Speaking with Curt Iles

Author • Storyteller • Creekbank Stories

Curt Iles is a storyteller. He believes that a compelling story can move the hearts of listeners. With Southern humor and practical life lessons, Curt connects with audiences through stories that bring laughter, reflection, and encouragement.

“Hey, I don’t care how much you know until I know how much you care.”

Whether your group wants to explore Louisiana history, grow as writers, strengthen relationships, or hear a good story, the topics below provide a starting point for your event.

Groups Curt Loves Speaking To

• Schools and homeschool groups
• Civic clubs and chamber events
• Church groups, senior adults, and Bible study groups
• Libraries and book clubs
• Historical groups
• Writers and aspiring authors

Writing and Publishing

The writing life

• The Joy of Writing; The Reading Writer
• A Writer Is Someone Who Wrote Today; The Journey and Joy of Journaling
• The Three Foes of Every Writer: Writer’s Block, Writer’s Doubt, and Procrastination
• Perseverance over Prowess; There’s No Such Thing as a Final Draft
• The Rewards of Research—and When to Stop and Write

From manuscript to book

• Putting a Historical Fiction Novel Together; Organizing a Short Story Collection
• Hard-Earned Lessons from Indie Publishing
• Elbow Grease: Publishing Your Book Using Atticus and Kindle Direct Publishing
• The Ethical Author: AI, Plagiarism, and More
• Should You Turn Your Book into an Audible Audiobook?
• How a Well-Written and Well-Made Book Can Change the World Around It

Louisiana History and Heritage

• The 1941 Louisiana Army Maneuvers and How They Changed Louisiana
• Louisiana’s No Man’s Land: Early Settlers and the Story Behind the Name
• A Unique Place Called the Louisiana Pineywoods
• The Most Important Forty Square Miles in America: The Old River Control Structure
• German POWs in Louisiana: Camp Eunice
• The 1882 Westport Fight and How It Changed Central Louisiana
• The Fort Polk Wild Horses
• Hearts Across the Water: The Storms of 2005 in a Wet Place Called Dry Creek

Relationships and Personal Growth

Curt has a lifelong passion for mentoring young men and women. These presentations explore relationships, encouragement, purpose, and the choices that shape a life.

• Relationships: The Power of Connecting
• Concentric Circles: Relationships Rule—Being a Super Connector
• The Coaching Lifestyle; Lifetime Mentoring
• The Art of Encouragement; The Power of Story
• Life Buckets: What Is in Your Bucket and Where Are You Pouring?
• Having a Life Plan and a 30,000-Foot View
• What Is Your 20-Year Plan? On Leaving Unfinished Business
• Notes to My Grandsons: Stories and Advice from The Three Trees

Faith and Bible Studies

• The Balanced Life—Luke 2:52
• On the Run with Elijah—a four-week Bible study
• Joseph’s Journey—a four-week Bible study
• Travel Stories from Africa: Lessons from Three Years on Mission

Storytelling and Special Events

• Stories from Curt’s Books: Trampled Grass, Hearts Across the Water, and Christmas Jelly
• A Special Place Called Dry Creek
• Curt’s Five Most Humorous, Most Moving, or Most Requested Stories
• Veterans Day and Memorial Day: A Soldier’s Story
• Fatherhood: A Father’s Love
• Nature Stories; A Lifetime of Dog Stories

Future Possible Seminars

These seminar ideas are grouped by theme for future development. Some build on topics Curt already explores in his speaking.

Relationships and mentoring

• Mentoring Is a Two-Way Street

Writing and reflection

• The Art of Journaling

Purpose and personal growth

• The 30,000-Foot View: Developing a Life Plan That Works
• 12 Words to Live By
• Your Most Important Relationship: Keeping Your Bucket Full

Character and daily habits

• The Power of Gratitude
• Integrity: Takes Time to Gain, Easy to Lose

Invite Curt to Speak

To discuss a speaking engagement, contact Curt with your event date, location, group, preferred topic, and available speaking time. Honorarium and mileage can be discussed when planning your event.

Curt Iles
Call or text: 318-623-3778
Email: curt@creekbank.net
Website: www.creekbank.net
Speaking page: www.creekbank.net/speaking

Learn More

About Curt: www.creekbank.net/about
Books: www.creekbank.net/books
A Broken Cup: www.creekbank.net/a-broken-cup

Wherever we’re at, our goal is telling stories that connect and change lives.

His combination of humor and life application is found throughout his stories and is a key part of his connection with audiences of all ages and backgrounds.

With years of entertaining and motivating audiences, Curt is a seasoned speaker who easily connects with groups of all types.

His winsome style, mixed with a strong Southern voice and sense of humor, results in both laughter and tears from listeners.

One of his mantras is, “I’ve never met an audience I didn’t like, and I’ve never left behind an audience that wasn’t moved and entertained.”

Learn more about Curt Iles and Creekbank Stories:

 

Visit Curt’s Amazon Page and view all of our books.

 

Website:  www.creekbank.net

All Things Google:  Curt Iles

Amazon Author Page

Our About Page

A Broken Cup: www.creekbank.net/a-broken-cup

 

View Louisiana Public Broadcasting LA64 “Beauregard Parish,” which includes a visit to Dry Creek and an interview with Curt Iles at the Family Homestead.

 

 

SUBJECTS

WRITING AND PUBLISHING

The Joy of Writing

Perseverance: Writer’s Block and Writer’s Doubt

Lessons I’ve learned from publishing eighteen books

There’s no such thing as a Final Draft

Perseverance over Prowess

How a well-written and well-made book can change the world around it.

Journaling: A writer is someone who wrote today

Elbow Grease: Publishing your book using Atticus Word Processing and Kindle Direct Publishing

HISTORY

1941 Louisiana Army Maneuvers and how it changed Louisiana

The most important 40 square miles in America.

Early settlers of Louisiana’s No Man’s Land

A unique place called the Louisiana Pineywoods

Hearts Across the Water: The storms of 2005 in a wet place called Dry Creek

German POWs in Louisiana: Camp Eunice

Why was my boyhood region called “No Man’s Land?”

Trampled Grass: A three-year journey in Africa

STORYTELLING

Here are some of the groups/themes Curt loves speaking to:

SCHOOLS/HOMESCHOOLS

CIVIC CLUBS/CHAMBER EVENTS

CHURCH GROUPS/SR ADULTS

LIBRARY GROUPS

BOOK CLUBS

BIBLE STUDIES

4 Week Bible Studies:

“On the Run with Elijah”

“Joseph’s Journey”

 

PERSONAL GROWTH/COACHING/MENTORING

Curt has a lifelong passion to mentor and shape young men and women. Here are some of the presentations he uses:

HAVING A LIFE PLAN

HAVING A 30,000 FOOT VIEW

THE BUCKETS IN YOUR LIFE

CONCENTRIC CIRCLES:  Relationships Rule: Being a Super Connector

Notes to my grandsons:  Stories and advice as my two oldest grandsons graduated from high school.   (Textbook:  The Three Trees by Curt Iles.)

Travel Stories from Africa.   Curt and his wife spent three years on mission in Africa.

 

 

 

 

 

Other Topics:

 

Historical Groups

 

1941 Louisiana Army Maneuvers

 

Louisiana’s No Man’s Land

 

The Most Important Forty Square Miles in America  (Old River Control Structure where the Mississippi, Red, and Atchafalaya converge.

 

The 1882 Westport Fight and how it changed Central Louisiana

 

The Fort Polk Wild Horses

 

Writing and Publishing 

 

The Rewards of Research (and when to stop and write.)

 

A 20 year writing calendar for a 70 year old: On leaving unfinished business

 

The simple joy of writing

 

The Journey and Joy of Journaling

 

Putting a Historical Fiction Novel Together

 

Organizing a short story collection

 

The Ethical Author: AI, Plagiarism, and More

 

On Writing: A Writer is someone who wrote today

 

Should you turn your book into an Audible Audiobook?

 

The Reading Writer

 

Hard-Earned Lessons from the Saddle: What I’ve learned in 25 years of Indie Publishing

The Three Foes of Every Writer: Writer’s Block, Writers’ Doubt, and Procrastination.

PERSONAL GROWTH

 

 The Balanced Life  Luke 2:52

 

Relationships: The Power of Connecting

 

The Coaching Lifestyle

 

Lifetime Mentoring

 

12 Words to Live By

 

The 30,000-foot view: Having a Life Plan and the Big Picture

 

Life Buckets:  What is in your bucket and where are you pouring?

 

The Concentric Circle of Relationships

 

The Art of Encouragement

 

The Power of Story

 

What is your 20-year plan:  unfinished business

 

Stories from my eighteen books

 

Trampled Grass  Stories from Africa

 

Hearts Across the Water

 

Christmas Jelly

 

A Special Place Called Dry Creek

 

General Presentations

 

Curt’s 5 Most Humorous Stories

 

Curt’s 5 Most Poignant/Moving Stories

 

Curt’s 5 Most Requested Stories

 

Special Events

 

Veterans Day/Memorial Day

A Soldier’s Story    

 

Fatherhood

A Father’s Love

 

 

 

Nature Stories

 

A Lifetime of Dog Stories

 

SCHOOLS

 

Putting a Historical Fiction Novel Together

 

Organizing a short story collection

 

CURT’S SPEAKER AND PODCAST MEDIA INTERVIEW PAGE

 

https://www.creekbank.net/?p=17007&preview=true

 

Listen to Curt share “The Evening Holler.”   Curt will supply link

You Tube  “The Evening Holler”

Listen to Curt share  “Six Feet Deep in Trouble.”

You Tube   “Six feet Deep in Trouble”

 

  

 

 

 

 

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