
Wanna feel good?
Wanna make others feel good?
I have just the thing.
You writer types have NO IDEA how cool you are.
Yep. I said it.
Cool.
See, once a year or so I go to my daughter’s school and give a chat about being an author. I ask the teachers if there’s a topic they want emphasized, and they tell me to talk about being an author, but if they have topics, those usually it falls into a few groups.
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Where do your ideas come from?
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How hard is it to go back and review your writing?
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Stuff like that.
And that’s fun, but when you get to hold up books you’ve written or edited, that’s when the real fun starts.
I hold up some titles I’ve written. “Santa Maybe is about a kid who goes to the store and they run into a guy they think is Santa Claus on his day off.”
That one gets big smiles.
I hold up The Grandfather Tree and say, “This is about a grandfather who didn’t think he was useful anymore.”
That one gets an “Aww.”
I hold up Drake and The Fliers and I say, “This is about a kid who went to sleep one night, and when he woke woke up he had turned into a dragon.”
That one gets a “Wow!”
I hold up The Navigators and I say, “This is about a bunch of kids who found a time machine and went back in time.”
That one gets a “WOW!!”
Yeah, I kinda like that reaction. Not gonna lie.
The point is, most kids have never met a real life writer or author. But with your help, they can. And when you see 20 or so little minds light up…
It’s extremely satisfying.
I highly recommend it. For them and for you. I come home feeling like a million bucks.
Wanna know the bets part? It’s ALL the best part.
“Oh, but I don’t do this full time.” “I don’t write for a career.” “I -”
SHH!
Do you think the kids care?
If you write a blog, or short stories, or books, they would love to have you come talk to the kids, believe me.
And if you have a book – one the kids can read or not – you’ll hold it up, maybe talk about it, maybe give a copy to their teacher – but you won’t forget the impact you had on the kids.
And they might not, either.
Totally worth it.
Sounds like fun! I know it was the best thing ever to hear my son casually throw out that his mom was an author to his friends.
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Casually. Cool!
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Teaching writing is my favorite thing at the co-op. I love to drop in that first, “well when I published my first book…”
Say what?!?!?!
Laughing. Best day ever, every time.
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Cool.
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