I can tailor a class or lecture for your writing group or organization. Here are some of the classes I have taught.
Multiple Class Sessions
- Complicating the Essay, Richard Hugo House, 2010
- Non-Fiction Book Proposal, Experimental College, Richard Hugo House, Field’s End, 2003-2010
- Shapes of Stories, Richard Hugo House, 2002, 2010
- Novel Immersion, Richard Hugo House, 2006, 2009
- Master Class in Prose, Richard Hugo House, 2009
- Business Concerns for Writers, EDGE Professional Development Program for Writers, Artist Trust, 2009
- Deep Revision, Richard Hugo House, 2008
- Reading for Writers, Richard Hugo House, 2008
- Finding the Story, Richard Hugo House, 2007
- Popular Fiction, UW Extension. 2005 and 2006
- Prose Snapshots, with photographer Lori DeMarre, Richard Hugo House, 2005
- Scene Building, Richard Hugo House, 2004
- Writing Your Novel, Experimental College, 1990-2003
- Point of View, Richard Hugo House, 2003
- 8 Week Novel, Richard Hugo House, 2003
- Voice, Richard Hugo House, 2002
- Writing Collage, Richard Hugo House, 2001
- Career Planning for Writers, Richard Hugo House, 2001
- Stories and Images, with photographer, Lori DeMarre, Richard Hugo House, 2000
- Suspense, Richard Hugo House, 2000
- Whose Voice Is It?, Richard Hugo House, 2000
- Writing Family History, UW Extension, 1998, 1999
- Writing Your Life, Seattle Central Community College, 1992-1998
One Day Workshops
- Starting Your Novel, Seattle Public Library, 2009-2011
- One Day Novel, UW Women’s Center 2005
- Circles for Writers, UW Women’s Center, 1999-2005
- Illuminated Condensed Memoir, UW Women’s Center, 2003
- Writers Scavenger Hunt, UW Women’s Center, 2003
- Developing Characters, UW Women’s Center, 2003-2004
- Overcoming Writers Block, 1990-2003, Experimental College
- Making Mistakes, UW Women’s Center, 2002
- Magic of Words, UW Women’s Center, 2002
- Playing with Words, UW Women’s Center, 1999
- Writing in Silence, Seattle University Continuing Education 1995
- Tending the Creative Fire, Seattle U, 1998
Presentations at Conferences
- All Writing & No Whining: The Writing Group of Your Dreams, Film School, panel with Priscilla Long, Sonya Lea and David Margolis, 2011
- Whose Voice Is It?, Non-Fiction Page One Critiques with Kathleen Alcala, Field’s End writing conference, 2009
- Guest speaker, Nearby History, Museum of History and Industry
- Points of View at Pacific Northwest Writers Conference 2006
- Dealing with Rejection with Alle Hall, Whidbey Island Writers Conference
- Fiction/Non-Fiction, Write on the Sound
- Writing Family History, Edmonds Historical Society
- Writing Family History, Seattle Genealogical Society
- Tacoma Writers Conference