October 2009: B&N Book signing (TBD)
September 2009: Mantorville
Book Signing
August 2009: Ely MN (Strange Minnesota Monsters promotion)
July 2009: Lake Peppin (Strange Minnesota
Monsters promotion)
October 2008: Mantorville Giftshop Book Signing
September 2008: Rochester Downtown Barnes &
Noble Book Signing
April 2007: Holy Spirit 5th Grade Writers Workshop
CS
Larsen's Meet The Author CS Larsen will meet
with students at their school to discuss writing, self-esteem, and his books. school class size of 25 to 50 students
preferred. Suggested fee is $5/student.
CS
Larsen will meet with students at their school to discuss writing, self-esteem, and his books. school class size of
25 to 50 students preferred. Suggested fee is $5/student.
CS Larsen will meet with students at their school to discuss writing, self-esteem, and his books.
school class size of 25 to 50 students preferred. Suggested fee is $5/student.
CS Larsen's Writer Workshop Agenda:
Week
One: Author visit (45 minutes). Author
works with students to find creative element to work with. The students determine central theme of the
story, and author discusses how to write a short story (beginning, climax, conflict, ending, etc.).
Student assignment
(2-4 hours). Students will work on rough draft at home or at school of story and illustration.
The objective is to have the story draft typed into Word file by end of week one. For illustrations,
the drawings should be at least pencil sketches and on paper no larger than 8.5"x11".
Week Two: Author visit (45 minutes). Author to review drafts of stories
and answer questions. Author will discuss editing and rewrite process. Also discuss
next steps in illustration.
Student
assignment (2-4 hours). Students will work on final draft at home or at school of story and illustration.
The objective is to have the final draft of the story typed and into a Word file by the end of week two.
For illustrations, the drawings should be in final format (pen/ink, water color, etc).
Week Three: Author visit (45 minutes). Author to review final drafts
of stories and answer questions. Author will discuss final editing process and publishing steps.
Student assignment (2-4 hours). Students will finish their stories and illustrations.
Completed stories will be turned into the teacher. Stories must be in MS Word format.
Illustrations must be on 8x12 sheet paper or smaller.
Week Four: Student assignment (1-2 hours). Each Student will receive portion of the draft
booklet to review and edit. Students will look for any mistakes and note in pen. Students
will turn in edits (if any) to teacher.
After week four, the author will perform final editing and submit booklet for publication.
Once the booklet has been printed and shipped, the author will notify the teacher and arrange a time to stop in and
discuss book one last time with class (45 minutes).
Fees: A suggested fee is $10/student.
