M0UNTAIN MAN PRESENTATIONS

Author's School Visit Letter

Teacher help 1

Literary devices

Bullet making activity

First, an idea-what if?
Setting, characters, plot
Nuts and bolts of writing-
 

Get it down
Rewrite
Edit, edit, edit
Polish
Let it sit
A fresh look
Let others read it

Publishing

Query
Editing
Copy editing
Type setting

 Page justification

Galley proofs
Final editing
Cover design
Dedication, forward,

Glossary
Marketing

Retailers, brick and mortar

On line-Amazon, Barnes & Nobel

Writer’s web site
Face book, etc.
Personal visits

Q & A

How mountain men lived
Their equipment
Trapping beaver
Care for the hides
Rendezvous (then and now)
The end of the era. Why?
Show and tell-trap, furs, items
Demonstrations (optional)

Trap setting
Making bullets
Flint and steel

Q & A

Time line
Making sense
Verb use
Sentence length
Unclear phrases
Repeated words
First word

Final copy editing
Query
Submission to publisher
The contract
Publisher’s editing & rewrite
Cover designs, dedication, back page blurb
Publisher’s copy edit
Type set
Approve galley proofs (new publishing techniques)
First printing

Q & A