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: 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. "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 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: 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.
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.