Are you looking for a panelist or speaker for your writing conference or a guest speaker for your class? I enjoy speaking about writing, editing, translation, and the publishing industry.
I have given talks and workshops at:
- Editor conferences, groups, and associations
- Publishing conferences, expos, and associations
- Writer conferences, groups, and associations
- Universities
- Sci-fi and fantasy conventions
I’ve recently given talks and workshops on the following subjects.
For editors and translators:
- Developmental editing
- Working with indie authors
- Editing memoir
- Editing poetry
- Coaching writers
- Editing and translating interactive stories
- Editing and translating retellings
- Building and developing an editorial business
- Creating passive income
- Developing courses
- What to do when you’re done getting started
For writers:
- The publishing process
- Manuscript revision strategies
- Working with editors
- Worldbuilding
- Writing YA
- Live critiques
- Breaking through writer’s block
Are longer interactive courses more your style? Check out my courses!
2023 Talks
Want to come hear me talk? Here’s where I’ll be in 2023.
Arisia, January 13–16, Boston, MA
- Panel: Worldbuilding
Weeknight Writers Storycrafting Sessions, March 25, Online
- Panel: Nailing the Ending: How To Write a Satisfying Story Conclusion
Red Pencil, May 6, Seattle, WA
- Exploring “Passive” Income Possibilities for Editors Who Need Flexibility
New Hampshire Writers’ Project, June 3, Manchester, NH
- Shaping a Memoir: A Workshop
Editors Canada’s Editors 23, June 17–18, Vancouver, BC
- Develop Your Coaching Service: A Workshop
- Exploring “Passive” Income Possibilities for Editors Who Need Flexibility
2022 Talks
Professional Editors Network, April 12, Online
- Panel: Editing Interactive and Multimedia Fiction
New Hampshire Writers’ Project, May 11, Online
- Workshop: First Impressions: Opening Paragraph Critiques
Editors Canada’s Editors 22, May 28–29, Online
- Panel: Level Up Your Editing Business: What Do You Do When You’re Done Getting Started?
- Panel: No Kind of Magic: Practical Considerations for Editing Retellings
- Panel: Branching out: Working on Interactive Stories
New Hampshire Writers’ Project’s 603 Conference, June 4, Online
- Workshop: Strategies to Guide Your Manuscript Revision
ACES Accelerate, September 21–22, Online
- Panel: Level Up Your Editing Business: What Do You Do When You’re Done Getting Started?
- Panel: We All Have Something To Teach: Expanding Your Business by Offering Courses
Hollihock Writers Conference, September 23–25, New Bedford, MA
- Workshop: Manuscript Revision Strategies
The Translators Association‘s TA@Home festival, November 2, Online
- Panel: Disability, Neurodiversity and Translation: Beyond ‘Access’
2021 Talks
Professional Editors Network, January 13, Online
- Panel: Breaking into Developmental Editing
Arisia, January 15–18, Online
- Panel: Working with Sensitivity Readers
Editors Canada’s Editors 21, June 12–13, Online
- Panel: Editing Poetry
- Panel: Beyond Editing: A Conversation about Coaching Writers
- Panel: Adventures in Editing Self-Published Authors
Editorial Freelancers Association, San Francisco Chapter, July 13, Online
- Working with Indie Authors
2020 Talks
Arisia, January 17–20, Boston, MA
- Panel: Let’s Write Together: Collaborative Fiction Writing
- Panel: Get Rec’d! Books for Aspiring Writers
Women’s National Book Association, April 22, Online
- Exploring the Author–Editor Relationship
Hollihock Writers Conference, October 23–25, Online
- Panel: Working with an Editor
2019 Talks
Arisia, January 18–21, Boston, MA
- Panel: Scaffolding: Writing Started Strong
- Panel: Blocked: What to Do When the Words Stop
The Editorial Freelancers Association, March 7, Online
ACES: The Society for Editing, March 28–30, Providence, RI
- Developmental Editing of Fiction and Creative Nonfiction
- Coaching Writers
The Editorial Freelancers Association, June 27, Online
- Developmental Editing of Fiction: Strategies for Stepping Back to See the Big Picture
Hollihock Writers Conference, August 23–25, New Bedford, MA
- Live Critiques
- Panel: Writing YA
The Kansas Book Festival, September 14, Topeka, KS
- Panel: Working with an Editor
Red Pencil, September 21, Seattle, WA
- Working with Independent Authors
Independent Publishers of New England Conference, November 2, Marlborough, MA
- Live Critiques
The Editorial Freelancers Association, Central Massachusetts Chapter, November 19, Worcester, MA
- Working with Independent Authors
Bookbuilders of Boston, November 21, Boston MA
- Can You Take a Quick Look at This? A Panel on Freelance Editing