• Writer-in-Residence: Samhain Writing Retreat. Yachats, OR. Oct. 31 thru Nov. 3rd 2024
• Teacher: One Tool to Rule Them All. Write on the Sound. Edmonds WA. Oct. 2024
• Teacher: Keep Readers Reacting. Write on the Sound. Edmonds WA. Oct. 2024
• Teacher: Master Class. Focus on Fiction Fluency. Willamette Writer’s Conference. Aug. 2024
• Teacher: "Fluency in Character Emotion Word Choice" 1pm to 3pm for The Writer's Mill 1 to 3pm at the Cedar Mill library near Beaverton. Also, online via Zoom. May 19th, 2024.
• Teacher: "Fluency with Implication in Indirect Dialog." 6:30pm at The Garden Home Library. May 28th, 2024 
• Teacher: Advanced Fiction Fluency. Week-long immersion seminar. Feb. 2024
• Teacher: Dynamic, Multi-layered Scenes. Puget Sound Writer’s Guild. March 2024
• Teacher: Micro-arcs. Salem Chapter of Willamette Writers. March, 2024
• Teacher: Year-long Fiction Fluency for 2023. WordCrafters. Began Sept, 2023-Aug, 2024.
• Teacher: “Create Is a Verb.” WordCrafters. Aug. 15th, 2023.
• Teacher: “Create Is a Verb.” WordCrafters. Aug. 17th, 2023.
• Teacher: “Conflict Basics” for the Young Willamette Writers at the Conference. Aug. 2023.
• Judge Panelist: “Pitch for the Prize” for the Willamette Writers Conference. Aug. 2023.
• ​​Teacher: “Tactics and Conflict.” hybrid seminar at the Willamette Writers Conference. August 2nd-6th, 2023.
• Teacher: “Setting and Decisions.” hybrid seminar at the Willamette Writers Conference. August 2nd-6th, 2023.
• Teacher: Character, Arc, Tension, and Suspense for the Salem Chapter of Willamette Writers. Jan. 2023. 
• Teacher: Emotional-Causal Story. January 10th and again on the 12th, 2023.
• Teacher: Decisions and Actions Reveal Character. May 6th and again on May 23rd.  
• Teacher: In-person week-long seminar in Applications of Advanced Fiction Fluency skills.
• Teacher: Character IS Conflict. March 14th and again on the 23rd. March, 2023.  
• Teacher: Speed Writing for the Young Willamette Writers. March 4th, 2023. 
• Teacher: Six-Layered Classic Scenes. April 11th and again on the 23rd, 2023. 
• Teacher: Q&A. Questions about writing and the year-long Fiction Fluency Program. April 22nd, 2023. 
• Teacher: Mystery of Voice through Focus on the Character's Moment. June 6th and again on the 8th, 2023. 
• Teacher: Year-long Fiction Fluency for 2023. Began September, 2023. 
• 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 Master Class. "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.