1. Prompt, professional replies to your inquiries.
2. A personal phone consultation prior to your event to ensure Janalyn understands how best serve you and your audience.
3. An announcement about your event on Janalyn’s Facebook page, social media channels, and on whichever of her websites is most relevant to your audience (if your event is open to the public and you want additional promotion for it).
4. A custom resource page created exclusively for your attendees, to help them delve deeper into our topic on their own, including links to books, articles, and other helpful resources.
5. A brief follow-up after the event to make sure your expectations were met.

• Women's groups need speakers who can inspire and motivate but also provide practical advice. Janalyn's reminder to live fully resonates with busy wives and mothers, and her time management tips help make this possible.
• Book clubs, travel clubs and library visitors will enjoy discussing research locations and tidbits, themes from Janalyn’s books, her travel adventures, and perspectives from life as an author. (Inquire into special group rates for purchase of Janalyn’s books. Be sure and visit the book club page for more benefits.)
• Writers’ groups glean from Janalyn’s encouragement to live with passion, write well, and remember to breathe, stressing purposeful living, time management, social media strategies, and writing as craft and art. View Live Write Breathe,  Janalyn’s website for writers.
• Teen audiences enjoy learning how the medieval code of chivalry compares to the cowboy code of the west, castle defenses, and medieval siege warfare. They will take away an understanding of what it means to live with honor.

• Book Clubs
• Travel Clubs
• Library Events
• Writer’s Conferences
• Writer’s Meetings
• Bookstore Events
• Church Events
• Women’s Retreats
• Women’s Conferences
• Women’s Events
• Teen Events
• Holiday Events

These talks are suitable for a full-day event or can be tailored to fit shorter times within an event. In addition, the story of Janalyn’s writing journey makes an inspirational and motivational keynote address for writers.

Women's Groups

• Time management techniques for the insanely busy: Too much to do? Learn how to slow down and do less so you can accomplish more.
• Take time to breathe and be. Janalyn motivates you to take time to live in the now and give you practical advice to help you make room for this important activity.
• Live well and leave a legacy. Glean lessons and inspiration for your own life as Janalyn reveals people from history who lived well and left a legacy. 
• Other topics considered on request

Writer's Groups

• Secrets of Branding Success. Why you need an author brand, how to discover it, and how it can help you to reach the readers who will most benefit from your writing.
• Plot a Novel in Three Acts. Janalyn breaks down the classic Aristotle's Incline plotting model and provides handouts to help you use it to plot your book. 
• Know Your Characters (or Who are These People, Anyway?) How to draw your character's motivations, mission, and fears from a central theme and story problem. 
• Other topics considered on request

Libraries, Book Clubs, and Travel Groups

• Sleeping in Ghost Towns and Other Author Adventures: Notes and slides from the author's research trips.
• Staying in Vintage Homes and Historical Hotels: How to find and book historical places and why you should.
• A Famous Author Slept Here: places famous authors stayed that accept visitors today. 
• Other topics considered on request