Visit Fees:
Salt Lake City area schools (one hour from downtown Salt Lake City):
$500 for a half day (up to three 30- or 45-minute classroom sessions)
$800 for a full day (up to four classroom sessions and/or two school assemblies)
Structuring of time flexible, based on school needs
Schools beyond an hour's drive from downtown Salt Lake City:
$900 for a full day plus expenses
For areas requiring air travel (three or more hours from downtown Utah), there is a two-day minimum for the visit. If your school is hosting my visit, and splitting my time with another school, please provide transportation to and from both schools. If I am staying overnight, please reserve and pay for my hotel. I will arrange for necessary air travel, which will be reimbursed along with meals. I am happy to have dinner with teachers, librarians, parents, and/or students on a multi-day visit.
Author in Residence: from one to five consecutive days, or on a recurring basis:
Salt Lake City areas schools: $800 per day plus transportation and expenses.
Schools beyond an hour's drive from Salt Lake City: $1,000 per day plus transportation
and expenses.
Sliding scale, based on number of days
Sheri is happy to develop custom presentations for older children, teens and adults on publishing, writing books (non-fiction and fiction) and/or magazine stories, or freelance writing as a career. Sheri can talk on research, editing, tools writers need, and how the writing process differs for every writer (discussion of styles/work habits of famous authors).
Career Day Presentations:
Fee to be determined by agreed upon program
Online Chats/Virtual Visits:
$150 per hour (one hour minimum fee)
Payment:
Payment due on day of visit. For online chats, payment due within 7 days.
Cancellation policy: within one month of visit, visit may be rescheduled within six months.
Full payment must be sent within six months of cancellation.
Sample Contract:
A sample author contract, developed by Toni Buzzeo and Jane Kurtz, authors of Terrific Connections with Authors, Illustrators, and Storytellers
Visit Content:
Sheri's suggested content for Great World War II Activites You Can Build Yourself. Content is for kids 9-12, but can be modified for younger or older audiences.
Sheri's suggested content for Amazing Maya Inventions You Can Build Yourself. Content is for kids 9-12, but can be modified for younger or older audiences.
Sheri's suggested content for You Think It's Easy Being the Tooth Fairy?. Content is for kids 4-8, but can be modified for younger or older audiences. Older children and teens will be intrigued by the picture book process, from idea to dummy to publication.
