Thank you for inviting me to speak to your organization or group! Below are materials that you can download to help you advertise the event. Feel free to contact me at cindy@thebeautifulsnow.com with questions or other requests.
Resources to Download
Press Release
This is a pre-written press release (using Microsoft Word), to make it easy for you to send information to your local newspaper and other media outlets.
You may customize it in any way to provide with information specific to your event.
Hard Winter Overview Press Release
Tracy Cut Presentation Press Release Template
Poster – 8.5 x 11 (Letter) size
This poster (.pdf document) can be printed and hung to advertise your event. There is space for you to write in your specific event information.
Hard Winter Overview Presentation:
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Tracy Cut Presentation:
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Hard Winter to Long Winter Presentation:
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Author Talk Presentation:
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Poster – 8.5 x 14 (Legal) size
This poster (.pdf document) can be printed and hung to advertise your event. There is space for you to write in your specific event information.
Hard Winter Overview Presentation:
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Tracy Cut Presentation:
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Hard Winter to Long Winter Presentation:
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Author Talk Presentation:
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Poster – 11 x 17 (Tabloid) size
This poster (.pdf document) can be printed and hung to advertise your event. There is space for you to write in your specific event information.
Hard Winter Overview Presentation:
Download color poster
Tracy Cut Presentation:
Download color poster
Hard Winter to Long Winter Presentation:
Download color poster
Author Talk Presentation:
Download color poster
Book Cover Images
If you wish to submit a photo of the book cover with your press release, or include it within your own publications (newsletters, enews, emails, etc.) you can download two versions below.
Author Photos
If you wish to submit a photo of the author with your press release, or include it within your own publications (newsletters, enews, emails, etc) you can download two versions here.
Intro Bio
When introducing me, this could be used:
Cindy loves to research and share history with people, one result of that being her award-winning book. While she spent several years immersed in researching the Hard Winter of 1880-81, her ideal day is about eighty degrees with a smidge of humidity.
Among other things, Cindy loves to hike, bike, and kayak, and enjoys traveling to find new places to do those activities. She’s also an art quilter, a voracious reader, and leads tours at a Frank Lloyd Wright designed house in Iowa. Early in the pandemic, she decided to learn to play cello and is mostly enjoying that, too!
Cindy is a recipient of the Ella Dickey Literacy Award, which will be awarded in April 2023. The awards are presented to six national authors who have contributed to the preservation of history.