Workshops & Programs

Workshops

Workshops are tailored to each audience.

For 5th-9th Grade Students

  • Go, Team, Go! Write a Sports Story
  • Stories that are out of this World: Write a Science Fiction or Fantasy Story
  • History Detectives
  • Put Pizzazz into Your Writing
  • Fiction 101: Everything You Need to Write a Short Story- Character, Setting, and Plot
  • Welcome to My World: A interactive program about Half-Truths that includes a fun writing activity.

For Adults

  • So, You Want to Write for Kids? 
  • Everyone Has a Story:  What is Yours?
  • How Ewe You Can Help Your Child Right Write Better
  • 10 Steps on Your Path to Publication
  • Pitches, Queries, and Agents–Oh My!
  • The Red Pencil is Your Best Friend: How to Embrace Revision
  • Put Pizzazz into Your Writing
  • Food, Memories, & Writing
  • The 5 W’s and 1 H of the Story Behind Half-Truths
  • Secrets and Souvenirs – What Shapes Your Story?
  • Five Essential Steps to Writing Your Novel
  • Historical Fiction: Pitfalls and Proven Strategies

For Teachers and Home School Co-Ops

  • Everyone Has a Story: Using Real Life Events to Write Fiction
  • Put Pizzazz into Your Students’ Writing: Using Fiction Techniques to Write Grab-You-by-the- Collar Expository Essays
  • Writing Across the Curriculum: How Short Fiction Supplements Science and Social Studies Instruction
  • The Red Pencil is Your Best Friend: Develop Focused Critiquing Skills
  • Wikis, Word Choice, and Revision
  • Show Don’t Tell: Create a Setting (with a Little Help from the Masters)
  • Show Don’t Tell: Create a Character (with a Little Help from the Masters)

Community Programs

Contact me to speak to your community organization or book club.

  • Half-Truths: The Story Behind the Story
  • Family Stories/Family Secrets
  • Putting the Pieces Together: The Shape of Charlotte in 1950.  
  • Women Pioneers: Breaking Barriers in Science and Journalism in the 50s.
  • Forgotten Names, Forgotten Places: Exploring Jim Crow in North Carolina


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