During October through December, I was extremely busy doing signings and school events. I must have been at twenty different stores over that three month period. I did one signing in Bloomfield Hills, MI where there were two school systems involved. Walled Lake schools and West Bloomfield schools were so nice to me and promoted my books to their students with great zeal.

When I first walked into the store, I felt a little overwhelmed after seeing a stack of one hundred books sitting there for me to sign. As the night went on, it became very busy and I barely had a moment to spare.  Kudos to both those school systems.

I also did a book signing at the Barnes and Noble in Rochester Hills, MI. It was really cool because they had a scavenger hunt and one of the things the students had to do was find the author and ask me a specific question, like how old I was when I started writing my first book.

Thanks to all the teachers and bookstore managers that have helped me so far.

Taylor Joseph Teenage Author

On 11-03-09 I visited Lake Fenton Middle School in Fenton, MI. I was asked to speak in front of 450 students about writing. I started off by talking about myself and about my quest to become published. After that I took questions for about 15 minutes. The students there were just the most polite, fun people you could imagine. They didn’t want to stop asking questions but we had a limited amount of time.

Then I read a page from each of my books and asked the students specific questions about what the characters were going through. After that we had another discussion which turned out to be very informant for both the students and myself. Then I played a clip about the importance of literacy and we had yet another discussion.

I had a great time and I think the students did as well. A special thanks to Mrs. DeLonge who arranged it all and Nicole Guiles who helped me out immensely.

Thanks Lake Fenton Middle School,

Taylor Joseph.

I was recently invited to Plano, Texas to speak at several of their schools about the importance of reading and about my novel The Crossing. I flew in on a Wednesday afternoon and two representatives from the school district took us out for an incredible meal at an upscale, local restaurant called The Cheesecake Factory. The meal was tremendous and Libby and Chrissi were beyond belief. We exchanged stories about their education system and so many other things.

The next day I started at 8:15am and spoke to a class of sophomores in the ESL program. They were more then gracious and we all had a great time. After that I went to Carpenter Middle School where I gave a presentation about writing. Chrissi and Libby were just so perfect at helping the kids that it went incredibly well.

Then we were off to another high school where i did a presentation for freshmen. I ended at 4:30pm and then drove to Garland, Texas where I did a book signing until 9:00pm. The signing went very well especially when I showed people my new book Allison Investigates.

The next morning I started early again and spoke at two schools. Then I went to another school where the teacher arranged for nine of the top girls in the school to have lunch with me in the library. We sat and ate while we talked about everything from writing to girl things. I made nine very special friends that day that I will never forget.

After that I was off to more schools and then to a Barnes and Noble at night where I met so many nice people. I  have heard that the people in Texas are nice but you just don’t know how nice they are until you see first hand. The 13 hour days I put in was well worth it. I must have signed 600 books those two days.

THANK YOU PLANO, TEXAS. YOU ARE THE BEST!!!

Taylor Joseph