I have over twenty years of workshop and teaching experience and would love to present a program to your library group, camp, or Girl Scout troop (I even have special badges featuring my book covers that I can include!)  I promise to bring high energy and fun, mixed with a healthy dose of "here's how we writers do things." When I was a kid I wanted to be an author, but I didn't know authors were actually real people, with bad hair days and dentist appointments and children who leave the refrigerator door open every. single. time. I thought authors had to be like Hemingway and live in Paris and breed six-toed cats. My aim is to show how accessible and possible a writing career (or simply hobby!) can be for anyone interested in pursuing this path. 

 

I'd love to work with you to find a program that meets your group's needs. You can choose from one of the programs below, customize something of your own, or select from any of my school visit workshops here. If you are participating in The Margin Project, I would love to be included in your group's book club (in person if local to Boston area, or via Skype) when you meet to discuss.

 

Here is a list of potential workshops:

 

 

WHAT'S IN THE TRASH?

Participants will have the opportunity to pick through a "stranger’s" trashcan (no smelly banana peels- promise!) Piecing together crumpled letters, movie ticket stubs, and a slew of other items, they will use those scraps to write a short script or piece of fiction about the character they’ve glimpsed. Best suited for groups up to fifty, ages eight and up. Minimum group size is ten. 

 

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JELLY BELLY CHALLENGE

In this workshop, we’ll write with all our senses when we pretend we’re famous food critics charged with reviewing the latest and greatest Jelly Belly flavors. After sampling our treats, we’ll write a rave review (or perhaps a scathing one if we’ve ended up with the baby wipes flavor!) describing just what was so great (or not!) about our sugary samples. Then we'll pretend we're Flavor Consultants to Jelly Belly, inventing our own zany flavors and writing an homage to them! Best suited for groups up to seventy-five, ages nine and up. Minimum group size is ten. 

 

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EVERY PICTURE TELLS A STORY

In this workshop, participants will be offered some truly zany images that will serve as guided writing prompts for fun and funny stories. Writing sessions will be catered to interest levels and interspersed with writing/publishing Q&As and different formats of storytelling. Best suited for groups up to twenty-five ages nine and up. Minimum group size is ten. 

 

FAN FICTION FUN

In this workshop, participants will explore the dos and don'ts of fan fiction and explore avenues for writing and publishing their efforts to a fandom community. Writing sessions will be catered to interest levels and interspersed with writing/publishing Q&As. Best suited for groups up to twenty-five, ages eleven and up. Minimum group size is ten. 

 

SKYPE VISIT

I will happily do a twenty-minute question and answer Skype visit to your troop, camp, or library for the bargain basement price of FREE. It will be our secret that any parts of me not visible on screen will likely be clad in pajamas. if you would prefer to do one of the longer workshops above via Skype, please contact me for pricing. 

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For in-person workshops, please contact with your requested presentation and the length of the visit you envision, so that we can determine a price.