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For Teachers and Librarians! My School Presentations! |
I do presentations for several of my novels. I am happy to adapt for large groups, individual classrooms, or small book clubs. My rates are negotiable. I do charge additional travel fees if I need to go more than 50 miles from my home near Nashville.
Speaking at W. A. Wright Elementary School.
I am available to speak at elementary and middle schools about my middle grade novel No One Needed to Know. This book is about a girl dealing with the pressures and responsibilities that come with having an older autistic brother. It is based loosely on my personal experience growing up with an older Autistic brother.
My presentation includes:
I did a 30 minute podcast version of this presentation for Tennessee Library for Accessible Books and Media. Click on this link to listen.
"I felt really good about the entire presentation and the way the kids behaved," Librarian at Stoner Creek Elementary School.
My presentation includes:
- Sharing some of my memories as an autism sibling and teacher of special needs students and how that inspired the writing of this novel.
- A quick overview of autism
- A discussion about bullying with an emphasis on being kind to people with special needs
- Taking a pledge to not be a bully.
I did a 30 minute podcast version of this presentation for Tennessee Library for Accessible Books and Media. Click on this link to listen.
"I felt really good about the entire presentation and the way the kids behaved," Librarian at Stoner Creek Elementary School.
Speaking at West Wilson Middle School in Tennessee
From concept to publication, it took 13 years to make Cry of the Sea the story I wanted it to be. My presentation for schools, libraries, and special events is about the process of revision. Sometimes the first version of a story, poem, song, drawing, etc. isn't the best it could be. Sometimes it takes stepping away for a while and looking at it with fresh eyes. Sometimes it takes several times to get it right.
I tell the story of how I came up with the idea for this novel about a teen environmental activist who discovers real mermaids and the process I went through to write it and revise it until it was of publishable quality. It is an educational and motivational presentation perfect for students 6th-12th grade or any creative people!
In addition to speaking about writing and revision, I have an alternate presentation available about the environmental themes in this award-winning series. I will be happy to speak to classes about the effects of ocean pollution, oil spills, and logging.
I tell the story of how I came up with the idea for this novel about a teen environmental activist who discovers real mermaids and the process I went through to write it and revise it until it was of publishable quality. It is an educational and motivational presentation perfect for students 6th-12th grade or any creative people!
In addition to speaking about writing and revision, I have an alternate presentation available about the environmental themes in this award-winning series. I will be happy to speak to classes about the effects of ocean pollution, oil spills, and logging.
Lost on the Water - A Ghost Story is a spooky contemporary adventure story perfect for middle school and younger high school readers. It's the story of a girl visiting her grandmother in rural Tennessee who sneaks out in a rickety old rowboat to catch up to a group of boys camping overnight on an island in the lake. Only, the boat just might be haunted.
The writing of this book got a little lost, too, as I went through many rewrites to find the right setting and traits of the main characters to tell the story effectively. I do a presentation about choosing setting and characters and why they make a difference. This is an especially fun book and presentation for schools in middle Tennessee, as this book is set at Center Hill Lake, TN.
The writing of this book got a little lost, too, as I went through many rewrites to find the right setting and traits of the main characters to tell the story effectively. I do a presentation about choosing setting and characters and why they make a difference. This is an especially fun book and presentation for schools in middle Tennessee, as this book is set at Center Hill Lake, TN.
I have been a speaker or panelist at many schools, libraries, and special events. Some of my favorites include: Middle TN Youth Writing Workshop (at MTSU), Alabama School Library Association conference, Tennessee Association of School Librarians, Wizard World Comic Con Nashville, Southern Kentucky Festival of Books, LibertyCon, Chattacon, and Hypericon. I would love to speak at your special event, so please contact me at donnadriver68@gmail.com.
What am I working on right now? (as of December 19, 2020)
It has been exactly six month since I last updated this note. This past year I finished my first full-length women's fiction/romance novel. I'm querying agents with it now and keeping my fingers crossed. I wrote a sweet romantic musical this year as well with songwriter/composer Caleb Dinger. We have made a full cast recording of it and are working on getting it published. Hopefully, I'll have news to share about that as well.
I just started writing another women's fiction novel I'm currently calling Grand Care. I'm only two chapters in, so I have a long way to go. The idea for it came from a screenplay I wrote twenty years ago. It's been sitting in a drawer all this time, and I have some new ideas for the plot and some additional characters. Adapting the old idea into the new one is a challenge, but I'm excited about it.
Earlier in the year I cleaned up a feel-good short story called "The World in a Day", and you can read it for free on my blog. www.dgdriver.com/write-and-rewrite-blog/the-world-in-a-day-a-free-short-story
And here's another story called "Candid Moments" that I posted a few months back. http://www.dgdriver.com/write-and-rewrite-blog/candid-moments-a-short-story-by-d-g-driver
To keep up with my progress, please follow me at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/donnagdriver/
Or follow me on Instagram and Twitter to participate or enjoy the posts.
It has been exactly six month since I last updated this note. This past year I finished my first full-length women's fiction/romance novel. I'm querying agents with it now and keeping my fingers crossed. I wrote a sweet romantic musical this year as well with songwriter/composer Caleb Dinger. We have made a full cast recording of it and are working on getting it published. Hopefully, I'll have news to share about that as well.
I just started writing another women's fiction novel I'm currently calling Grand Care. I'm only two chapters in, so I have a long way to go. The idea for it came from a screenplay I wrote twenty years ago. It's been sitting in a drawer all this time, and I have some new ideas for the plot and some additional characters. Adapting the old idea into the new one is a challenge, but I'm excited about it.
Earlier in the year I cleaned up a feel-good short story called "The World in a Day", and you can read it for free on my blog. www.dgdriver.com/write-and-rewrite-blog/the-world-in-a-day-a-free-short-story
And here's another story called "Candid Moments" that I posted a few months back. http://www.dgdriver.com/write-and-rewrite-blog/candid-moments-a-short-story-by-d-g-driver
To keep up with my progress, please follow me at Facebook https://www.facebook.com/donnagdriver/
Or follow me on Instagram and Twitter to participate or enjoy the posts.