Double your Student Activities Budget
with this Two-For-One Special!

Dear Student Activities Boards & Directors:

The 2022-2023 school year marks my sixteenth year of presenting Around the World in 90 Minutes at colleges across the United States. Around the World in 90 Minutes is a high-energy digital slide show based on the travels for my book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents. It has been a hit from coast-to-coast, becoming one of the most popular slide shows of all-time.

While Around the World in 90 Minutes is my signature show, I have also won multiple awards for my writing and possess substantial knowledge of the publishing industry. My first book, Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents, won six national awards and became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in Wildlife. My second book, Endangered Edens: Exploring the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Costa Rica, the Everglades, and Puerto Rico, won four national awards and became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in the Travel, Ecotourism, Caribbean Travel, and Puerto Rico categories. My third book, Time Is Irreverent, became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in Political Humor, Humorous Science Fiction, Parodies, and LGBT Science Fiction. My fourth book, Time Is Irreverent 2, became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in Political Humor. Hits. My fifth book, Time Is Irreverent 3, also became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in Political Humor. My six book, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer, became an Amazon #1 Best Seller in Biographies of Environmentalists & Naturalists, Biographies of Social Activists, Music Business, and Music History & Criticism.

With that in mind, I’m offering a bonus program: Cool Writing Careers.

Unlike Around the World in 90 Minutes, which is a highly rehearsed show, performed primarily in auditoriums, ballrooms, and lecture halls, Cool Writing Careers is a 50-minute-long informal talk, geared toward classrooms and small-to-medium-sized groups.

Cool Writing Careers begins with an overview and then proceeds directly to questions and answers.

Topics we will cover include:

  • Writing a book
  • Improving your writing today (whether for a college term paper or later in a career)
  • Writing fiction vs. writing nonfiction
  • Working with an editor
  • How to find an agent and a publishing company
  • Pros and cons of representing yourself
  • Publishing your own book (finding a printer, hiring a book designer, getting an ISBN, etc.)
  • Writing-related careers for non-writers (agent, editor, book shepherd, book designer, publicist, etc.)
  • e-books and audio books
  • Getting distribution
  • Promoting your book

Here’s my special deal:

Until further notice, Cool Writing Careers will be available free to colleges that book Around the World in 90 Minutes. To get the deal, simply request Cool Writing Careers when we confirm the date. Please be aware that my tour itinerary often puts me in a new city each day, so scheduling both programs within a few hours of each other will likely be necessary.

Get classes involved! Not only are my programs great for extra credit, but your English and/or Science Departments may even be willing to pay a portion of my speaking fee.

  • Cool Writing Careers is perfect for English, journalism, and business classes.
  • Around the World in 90 Minutes is perfect for classes in the natural sciences, foreign cultures, geography, and photography. I also recommend opening up this show to the general public. You’ll be amazed how far people will drive to see Around the World in 90 Minutes!

If you aren’t already familiar with Around the World in 90 Minutes, the show features interesting facts, humorous stories, and the best of thousands of photos I took while traveling all seven continents searching for rare and interesting wildlife. It’s the type of show where the audience has fun laughing at the stories, oohing and aahing at the photos, and then, when it’s all done, they realize just how much they’ve learned.

If you would like to take advantage of this outstanding two-for-one opportunity, please contact me at [email protected] or (406) 642-3333. I look forward to hearing from you!

Best wishes,

Marty Essen

Author of Hits, Heathens, and Hippos: Stories from an Agent, Activist, and Adventurer
Amazon #1 Best Seller in Biographies of Environmentalists & Naturalists, Biographies of Social Activists, Music Business, and Music History & Criticism
Author of Time Is Irreverent
Amazon #1 Best Seller in Political Humor, Humorous Science Fiction, Parodies, and LGBT Science Fiction
Author of Time Is Irreverent 2
Amazon #1 Best Seller in Political Humor
Author of Time Is Irreverent 3
Amazon #1 Best Seller in Political Humor
Author of Endangered Edens
Amazon #1 Best Seller in Ecotourism, Travel, Caribbean Travel, and Puerto Rico
Winner: Readers’ Favorite Book Award—Environment
Winner: National Indie Excellence Book Award—Nature
Silver: Nautilus Award—Animals & Nature
Silver: Nautilus Award—Middle Grades Nonfiction
Author of Cool Creatures, Hot Planet: Exploring the Seven Continents
Amazon #1 Best Seller in Wildlife
Winner: Benjamin Franklin Award—Travel/Essay
Winner: Green Book Festival Award—Animals
Winner: National Indie Excellence Book Award—Travel/Essay
Winner: USA Best Books Award—Travel/Essay
Bronze: ForeWord Magazine Book of the Year Award—Travel/Essay
Bronze: IPPY Award—Travel/Essay
Minneapolis Star-Tribune Top-10 “Green” Book
APCA’s #1 Booked College Speaker for 50 total months