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Ötzi

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How did I become an author ?

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When I was a lad…Keep a diary

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Teaching and beyond….

Book for teachersThe GuardianBBCGoogleJournals iGCSE Textbook

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1991 - Alps

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Discovery• Walking• Melting ice…• Climate Change…

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Manuscript – first draft

• Feedback from editors… always accept their comments…

• Page plan • Narrative arc • Drawing in reader• Word count• Images: permission from museum…

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Reading

2 sections….

a) Discovery of the body (fact)

b) Some of the thinking about his death… (fiction)

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Science – over 20 years…Tattoos

• 3 D Scan: http://iceman.eurac.edu/

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Editing and refining

• 3 drafts with comments• Picture editors choosing images…• Proof-reading – 3 different people reading…

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Reconstruction And the work

goes on….

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Just last week…

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Publication

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Sales

• Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows - over 40 million copies sold

• ‘The Ice Man’ – over 2 000 copies sold…

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Next book(s)Extreme Survival – Collinsdigitalearth – eBook in Europenew GCSE Geography textbook – joint author

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Questions