Mary Montague Sikes

Mary Montague Sikes: Monti is a writer, photographer, and world traveler. She is the author of Hotels to Remember, a book filled with the history and color photographs of some of the most memorable hotels Monti has visited. She has also written a romance novel, Hearts Across Forever, and has co-authored Published! Now Sell It, a book of helpful suggestions for fellow writers wishing to market their books successfully. Sikes is also author of Eagle Rising, Secrets by the Sea, Night Watch, and Dangerous Hearts. She has a sequel to Secrets by the Sea coming out later this year. Jungle Jeopardy is set in the jungles of Central America where Maya ruins are still being uncovered.

Monti is available to speak on writing about and photographing places you visit; keeping and illustrating a travel journal; promoting your published work with visuals and photographs; choosing and developing an appealing setting for your book; and using ghosts, reincarnation, and other paranormal elements in your work.

Topics Monti offers:

1. Marketing Is Everything, the Internet is More
2. Marketing and Promotion - It's Red Hot on the Internet
3. Reincarnation and Other Paranormal Elements
4. Ghosts, Dreams, and a Great Setting Make the Story
5. Keeping a Gathering Book for Story and for Art
6. Settings Make Your Story Glow
7. Talk About Settings and the Caribbean Islands
8. My Fascination With the Maya in Painting and Writing
9. Meet the Passenger to Paradise

She can be reached at P. O. Box 182, West Point, VA 23181; (804) 843-3284; or via email. Monti also invites you to visit her website.