May Speaker — DJ Kristoff

by Admin - April 24, 2022

May 2022

Speaker: DJ Kristoff
Topic: Writing with a message for young people
May 21, 2022, 10 a.m. to Noon

Fiction in a Nonfiction World – The Evolution of An Author
How dinosaurs, Harry Potter, and Jack Canfield changed this writer’s course of history. It’s a major feat to write a book; it’s a whole other adventure to market it.D.J. Kristoff presents her journey from an award-winning science teacher digging dinosaurs in Montana to being inspired by the Harry Potter ride at Universal Studios to writing her first book and having Jack Canfield, coauthor of the Chicken Soup for the Soul series, show her how to market it.

Kristoff offers her insights on how to write for middle-grade kids based on her world travels and real-life experiences that she brought back into the classroom. “Writing my book was an adventure in itself as I followed the threads of the storyline and researched my new discoveries.”

Other topics include writing with a message, marketing, and making your story relevant in a nonfiction world to sell more than books.

Currently living in Fort Myers, Florida, DJ Kristoff began her education career teaching eighth-grade science in Tempe, Arizona. There she founded and directed the Students for Environmental Awareness Club. Kristoff guided as many as 50 adventurous eighth graders hiking and backpacking into the deserts and wildernesses of Arizona and Utah, teaching geology, biology, anthropology, paleontology, and ethnobotany. Now, as a children’s author, she inspires middle-grade students to love nature and science with her magical books.

Jack Canfield Interview with D.J. Kristoff

More about DJ

Tools for Writing

by Admin - April 22, 2022

Online Tools for Checking your Writing
— grammar, style, plagerism, etc.

Grammarly — Program to check punctuation and grammar. Remember it’s not always correct.
Hemingway Editor — Hemingway App makes your writing bold and clear.
grammica.com — Check your grammar online.
Scrivener — Makes large writing projects easier to browse and navigate.
Plagiarism Checker — A plagiarism detector and remover tool.
Preventing Plagiarism — A Guide for Students and Educators
WordCounter.net — Tool for checking repeated words
The Writer’s Online Toolkit — from Maryville University
Best Writing Tools for 2022 — Reedsy.com