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To set up a visit or writing workshop contact Kenyette Kilpatrick
at Peachtree Publishers: (800) 241-0113. Kenyette is the queen of
the calendar—she keeps everything straight! She will be happy to
help you arrange a successful visit. For questions about program
content feel free to
contact me.
If your school or library is outside the Florida/Georgia area
please book at least three days of visits. There is no charge for my
travel time and for visits in many parts of the country an
additional two days are needed to get there and back.
I know that resources for programs in schools are limited.
Unfortunately authors are essentially self-employed. Things like
health insurance and a retirement plan have to be factored in when I
set my fees, but I always do my best to keep the cost of my programs
down. For the 2008-2009 school year my rates remain unchanged: $725
per day for up to six programs, $675 for the same day in a school I
have visited before. An evening program at the school or nearby
library can be added for $100.
Combining your booking with other schools or libraries in your
area will allow you to split the cost of transportation, and unless
I am traveling with my husband, I am always happy to stay with a
school family which eliminates the cost of a hotel. While I’m at
your school a cafeteria lunch is fine. Hey, who doesn’t like pizza?
Looking for a cheaper
alternative?
As the price of travel has gone up and up I decided I just had to
add an option that didn’t involve getting on a plane. This year for
the first time (and for a much more modest price) you can book a
virtual author visit.
A virtual visit costs $75 an hour. If you book 3 or more hours,
the rate drops to $65 an hour.
And here’s an even better price: free! It may take a while if I
am on the road, but I always respond to readers’ emails. Feel free
to share my email address with your students:
adrianfog@aol.com. If you
have a whole class reading one of my titles a single email from the
class would be appreciated. It can include multiple questions, but
the single piece of correspondence is easier to handle than a raft
of individual queries from students. And that way they all get to
see the answers to questions they may not have thought of.
Need books for your
event?
To order books, contact
Lesley Rowe: (800) 241-0113 ext. 112. Peachtree delivers
quickly, offers a great discount, and accepts returns! Schools can
use the publisher’s discount to help offset the cost of the visit or
to offer the books to students below the retail price.
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