Author Presentations

Friendship, Faith and Responsibility is a class on values and character education. The discussion is based on characters in the books. The class participates in finding things we can see and values are things we frequently can not see. They discover that the invisible things in life can be far more important than things we can see. This discussion is designed differently for the grade levels.

Ten Secrets to Writing is a class that discusses creativity, editing, and rewriting. We use class participation such as the five minute rewrite on finishing the stories with a different ending. I use new stories that I am working on and the class helps me with them. This can be designed for different grade levels.

Publishing a Book is a discussion of the creation of a book from the writing, working with an illustrator, creating the book on CD, printing the book and distribution. We use original story lines and how they evolve in the process of editing, original sketches of the artwork, cut sheets and proofs from the printers, mock up copies of books, final product and marketing plans.

Illustration Techniques using Photoshop is a class where the illustrator uses the computer and audio visual equipment to show how he uses the Photoshop Program to draw the pictures in the books and integrates them with the words. The illustrator begins with a sketch in a book and progresses to drawing on the computer.

Pre-K and K Classes I read to the younger classes and show cut sheets, draft illustrations and copies of proof books from the printer. We sometimes have coloring sheets for ‘Tangle Fairies”.

For more information and booking information, please contact:

Brown Langner
205-283-3702
brown.langner@michaelsmind.com