Workshops & classes

Upcoming sessions, classes, and presentations:

*Introduction to Line Editing Fiction & Creative Nonfiction, September 23, 2024 (5-week class for editors)

Speaker/workshop topics:

Want to discuss self-editing, worldbuilding, or story development? Looking for expertise on business-building, networking, or working with writers? I’m available to speak at online conferences and workshops and in person at regional conferences or conventions in the Washington-Baltimore or NYC metropolitan areas or at national conferences or events within North America.

Please contact me to discuss availability.

A sampling of recent presentations:

*editorial ethics (EFA National Conference, Alexandria, August 2023)

*editing graphic novels (EFA National Conference, Alexandria, August 2023; Red Pencil Conference, Seattle, September 2019)

*editing dialogue (ACES National Conference, Columbus, March 2023)

*book mapping (Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, May 2022)

*overcoming impostor syndrome (Pikes Peak Writers Conference, Colorado Springs, May 2022; ACES National Conference, April 2021)

*self-editing workshop (Cape Cod Writers Conference, August 2019)

*coaching writers (ACES National Conference, Providence, March 2019)

*working with an independent editor (Washington Writers Conference, Washington, D.C., May 2019; Historical Writers of America, Providence, Nov. 2018; Writer’s Digest Annual Conference, NYC, Aug. 2017 )

*worldbuilding in sci-fi/fantasy (WizardWorld Philadelphia, May 2018; PotterVerse Con, Baltimore, Sept. 2017)

*freelancing in the publishing industry (Historical Writers of America, Providence, Nov. 2018; Balticon 52, Baltimore, May 2018)

*working with independent authors (ACES National Conference, Chicago, April 2018)