Recent and Upcoming Events
2023
March 6th, 7pm: I'll be speaking on a virtual panel for nErD Camp PA about Sports in YA Literature/the Role of Sports in Teens' Lives.
March 18th, 4:30pm: I'm speaking on a panel at the Michigan Reading Association's Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, MI.
April 29th: I'll be teaching two classes at the Michigan Writing Workshop in Livonia, MI.
May 5th: I'll be speaking on the Social Work Authors Panel: Social Workers as Storytellers at the 2023 NASW-MI Annual Conference in Kalamazoo, MI.
July 1st: 10-12pm, NASW-MI regional event, Social Work Author Panel, Franklin, MI.
Sept.23, 10am-noon, Berkley Public Library: I'll be teaching an in-person Creative Writing Workshop for Social Workers in partnership with NASW-MI. This workshop will review and build upon my Lunch and Learn webinar from last fall and provide an opportunity for in-class writing and sharing. From journaling to narrative medicine to poetry therapy, creative writing and storytelling promotes growth and healing. This workshop provides an opportunity for social workers and other helping professionals to learn about the craft of writing and how it can be utilized in practice and in reflective self-care.
October 13th, 4pm Pacific time: I'll be teaching a virtual class on revision for Writing Day Workshops Online Writers Conference and providing critiques. Registration and more info here: https://theseattlewritingworkshop.com/ Please note the sessions are on Pacific time!
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Past events have included presentations and workshops at libraries, middle and high schools, bookstores, book festivals, book clubs, and writing conferences, such as the ALAN/NCTE Annual Conference, The National Writing Project, SCBWI-MI Conferences and Shop Talks, Michigan Reading Association Annual Conference and Summer Literacy Conference, Red Clay Writers Conference, Rochester Writers Conference, Kerrytown Bookfest, Chicago Young Adult Book Festival, Get Inked! Teen Writing Conference, Heartland Fall Forum, NASW-MI, and more.
Listen to The Write Time podcast from the National Writing Project to learn more about the collaboration of poetry in Rhyme & Rhythm: Poems for Student Athletes.
Thank you to the many blogs that celebrated my book launch, interviewed me, or invited me to write a guest post over the years! Here are a few:
Writer's Digest, Tea Talk, Wandering Educators, Nerdy Book Club, Literary Rambles, What/Why/How, Women on Writing, The Art of Research, Best Teen Books about Sports and So Much More, Goodreads, We Are Wildness
2023
March 6th, 7pm: I'll be speaking on a virtual panel for nErD Camp PA about Sports in YA Literature/the Role of Sports in Teens' Lives.
March 18th, 4:30pm: I'm speaking on a panel at the Michigan Reading Association's Annual Conference in Grand Rapids, MI.
April 29th: I'll be teaching two classes at the Michigan Writing Workshop in Livonia, MI.
May 5th: I'll be speaking on the Social Work Authors Panel: Social Workers as Storytellers at the 2023 NASW-MI Annual Conference in Kalamazoo, MI.
July 1st: 10-12pm, NASW-MI regional event, Social Work Author Panel, Franklin, MI.
Sept.23, 10am-noon, Berkley Public Library: I'll be teaching an in-person Creative Writing Workshop for Social Workers in partnership with NASW-MI. This workshop will review and build upon my Lunch and Learn webinar from last fall and provide an opportunity for in-class writing and sharing. From journaling to narrative medicine to poetry therapy, creative writing and storytelling promotes growth and healing. This workshop provides an opportunity for social workers and other helping professionals to learn about the craft of writing and how it can be utilized in practice and in reflective self-care.
October 13th, 4pm Pacific time: I'll be teaching a virtual class on revision for Writing Day Workshops Online Writers Conference and providing critiques. Registration and more info here: https://theseattlewritingworkshop.com/ Please note the sessions are on Pacific time!
***
Past events have included presentations and workshops at libraries, middle and high schools, bookstores, book festivals, book clubs, and writing conferences, such as the ALAN/NCTE Annual Conference, The National Writing Project, SCBWI-MI Conferences and Shop Talks, Michigan Reading Association Annual Conference and Summer Literacy Conference, Red Clay Writers Conference, Rochester Writers Conference, Kerrytown Bookfest, Chicago Young Adult Book Festival, Get Inked! Teen Writing Conference, Heartland Fall Forum, NASW-MI, and more.
Listen to The Write Time podcast from the National Writing Project to learn more about the collaboration of poetry in Rhyme & Rhythm: Poems for Student Athletes.
Thank you to the many blogs that celebrated my book launch, interviewed me, or invited me to write a guest post over the years! Here are a few:
Writer's Digest, Tea Talk, Wandering Educators, Nerdy Book Club, Literary Rambles, What/Why/How, Women on Writing, The Art of Research, Best Teen Books about Sports and So Much More, Goodreads, We Are Wildness