Join our Skype in the classroom lesson! It’s called Write, Publish, Publicize an Award-Winning Book with Mom-Son Authors.

Through Skype in the classroom, we’ve visited hundreds of students across the world. In fact, we have “traveled” more than 548,000 miles to 11 countries via Skype in the classroom.

Here is some information about what we do during our 45-minute session:

–We tell kids we started writing to overcome grief over the death of our dog. We ask students to share similar stories.

–We share some writing basics: creating conflict in stories, creating strong characters, using strong verbs. We discuss the importance of sharing writing work, and how to respond to feedback.

–We explain the publishing and self-publishing process and describe how students can promote their work using public relations, blogs, book release parties, partnering with nonprofits and other strategies.

–At the end of each session, we ask kids to brainstorm ideas for our next books. Kids love to do this.

–Students often ask Michael to talk about what he’s reading–and he’s happy to do that.

Again, teachers can sign up HERE.

Watch one of our first brainstorming activities with students via Skype:

And be sure to check out our book trailer, created six years ago by an award-winning teen videographer when both Michael and Hudson were puppies!

Questions about our Skype in the classroom lesson? Email us at BashAndLucy@gmail.com