Penny Morrison
  • Home
  • About
    • Bio
    • Penny's Family Day Care
    • More about me
    • FAQ
    • A poem
    • Blog
    • Reviews I wrote for Reading Time
  • Books
    • Reviews
    • A Perfect Little Monster
    • Captain Sneer
    • The Mighty Mighty King Christmas Book
    • Hey! series
    • DynaMites Music
  • Activities
  • Bookings
    • Bookings
    • Events
  • Get published
    • How to get published
    • Manuscript critiques
    • Links
  • Contact

An author talks

11/6/2015

1 Comment

 
Picture
Inspire Conference - Austinmer Anglican Church
I was so nervous about book week that I was even terrified of preparing for it. My books are TODDLER BOOKS! I was terrified that I would have nothing to say, especially to kids in yrs 3-6. I regretted agreeing to it at all.

But of course, I had no option other than to sit down and start writing and see what I could come up with. And I surprised myself. I had interesting things to say and I found fun ways to present it. Once I was prepared, all my nerves were gone.
I was surprised to be booked for a whole bunch of author talks recently. I've visited preschools before, but none of these visits were for 3-5 year olds. They were all way out of my comfort zone!

I spoke to primary school students in book week, the kids at a church conference, adults doing children's ministry at Inspire Conference and writers at the Christian Writers Conference.


Picture
Volunteers dressed up as babies while I read 'Hey! Is that how God made me?' to yrs 3-6.
​Still, I knew I'd be nervous on the day. But I had a plan. I would pretend I was Deb Abela. If I could pretend to be confident, then the kids would never suspect.

I woke in the morning to find I still wasn't nervous. I was sure I would be when I arrived.

I was nervous when I was stuck in a traffic jam on the way, but when I arrived, I didn't think of Deb Abela once. (Sorry Deb!) I was having too much fun.

The kids enjoyed my presentations and workshops and seemed genuinely interested in everything I had to say. Unbelievable.

I went through the whole stupidly-nervous-until-I-was-prepared thing again for Inspire Conference. I had to write a talk and 2 workshops. Again, all my jitters disappeared once I was prepared and I loved speaking at the conference.

I will be more relaxed about future bookings. You know, the kids were very impressed by me. It had nothing to do with my books or my workshops though. They thought I was great because I ... you won't believe this ... I've actually MET Andy Griffiths. He signed my book. Wowww!

1 Comment

    Author

    I am a children's author.

    Archives

    April 2020
    September 2017
    August 2017
    July 2017
    March 2017
    October 2016
    August 2016
    June 2016
    March 2016
    November 2015
    February 2015
    November 2014
    October 2014
    June 2014
    April 2014
    February 2013
    December 2012
    July 2012

    Categories

    All
    Autism/Asperger's
    Publishers
    Scbwi
    Writing

    RSS Feed

Powered by Create your own unique website with customizable templates.