Where Haven’t They Lived & Traveled, What Genres Haven’t They Written, What Grade Levels Haven’t They Taught, and What Haven’t They Done in Pursuit of Stories and Adventure?
Together, Allen Deever & Ellie Deever are book writers, magazine editors, authors of short stories, freelance journalists, feature writers, travel & adventure writers, history investigators, National Geographic documentary filmmakers, public relations managers, advertising writers, script writers, travel agency managers, college professors, high school teachers, middle school teachers, elementary school teachers, adult education teachers, special education teachers, professional beachcombers, flight instructors, ferry pilots, park rangers, poets, artists, Hoover Dam guides for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation, Air Force security police officers (including security for Air Force One), store detectives, secret shoppers, farm hands, fruit pickers and packers, professional camel jockeys, chefs, bus boys, culinary arts instructors, truck drivers, garbage collectors, door-to-door Fuller Brush salesmen, secretaries, amusement park greeters, casino industry employees, chauffeurs, bee keepers, poultry farmers, gardeners, computer programmers, and lecture circuit speakers.
Due to their tremendous amount of life experiences, they have had the stories of their travels and adventures published on four different continents. Besides being internationally-published freelance journalists, they have also written two plays, a guidebook on beachcombing, worked as script writers and production assistants for a National Geographic documentary, created several books on writing techniques, and completed an epic poem titled, Song of Robinson Crusoe.
Writing courses they have originated and taught include topics such as, Write Your Life Story Like a Bestselling Novel, Write Like the Pros: A Beginning Writer’s Workshop, Travel & Adventure Writing Made Easy, Power Writing: The ABC’s of Motivating Others, Fine Art of Writing Love Letters, Five-Minute Writer: Tripling Your Creative Writing Speed, Junior Journalism and the Young Novelist Program for “Kid’s College,” Mini Writer’s Conference, and their perennial favorite, How to Write a Book on Anything in Two Weeks or Less! Their ever-popular and inspiring writing workshops have been held at more than three dozen colleges, universities, and various private schools.
