Classes, Seminars, and Courses

Writer-in-Residence: WordCrafters Ghost Story Weekend. Oct. 2023
Teacher, Zoom: WordCrafters Fiction Fluency 12-month program. May 2022-April 2023.
Teacher, Willamette Writers Conference. "Character Transformation." Aug. 2022.
Teacher, WordCrafters in Eugene. Q&A with The Author. April. 2022.
Teacher, WordCrafters in Eugene. Come Play Story." April. 2022.
Teacher, South Bay Writers Club, SF. History of Fantasy in Fiction. March. 2022.
Teacher, WordCrafters in Eugene. Emotional-Causal Fiction." April. 2022.
Teacher, WordCrafters in Eugene. Emotional-Causal Fiction." March. 2022.
Teacher, WordCrafters in Eugene. "Revising Your Character's Moment." March. 2022.
Teacher, WordCrafters in Eugene. "Revising Your Character's Moment." Feb. 2022.
Teacher, Willamette Writers Conference, 2022.
Teacher, Zoom: WordCrafters Fiction Fluency 12-month program. May 2022-Feb. 2023.
Writer-in-Residence: WordCrafters Ghost Story Weekend. Oct. 2022
Writer-in-Residence: WordCrafters Ghost Story Weekend. Oct. 2021
Leader, Zoom: Parallel Play Covid Community Service Program. 4x per week for the duration of the virus. Begin 04/2021-Ongoing.
Teacher, Zoom: First Five Pages. Pacific Northwest Writer's Association. Small Conference. 2021
Teacher, Zoom: Ideas and Starting. Young Writers Talks (Larina Warnock). August, 2021
Teacher, Zoom: Character Flaws: I.S., Because, In Order to. Young Willamette Writers. June, 2021
Teacher, Zoom: You Didn't Get a New Brain because You Started Writing. Willamette Writers Conference. August, 2021
Teacher, Zoom: The Mystery of Voice. Willamette Writers Conference. August, 2021
Teacher, Zoom: Ensemble Scene Control. Willamette Writers, Vancouver Chapter. April, 2021.
Teacher, Zoom: ED EATing. Cider Toast Conference. Aug. 2021
Teacher, Zoom: Line-by-Line Character Revision. WordCrafters. April, 2021.
Teacher, Zoom: Emotional-Causal Story. WordCrafters. April, 2021.
Teacher, Zoom: Create is a Verb. WordCrafters. April, 2021.
Teacher, Zoom: WordCrafters Fiction Fluency 12-month program. April 2021-March 2022.
Writer-in-Residence: WordCrafters Ghost Story Weekend. Oct. 2020
Story Analysis Consults: Write on the Sound. Oct. 2020
Teacher: WordCrafters Fiction Fluency 12-month program. Establishing the Foundations of Your Creative Life. March 2020.
Teacher, Zoom: WordCrafters Fiction Fluency 12-month program. Creating and Finding Ideas. April 2020.
Teacher, Zoom: WordCrafters Fiction Fluency 12-month program. May 2020.
Writer-in-Residence and Teacher: WordCrafters Fiction Fluency Week-long Retreat. Emotional Psychological State Transformations. May, 2020. Covid Cancelled
Teacher, Zoom: WordCrafters Fiction Fluency 12-month program. June 2020-May 2021.
Teacher, Zoom: Willamette Writers Conference. Portland, Oregon. Master Class. Character Fluency. August 30th-Sept. 3rd 2020.
Teacher, Zoom: Character Manifests in Dialog. Willamette Writers Salem Chapter. Aug. 2020
Teacher: ED ACE. WordCrafters in Eugene. Feb. 2020
Teacher: ED ACE. Puget Sound Writer's Guild. Oct. 2020. Covid Cancelled
Teacher: Yachats Retreat. WordCrafters. May moved to October, 2020. Covid Cancelled.
Teacher, Zoom: Emotion in Scene. Willamette Writers Vancouver Chapter. Sept. 2020
Leader: Parallel Play on Zoom Covid Community Service Program. 4x per week for the duration of the virus. Begin 04/2020-04/2021.
Teacher: CYOA. In conjunction with 5th Night, WordCrafters in Eugene. Larger, in-house session. Feb. 2020
Teacher: CYOA. In conjunction with 5th Night, WordCrafters in Eugene. Library Session. Feb. 2020
Teacher: Let's Play Story. WordCrafters in Eugene. Library Session. Feb. 2020
Teacher: Create is a Verb. WordCrafters in Eugene. Library Session. Jan. 2020
Teacher: Willamette Writers, Salem Chapter. Fictional Perspectives. Sept. 2019
Teacher: WordCrafters Library Series. Writing Short Horror and Ghost Stories. Eugene Public Library Dec. 2 and 6th. 2019
Fictional Perspectives. Sept. 2019
Teacher: WordSpring, Chico, CA. Emotional Power from Entry Points. April 26-28, 2019.
Teacher: WordSpring, Chico, CA. Emotional Russian Dolls Mean Readers Laugh and Cry. April 26-28, 2019.
Writer-in-Residence: Ghost Story Weekend. Oct., 2018.
Writer-in-Residence and Teacher: WordCrafters Yachats Fiction Fluency Week-long Retreat. Emotional Psychological State Transformations. May, 2019.
Teacher: Willamette Writers, Corvallis. Parallel Play. Write Here; Write Now Mini-Conference., 2019.
Teacher: Willamette Writers 50th Anniversary Conference. Anatomy of Ideas. Aug. 2-4th 2019.
Teacher: Willamette Writers 50th Anniversary Conference. Great Beginnings. Aug. 2-4th 2019.2019.
Teacher: Willamette Writers 50th Anniversary Conference. Emotional Russian Doll Stories Mean Readers Laugh and Cry. Aug. 2-4th 2019.2019.
Teacher: Willamette Writers 50th Anniversary Conference. Develop the Character of Your Characters. Intensive Seminar. Aug. 2-4th 2019.
Teacher: Willamette Writers 50th Anniversary Conference. Character Transformation Means Deep Feelings Changing. Young Willamette Writers Luncheon. Aug. 2-4th 2019.
Writer-in-Residence: WordCrafters in Eugene. May 4-10. "Fiction Fluency at the Coast"
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Establishing the Foundations of Your Creative Life," Jan. 19th and 20th, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Creating and Finding Ideas." Feb. 16th and 17th, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Developing Deep Drivers for Characters." March 16th and 17th, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Creating and Managing the Building Blocks of Scene by Using ED ACE." April 6th and 7th,, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Building Six-Layered Scenes and Combining The Layers Into Short, Short Stories." May 18th and 19th, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Controlling Story and Theme in Short and Long Fiction." June 22nd and 23rd, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Developing Story Top-down and Bottom-up." July 20th and 21st, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Manifesting Character in Text: Voice, Tone, Distance, Subjectivity, Choice of Person." Aug. 17th and 18th, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Managing Multiple POV Construction." Sept.14th and 15th, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Building Nested Structures and Push-Pop Plots: more story lacing, suspense, and pacing." Oct. 12th and 13th, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Exploiting the Existing Text." Nov. 9th and 10th, 2019.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Twelve Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Revising to Sell." Dec.7th and 8th, 2019.
Teacher: Lake Chapala Writer’s Conference: March 5th, 6th, and 7th 2019. “Fiction Fluency: Write a Story NOW.”
Teacher: Lake Chapala Writer’s Conference: March 5th, 6th, and 7th 2019. “Fiction Fluency: Vertical Story and Horizontal Story.”
Teacher: Lake Chapala Writer’s Conference: March 5th, 6th, and 7th 2019. “Fiction Fluency: Emotion-driven Fiction and Building a Scene.”
Teacher: Lake Chapala Writer’s Conference: March 5th, 6th, and 7th 2019. “Fiction Fluency: The Story of Story.”
Teacher: Willamette Writers Mid-Valley First Thursday. “Because, Because and the Six-Layered Scene.” Feb. 2019
Teacher: Young Willamette Writers at Old Church. Oct. 11th, 2018. “Techniques for Building Powerful Scenes.”
Guest Writer: Cheyl Owens-Wilson Book Club. Oct. 2018. Littlest Death.
Teacher: Willamette Writers at Old Church. Sept., 2018. “Because, Because and the Six-Layered Scene.”
Teacher: Willamette Writers, Salem. Sept., 2018. “Unspoken Dialog: The Power of the Unsaid.”
Writer-in-Residence: Ghost Story Weekend. Oct., 2018.
Teacher: San Francisco Writer's Conference one-day seminar. Sept. 15th, 2018. “Mastering Emotion-Driven Story.”
Teacher: Willamette Writers Conference, 2018. Portland, OR. Master Class "Achieving Fiction Fluency.”
Speaker: Emotion-Driven Fiction. Write Here; Write Now. One day conference. Salem, OR. "Parallel Play." April 14th, 2018.
Teacher: Mystery Writers of America Northwest. June 20th, 2018. “Short Fiction.”
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Six Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Polish, Polish More, Polish Again." July, 2018.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Six Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Vertical and Horizontal Story." June, 2018.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Six Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: The Shadow That Leads to Climax." May, 2018.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Six Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Variations on a Scene." April, 2018.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Six Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Characters Lives, Desires, and Conflict." March, 2018.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Six Month Fiction Fluency Seminars: Characters Are What They Do." February, 2018.
Teacher: WordCrafters in Eugene. "Make 'em Laugh, Make 'em Cry." January, 2018.
Writer in Residence: Ghost Story Weekend by WordCrafters in Eugene. McKenzie River Mt. Resort. October, 2017.
Teacher: Writers on the Sound Conference: "What's in a Scene?" Edmonds, WA. October, 2017.
Teacher: Writers on the Sound Conference: "Irreconcilable Self." Edmonds, WA. October, 2017.
Teacher: Four-week Seminar in Long-form Fiction. Part of the Fiction Fluency Seminar Series. WordCrafters in Eugene. Sept./Oct., 2017.
Teacher: Willamette Writers Conference. "What's in a Scene?" Portland, OR. August, 2017.
Teacher: Willamette Writers Conference. "Exploiting the Readers' Imagination." Portland, OR. August, 2017.
Teacher: Willamette Writers Conference. "Write a Story Now!" Portland, OR. August, 2017.
Teacher: Four-week Seminar in Short Fiction. Part of the Fiction Fluency Seminar Series. WordCrafters in Eugene. May/June, 2017.
Teacher: WordSpring Writer's Conference. Chico, CA. April, 2017.
Teacher: Willamette Writers in Medford, OR. Story Punch and the Irreconcilable Self. Feb. 2017.
Speaker: Willamette Writers, Salem Chapter. Viral Story. Nov. 16th, 2016.
Teacher: What Makes a Story Viral: The Plaid Bunny Workshop. WordCrafters in Eugene. Nov. 5th and 12th, 2016.
Speaker: Willamette Writers Meeting at Old Church. November 1st, 2016.
Writer in Residence: Ghost Story Weekend by WordCrafters in Eugene. McKenzie River Mt. Resort. October, 28th-30th, 2016.
Speaker: Wine and Writing. WordCrafters in Eugene. Sept. 21st, 2016.
Teacher: “The Power of the Irreconcilable Self.” Willamette Writers Conference. August 11th-14th, 2016.
Teacher: “Using Premise to Hit Your Dramatic Targets.” Willamette Writers Conference. August 11th-14th, 2016.
Teacher: “Controlling Story Layers with ED ACE.” Willamette Writers Conference. August 11th-14th, 2016.
Teacher: “Write a Story NOW: Fast Fiction Prototyping with Premise, Irreconcilable Self, and ED ACE.” Willamette Writers Conference. August 11th-14th, 2016.
Teacher: “Creating and Revision Emotion-driven Fiction.” Friday Master’s Class. South Coast Writers Conference. Feb. 2016.
Teacher: “Transform from a Reader to a Writer.” South Coast Writers Conference. Feb. 2016.
Teacher: “Levers, Ratchets, and Buttons.” South Coast Writers Conference. Feb. 2016.
Teacher: “From Premise to Word Choice.” Mt. Shasta retreat. Story analysis on completed novels. Jan. 2016.
Teacher: “Emotion-driven Story.” WordCrafters four-week seminar. Oct. 2015.
Teacher: “Other-Based Writing.” Willamette Writers Conference. Aug. 2015.
Teacher: “Care and Feeding of your Writers Group.” Willamette Writers Conference. Aug. 2015.
Consultant: “Advanced Manuscript Critique” Willamette Writers Conference. Aug. 2015.
Teacher: “Make ‘em Laugh; Make ‘em Cry: Emotion Driven Fiction.” Writers on the Sound Conference. Oct. 2015.
Teacher: “Managing the Reader’s Mind during Revision.” Writers on the Sound Conference. Oct. 2015.
Teacher: “Write a Story Now.” Writers on the Sound Conference. Oct. 2015.
Teacher: “Emotion-driven Fiction.” Half Day Seminar. Writers on the Sound Conference. Oct. 2015.
Teacher: “ED ACE and the Irreconcilable Self.” WordSpring Conference in Chico, CA. April 24-26th, 2015.
Teacher: “Fast and Furious Tales.” WordSpring Conference in Chico, CA. April 24-26th, 2015.
Teacher: “Fast Story Prototyping.” Willamette Writers River Chapter. April 11th, 2015.
Teacher: “Building Story from Attitude.” Full Seminar. Willamette Writers Portland, OR. April 18th, 2015.
Speaker: “Building Story from Attitude.” Evening chat. Willamette Writers Portland, OR. April 7, 2015.
Teacher: “The Devil’s in the Details.” WordCrafters of Eugene Conference Seminar. March 20-22, 2015.
Teacher: “Patterns of Success and Patterns of Failure.” WordCrafters of Eugene Conference Seminar. March 20-22, 2015.
Teacher: “Creativity is a Skill to Practice.” WordCrafters of Eugene Conference Seminar. March 20-22, 2015.
Teacher: “How the Reader Breaks Your Writing” WordCrafters of Eugene Conference Seminar. March 20-22, 2015.
Teacher: “Emotion-driven Fiction.” WordCrafters of Eugene Four Day Pre-Conference Seminar. March 16-19, 2015.
Day 1: Managing the Four Voices and the Reader’s Experience
Day 2: Planning and Developing Based on Themes
Day 3: Building Scenes and Stories Based on What Character Think They Want and What They Really Want.
Day 4: Getting it Done: Composing Fast, Analyzing, Revising, and Marketing
Teacher: “Ghost Story Weekend Intensive.” WordCrafters of Eugene. Oct. 24-26, 2014.
Teacher: “Character IS Conflict.” Writers on the Sound. Oct. 3-5.
Teacher: “Everything Depends on where You Stand when You Look.” Writers on the Sound. Oct. 3-5.
Teacher: “Character-driven Plotting.” Coast Chapter of Willamette Writers. Sept. 21, 2014.
Teacher: Topic "Production and Revision." Sept. 14th, 2014. Full Day Seminar for the San Antonio Writer’s Guild.
Teacher: Topic "Production and Revision." Sept. 13th, 2014. Full Day Seminar for the San Antonio Writer’s Guild.
Teacher: Topic "How the Reader Breaks Your Writing." Sept. 12th, 2014 A dinner seminar for the San Antonio Writer’s Guild.
Teacher: Topic "A Weekend at Marjorie’s: Story Development and Revision." Sept. 6th-9thth, 2014. San Antonio Writer’s Group.
Teacher: Topic "Fast Story Testing." May 14th, 2014. Mid-Valley Willamette Writers Monthly Meeting.
Teacher: Topic "Character IS Conflict." WordCrafters Conference. Eugene, Oregon. March, 2014.
Teacher: Topic "Emotion-driven Fiction." WordCrafters Conference. Eugene, Oregon. March, 2014.
Teacher: Topic "How the Reader Breaks Your Writing." WordCrafters Conference. Eugene, Oregon. March, 2014.
Teacher: Topic "Write a Story NOW!" WordCrafters Conference. Eugene, Oregon. March, 2014.
Teacher: "Write Emotionally Powerful Stories." Three day course. Willamette Writers Seminar Series. Willamette Writers House. Portland Oregon. Jan. 2014.
Teacher: Topic "Character-powered Plotting." Young Willamette Writers. Old Church. Portland, OR. 02/04/14.
Teacher: Topic "Write a Story NOW!" Short Story America Conference. Beaufort, South Carolina. Sept. 26th-29th, 2013.
Teacher: Topic "Teaching Your Characters to Drive Your Story." Short Story America Conference. Beaufort, South Carolina. Sept. 26th-29th, 2013.
Teacher: Topic "How the Reader Breaks Your Writing." Short Story America Conference. Beaufort, South Carolina. Sept. 26th-29th, 2013.
Teacher: Topic "How the Reader Breaks Your Writing." Salem Chapter Willamette Writers. Fall, 2013.
Teacher: "The Reader's Climax Depends on Your Foreplay." Mid-Valley Willamette Writers. March 7th, 2013.
Teacher: "Heart and Soul Sells." Willamette Writers House. Dec. 2012.
Teacher: "Generating Ideas." Young Willamette Writers meeting at Old Church. Oct. 2012.
Teacher: "ED ACE and the ABCs of Short Fiction." Short Story America Festival. Beaufort, South Carolina. Sept. 21st, 2012.
Teacher: "The Mystery of Voice." Short Story America Festival. Beaufort, South Carolina. Sept. 22nd, 2012.
Teacher: "Write a Short Story NOW." Short Story America Festival. Beaufort, South Carolina. Sept. 23rd, 2012.
Teacher: "Extreme Characterization: Irreconcilable Self." Willamette Writer's Conference, Aug. 2012
Teacher: "Achieving Fiction Fluency: Story as a Second Language." Willamette Writer's Conference, Aug. 2012
Teacher: “Managing Conflict with Levers Ratchets and Buttons.” Southern Willamette Writers. May, 2012.
Teacher: “Extreme Characterization.” Willamette Writers Monthly Meeting. Mar. 2012.
Teacher: “Write and Sell a Story in 90 Minutes.” Lake Chapala Writer’s Conference. Ajijic, Mexico. Jan. 2012
Teacher: “Non-fiction for Fun and Profit.” Lake Chapala Writer’s Conference. Ajijic, Mexico. Jan. 2012
Teacher: “Write and Sell a Short Story in 90 Minutes.” A short seminar for the Oregon Author’s Series. Wilsonville, Oregon. May, 2011.
Teacher: “Variations on a Scene.” A short seminar in managing and manipulating scene structure. Willamette Writer’s Conference. August, 2010
Teacher: “Lever, Ratchets, and Buttons.” A short seminar in emotional manipulation of characters. Willamette Writer’s Conference. August, 2010
Teacher: “Inside A Scene.” A one-day seminar on the internal structure and development of dramatic scenes. Oregon Writers Colony. January, 2010.
Teacher: “Purpose and Position of Scenes.” A one-day seminar on organization and use of dramatic scenes. Oregon Writers Colony. January, 2010.
Teacher: Short Fiction for Fun, Money, and Skill: Contests, E-Markets, Magazines, Anthologies, and Collections. Willamette Writers' Conference. Portland, OR. August, 2009.
Teacher: ABC(s) of Saleable Fiction: Agenda, Back Story, Conflict, and (s)etting. Willamette Writers' Conference. Portland, OR. August, 2009.
Teacher: The Mystery of Voice. Willamette Writers' Conference. Portland, OR. August, 2009.
Teacher: ED ACE and The ABCs of Fiction. PIMA Writers' Workshop. Tucson, AZ. May, 2009.
Teacher: You Didn't Get a New Brain Just Because You Started Writing. PIMA Writers' Workshop. Tucson, AZ. May, 2009.
Teacher: Short Stories for Fun and Profit. A five week seminar on creative process. Tea Party Bookshop. Salem, OR. Spring, 2009.
Panelist: Magical Realism. Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. November, 2008
Panelist: Critiquing Writing: Why and How. Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. November, 2008
Panelist: Does Every Rock and Tree Need Its Own Language?. Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. November, 2008
Moderator: How Has a Writer's Workshop Affected my Life. Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. November, 2008
Moderator: Writing When the Brain is Mush. Oregon Science Fiction and Fantasy Convention. November, 2008
Teacher: Become Your Own Story Doctor. Eight-week course for private group. Sept. 2008-Oct. 2008.
Teacher: Beat The Demons: Replace Resistance and Procrastination with Persistence and Production. For Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2008.
Teacher: Exploit the Power of Myth from Your Life. For Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2008.
Teacher: From K-Mart to Tears: Setting is NOT Character; Character IS Setting. For Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2008.
Teacher: Write A Story Now. For Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2008.
Teacher: Story Analysis for contributing clients of Whidbey Island MFA program contest, Aug. 2007.
Teacher: Story Analysis for paying clients of Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2007.
Teacher: ABCs of Emotion-Driven Fiction. Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2007.
Teacher: The Practice Effect. Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2007.
Teacher: Story As A Second Language. Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2007.
Teacher: Beyond Critique Seminar, Eugene-based Wordos Crit Group. Sept. 26th, 2006.
Teacher: Emotion-Driven Novel Revision. Creative Development Network, Aug. 2006 to Oct. 2006.
Teacher: Emotion-Driven Fiction. Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2006.
Teacher: Write a Story in A Day. Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2006.
Teacher: Revise a Story in A Day. Willamette Writers Conference, Aug. 2006.
Panelist: How To Get The Most Out of Your Writer's Conference. Creative Development Network Second Thursday at Jackson's Books in Salem, OR. July 13th, 2006.
Teacher: Short Fiction Seminar. Tacoma Writer's Conference, 2006.
Teacher: Market a Story in a Day: Teacher. Creative Development Network. Lake Oswego, Oregon. March, 2006.
Teacher: Build a Story in a Day: Teacher. Creative Development Network. Lake Oswego, Oregon. February, 2006.
Teacher: Revise a Story in a Day: Teacher. Creative Development Network. Lake Oswego, Oregon. February, 2006.
Teacher: Market a Story in a Day: Teacher. Creative Development Network. Salem, Oregon. February, 2006.
Teacher: Write-in-Crete. Ten day seminar co-taught with Bruce Holland Rogers on the island of Crete. May, 2006 -- Cancelled.
Teacher: Two Day Seminar on Developing Emotion-Driven Short Fiction . Gig Harbor Writer's Group -- March, 2006.
Teacher: Subject Logic of Emotion. Gig Harbor Writer's Group -- Oct. 22-23, 2005.
Teacher: Subject Logic of Emotion. Creative Development Network; Salem Library Writer's Group -- Sept. 10, 2005.
Teacher: Novel Analysis Group. Creative Development Network -- July-Nov., 2005.
Teacher: Short Story Analysis Group. Creative Development Network -- Oct. 18th, 2005 - March, 2006.
Teacher: Subject Logic of Emotion. Dinner seminar. Willamette Writer's Conference. July 5th, 2005.
Teacher: Emotion-Driven Fiction. Medford Chapter of Willamette Writers. June 4th, 2005.
Teacher: Write-in-Crete. Ten day seminar co-taught with Bruce Holland Rogers on the island of Crete. May, 2005.
Teacher: Saturday Academy. Creative Development Network Six-month custom course in fiction. March-September, 2005.
Teacher: with Diana Rogers. Parallel Play and Productivity. One week course in goals and techniques of production. March, 2005.
Teacher: Emotion-Driven Fiction. Full-day seminar. Oregon Writer's Colony. March, 2005: Course Cancelled.
Teacher: Course Title TBA. Gig Harbor Writer's Conference. April, 2005: Conference Cancelled.
Teacher: Setting the Mood. Creative Development Network in County Medical Society in Salem, OR. Feb. 2005.
Teacher: Emotion-Driven Fiction. Creative Development Network @ Jackson's Books in Salem. Jan. 2005.
Private Tutoring: 2004 to Ongoing.
Teacher: Emotion-Driven Fiction. Willamette Writers Mid-Valley Chapter. Oct. 2004.
Teacher: with Diana Rogers. Parallel Play and Productivity. Four Day course in goals and techniques of production. September, 2004.
Teacher: Seduction and Sensualization in Fiction. Willamette Writers Conference. Aug, 2004.
Teacher: Crafting Commercial Short Fiction. Willamette Writers Conference. Aug, 2004.
Teacher: Evocation vs. Exposition: Emotion-driven Fiction. Willamette Writers Conference. Aug, 2004.
Teacher: Commercial Fiction: Write Fast and Write Well, Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference; July, 2004.
Teacher: Opening Lines that Hypnotize, Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference; July, 2004.
Teacher: Writer-in-Residence. Emotion-Driven Fiction. Oregon Writer's Colony. June, 2004.
Teacher: Weekend Seminar: Fabulous Finishes, Oregon Writer's Colony; May, 2004.
Panelist: "Revision - Be Your Own Best Editor." Norwescon 24; April, 2004.
Panelist: "Rejection Survival Guide." Norwescon 24; April, 2004.
Panelist, "Quick and Dirty Book Evaluation." Norwescon 24; April, 2004.
Panelist, "Plot - Things to Do After Page 1." Norwescon 24; April, 2004.
Panelist, "Writers of the Future -- Winning and Leveraging." Norwescon 24; April, 2004.
Teacher: "Endings Come From Beginnings" and "Getting Emotion to the Reader" Digging Deeper Seminars. Oregon Coast, March, 2004.
Teacher: Ten Week Intensive: Make Mistakes Faster - Principles of Short Fiction and Criticism; Private Clients. April. 04 to June 04.
Teacher: Ten Week Intensive: Principles of Commercial Fiction and Criticism; Private Clients. Jan. 04 to March 04.
Teacher: Witch's Salem Circle: A ten week course in application of principled criticism to peer work. Salem, Or. September, 03 to January, 04.
Teacher: Forming and Managing A Principled Critique Group: Custom course for private clients @ Tin House in Portland, OR; August – October, 2003.
Teacher: Voice + Desire + Risk = Good Story: a multi-day seminar using character voice and character motivation to drive short fiction. Oregon Writers Colony seminar. February, 2003.
Speaker; Wordos Writer's Group: Care and Feeding of a Critic Group – Orycon 24. November, 2002.
Speaker; Writing Workshops and Conferences, Uses and Abuses - OWC, PNWA, Willamette Writers, Clarion, Clarion West etc…– Orycon 24. November, 2002.
Teacher: From First Line to The Mailbox – Commercial Fiction Writing Intensive, Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference, 2002.
Moderator/Panelist: Opening Lines that Grab, Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference, 2002.
Teacher: Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Criticism Masters Class, Pacific Northwest Writers Association conference, 2002.
Teacher: Revision Tools Workshop, Oregon Writers Colony seminar. May, 2002.
Co-speaker with Steve Perry, Oregon Writers Colony Presents. . . "If you don't have writing talent, can you get it?" January 28th, 2002.
Teacher: "Grammar for Fiction Writers.” Oregon Writer's Colony seminar. Jan. 19th, 2002.
Panelist: The Clarion Experience, Orycon, 2001.
Moderator/Panelist: Surviving Criticism, Orycon, 2001.
Moderator/Panelist: Effective Symbolism, Orycon, 2001.
Panelist: Can Writing Be Taught? Jantzen Beach, OR. Barnes and Noble benefit for the Susan Petrey Foundation. (with Steve Perry, K.W. Jeter, and Mary Rosenblum) July 14, 2001.
Teacher: Character and Setting: Attitude and Significance – Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Conference, 2001.
Moderator: Awards and Contests Panel– Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Conference, 2001.
Moderator: Speculative Fiction Panel– Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Conference, 2001.
Panelist: Wordos, The Care and Breeding of Your Crit Group – Westercon, 2001.
Panelist: Constructive Criticism – World Horror Convention, 2001.
Panelist: Nuts and Bolts, What they didn't Teach You in College – World Horror Convention, 2001.
Panelist: The Business of Writing ‑ Orycon, 2000. Janna Silverstein, moderator.
Teacher: Constructive Criticism – Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Conference, 2000.
Moderator: Literature vs. Genre Panel – Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Conference, 2000.
Moderator: Science Fiction Panel – Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Conference, 2000.
Moderator: Science Fiction Panel – Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Conference, 1999.
Teacher: Constructive Criticism – Pacific Northwest Writer's Association Conference, 1999.
Teacher: Constructive Criticism – Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference, 1998.
Teacher: Constructive Criticism – Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference, 1997.
Panelist: Library Research Methods – Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference, 1997.
Teacher: Internet as a Writer's Tool – Pacific Northwest Writer's Conference, 1997.
Teacher: Grammar Boot Camp – Oregon Writer's Colony.
Teacher: Mythic Structure – Oregon Writer's Colony.
Teacher: Creating and Managing Criticism Groups – One hour to three day workshops for Oregon Writer's Colony.
Teacher: Freelance Writing as a Profession – Portland Chapter of Society of Technical Communications.
Participant: Mentoring Program in Professional Writing – Beaverton, OR. School District.