specific Needs

Tall Tale Talk - 20 feet of free space near my presentation area for roping “Medium-rare” my practice bull.

What’s Out There? - A screen, an LCD projector for viewing my PowerPoint presentation and an expert to hook the LCD to my laptop/docking station, or an overhead projector for transparencies, a VCR.

Pulling A Story Out Of The Air - A black board & chalk OR a white-erase board & markers OR an overhead projector & screen OR a flip chart & markers OR a pocket chart) Also: the students will need to bring one piece of loose-leaf paper and one sharpened pencil to the presentation.

Math-amania! - Just a cooperative audience

• 31st SW Regional IRA Conference, Winter 2006
• Women Writing the West, Fall 2005
• North Texas Book Festival, April 2005
• IL Reading Council Conference, March 2005
• 23rd SE Regional IRA Conference, November 2005
• Juvenile Writers of KC, Summer 2004
• 35th GA Children's Lit. Conference, November 2004
• 22nd SE Regional IRA Conference, Fall 2004
• AR Reading Association Conference, November 2003
• Women Writing the West, Fall 2003
• Mid Dakota Reading Council, October 2003
• Tomball College, Continuing Education Program "Writing for Children," Summer 2003
• Houston Association of School Librarians, Spring 2003
• Bell County Reading Association Conference, March 2003
• Louisiana Teen-Age Librarians Association Conference, February 2003
• SW Regional IRA Conference, Winter 2003
• Waco Book Festival, September 2002

… and many more.