Speaking Experience

Lessons of Series Romance / Learning the Tropes
Day-long workshop at TARA RWA 9/19

Avoiding Career Burnout
RWA National Conference, Denver, CO 7/18

Tending the Writer’s Emotional Health
Central New York Romance Writers 6/16
RWA National Conference, Washington DC 7/09

Self Promotion Simplified
Central New York Romance Writers 6/16

Self Promotion Simplified
Tampa Area Romance Writers 9/15

Promoting with Keywords and Hooks
Tampa Area Romance Writers 9/15

Writing Query & Synopsis Workshop (online w/ Catherine Mann)
RWA University 4/14

Writing Across Genre
Tampa Area Romance Writers 4/14

Promoting with Style
Tasty Authors Weekend, Wilmington, NC 3/14

Decoding Series (w/ Catherine Mann)
RWA National Conference, New York, NY 7/11

Submission 101 (w/ Catherine Mann)
RWA National Conference, Orlando, FL 7/10
RWA National Conference, NYC, NY 7/19

Tending the Writer’s Emotional Health
RWA National Conference, Washington D.C. 7/09

Writing Happy Endings
Ottawa Romance Writers, Ottawa, ON 11/09

Standing Out in the Slush Pile (w/ Tawny Weber, Jamie Sobrato & Brenda Chin)
RWA National Conference, Dallas, TX — 7/07

It’s Not About Sex: Using Love Scenes to Create Conflict
Sweet & Spicy Conference, Ottawa, ON — 9/06

Productive Partnerships: Maximizing the Critique Relationship (w/ Catherine Mann)
COFW Writers and Readers Conference, Columbus, OH – 9/11
RWA National Conference, Reno, NV — 7/05

Characters Across Genre (w/ Catherine Mann)
NOLA Conference, Shreveport, LA — 3/05

The Submission School
Clifton Park-Halfmoon Library, East Greenbush, NY — 4/05
Capital Region Romance Writers, Albany, NY — 5/05

Countdown to Liftoff: Launching Your Career (full day workshop)
Saratoga Romance Writers, Saratoga, NY — 4/05

Miniseries: Maximum Payback
NEC Conference, Natick, MA — 4/05

No Dumping Allowed: Creating Opening Pages that Sparkle (w/ Catherine Mann)
Moonlight & Magnolias, Atlanta, GA — 9/05
RWA National Conference, Dallas, TX — 7/04

Self Promotion on Steroids
RWA National Conference, Orlando, FL 7/17
Toronto Romance Writers, Toronto, ON — 7/03
North Louisiana Storytellers, Shreveport, LA — 3/00

Bigger, Badder Bad Boys (w/ Catherine Mann)
RWA National Conference, Dallas, TX — 7/04
COFW Conference, Columbus, OH — 10/03

Bad Boys of Category (w/ Catherine Mann)
COFW Writers and Readers Conference, Columbus, OH – 9/11
NJRWA Conference, Jamesburg, NJ — 10/02
RWA National Conference, Denver, CO — 7/02
Duel on the Delta, Memphis, TN — 3/02
Central Ohio Fiction Writers Conference, Columbus, OH — 10/01

Honing Your Synopsis Skills
Saratoga Romance Writers, Saratoga, NY — 6/04
Connecticut Romance Writers, Southbury, CT — 9/03
Books A Million Writers Series, Shreveport, LA — 2/99

Author/Agent Career Building (w/ Catherine Mann)
RWA National Conference, Reno, NV — 7/05