On October 7, Mrs. Toni Boyer Zundel, a professional author, came to Ms. Rachel Neeley’s Creative Writing class. Mrs. Boyer talked to the class about how she got published and what it takes to be an author. Ms. Neeley said, “I thought it would be great for my students to hear from a person who actually accomplished what so many of them want to accomplish.”
Mrs. Boyer started writing in high school and since then has written several works, including “Read-a Song,” which was published by World Class Learning Materials, a publisher in Baltimore, Maryland. She wrote and produced “FHE Made Easy,” a DVD that is sold in Walmart, Deseret Book, and Seagull Book. She also wrote a picture book called “Twinner One & Twinner Two,” which reached the top 100 Bestsellers list in the Apple iBookstore for the iPad. Mrs. Boyer said, “I am now working on a teen-fiction mystery/ghost novel that will have video embedded in the text (in an eBook format for the iBookstore).”
According to Ms. Neeley and Mrs. Boyer, Mrs. Boyer’s visit to the creative writing class was a big success. Ms. Neeley said, “I thought the visit was very successful. Mrs. Boyer was very enthusiastic and inspiring.” Students also thoroughly enjoyed Mrs. Boyer’s visit. Tyree Strong, a seventh-grader in creative writing, said, “It was great to have a real author come and tell us what it is like to write books.” Mrs. Boyer said, “I LOVE visiting schools and classrooms. If I made a difference in one student’s life then I was successful!”